The unnamed tropical storm of 1917
Aug 6, 1917 to Aug 11, 1917Peak 69 mph
The unnamed tropical storm of 1917 passed within 50 miles of 4 counties in 2 states. It was strongest near Washington County, RI, as a tropical storm on August 10, 1917.
- Major hurricane
- Hurricane
- Tropical storm
- Post-tropical
Unnamed storm · 1917
How it happened
Follow the storm’s path, strength and milestones.
The storm
- Peak strength
- Tropical storm
- 69 mph, 60 kt
- Counties within 50 miles
- 4
- MA, ME
- Counties within 100 miles
- 19
- MA, ME, NY, RI
- Landfalls recorded
- 0
- Anywhere on the track
Every county it passed
Closest approach to each county boundary, with the storm’s strength at that moment.
| Nantucket County | MA | 24.0 | Tropical storm |
| Barnstable County | MA | 31.1 | Tropical storm |
| Washington County | ME | 38.7 | Tropical storm |
| Dukes County | MA | 44.0 | Tropical storm |
| Hancock County | ME | 58.7 | Tropical storm |
| Plymouth County | MA | 64.4 | Tropical storm |
| Knox County | ME | 66.6 | Tropical storm |
| Bristol County | MA | 69.0 | Tropical storm |
| Newport County | RI | 78.0 | Tropical storm |
| Washington County | RI | 83.7 | Tropical storm |
| Lincoln County | ME | 84.2 | Tropical storm |
| Waldo County | ME | 89.0 | Tropical storm |
| Bristol County | RI | 89.4 | Tropical storm |
| Norfolk County | MA | 91.7 | Tropical storm |
| Penobscot County | ME | 93.0 | Tropical storm |
| Suffolk County | NY | 95.2 | Tropical storm |
| Kent County | RI | 95.5 | Tropical storm |
| Providence County | RI | 97.2 | Tropical storm |
| Essex County | MA | 97.2 | Tropical storm |
Distances are measured from hourly positions interpolated between the National Hurricane Center’s six-hourly fixes to each county boundary. Strength is shown only where the storm was still tropical. Methodology.
National Hurricane Center HURDAT2. Storm totals cover the Atlantic and Northeast and Central Pacific basins.