The unnamed tropical storm of 1923
Oct 15, 1923 to Oct 19, 1923Peak 63 mph994 mb
The unnamed tropical storm of 1923 passed within 50 miles of 30 counties in 6 states. It was strongest near Dukes County, MA, as a tropical storm on October 19, 1923.
- Major hurricane
- Hurricane
- Tropical storm
- Post-tropical
Unnamed storm · 1923
How it happened
Follow the storm’s path, strength and milestones.
The storm
- Peak strength
- Tropical storm
- 63 mph, 55 kt
- Lowest pressure
- 994 mb
- Over the whole track
- Counties within 50 miles
- 30
- CT, MA, ME, NH, RI, VT
- Counties within 100 miles
- 50
- CT, MA, ME, NH, NY, RI, VT
- Landfalls recorded
- 1
- Anywhere on the track
Every county it passed
Closest approach to each county boundary, with the storm’s strength at that moment.
| Grafton County | NH | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Carroll County | NH | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Plymouth County | MA | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Rockingham County | NH | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Belknap County | NH | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Essex County | MA | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Middlesex County | MA | 2.6 | Tropical storm |
| Suffolk County | MA | 3.6 | Tropical storm |
| Barnstable County | MA | 3.9 | Tropical storm |
| Norfolk County | MA | 5.0 | Tropical storm |
| Dukes County | MA | 6.4 | Tropical storm |
| Bristol County | MA | 6.9 | Tropical storm |
| Strafford County | NH | 7.6 | Tropical storm |
| Merrimack County | NH | 8.3 | Tropical storm |
| Hillsborough County | NH | 8.5 | Tropical storm |
| Nantucket County | MA | 15.4 | Tropical storm |
| Orange County | VT | 18.3 | Tropical storm |
| York County | ME | 19.4 | Tropical storm |
| Newport County | RI | 20.8 | Tropical storm |
| Bristol County | RI | 25.4 | Tropical storm |
| Sullivan County | NH | 26.9 | Tropical storm |
| Providence County | RI | 27.0 | Tropical storm |
| Worcester County | MA | 27.0 | Tropical storm |
| Oxford County | ME | 27.3 | Tropical storm |
| Kent County | RI | 32.2 | Tropical storm |
| Windsor County | VT | 33.8 | Tropical storm |
| Washington County | RI | 35.0 | Tropical storm |
| Cumberland County | ME | 36.5 | Tropical storm |
| Cheshire County | NH | 38.8 | Tropical storm |
| Windham County | CT | 48.2 | Tropical storm |
| Androscoggin County | ME | 54.1 | Tropical storm |
| Addison County | VT | 54.2 | Tropical storm |
| New London County | CT | 54.6 | Tropical storm |
| Windham County | VT | 55.1 | Tropical storm |
| Franklin County | MA | 56.9 | Tropical storm |
| Rutland County | VT | 59.1 | Tropical storm |
| Hampden County | MA | 62.5 | Tropical storm |
| Hampshire County | MA | 63.1 | Tropical storm |
| Tolland County | CT | 63.6 | Tropical storm |
| Suffolk County | NY | 67.2 | Tropical storm |
| Bennington County | VT | 72.6 | Tropical storm |
| Sagadahoc County | ME | 74.6 | Tropical storm |
| Kennebec County | ME | 76.9 | Tropical storm |
| Middlesex County | CT | 82.9 | Tropical storm |
| Hartford County | CT | 83.6 | Tropical storm |
| Lincoln County | ME | 86.6 | Tropical storm |
| Washington County | NY | 87.8 | Tropical storm |
| Berkshire County | MA | 90.9 | Tropical storm |
| Warren County | NY | 91.5 | Tropical storm |
| New Haven County | CT | 98.4 | 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.