1897 season

Unnamed Tropical Storm, AL03 1897

Sep 20, 12:00 PM UTC – Sep 25, 12:00 PM UTC (5.0 days)

Peak
Tropical Storm
Max sustained wind
70 mph (60 kt)
Lowest pressure
—
Landfalls
4

Track

  • Hurricane
  • Tropical Storm
  • Tropical Depression
  • Other
  • Large white-ringed dots: landfall

Landfalls

  • Sep 21, 2:00 AM UTC · 26.7°N 82.3°W · Tropical Storm · 70 mph
  • Sep 23, 10:00 AM UTC · 35.2°N 75.7°W · Tropical Storm · 70 mph
  • Sep 24, 11:00 AM UTC · 40.8°N 72.7°W · Tropical Storm · 65 mph
  • Sep 24, 1:00 PM UTC · 41.3°N 72.2°W · Tropical Storm · 50 mph
Every track point (25)
UTCStatusPositionWind ktmbNote
1897-09-20 12:00TS24.3°N 83.8°W40—
1897-09-20 18:00TS25.3°N 83.1°W50—
1897-09-21 00:00TS26.3°N 82.5°W60—
1897-09-21 02:00TS26.7°N 82.3°W60—Landfall
1897-09-21 06:00TS27.3°N 81.9°W50—
1897-09-21 12:00TS28.3°N 81.4°W45—
1897-09-21 18:00TS29.3°N 80.7°W40—
1897-09-22 00:00TS30.3°N 79.9°W45—
1897-09-22 06:00TS31.4°N 79.0°W50—
1897-09-22 12:00TS32.4°N 78.3°W55—
1897-09-22 18:00TS33.3°N 77.6°W60—
1897-09-23 00:00TS34.1°N 76.9°W60—
1897-09-23 06:00TS34.8°N 76.2°W60—
1897-09-23 10:00TS35.2°N 75.7°W60—Landfall
1897-09-23 12:00TS35.5°N 75.3°W60—
1897-09-23 18:00TS36.6°N 74.6°W60—
1897-09-24 00:00TS38.3°N 74.1°W60—
1897-09-24 06:00TS39.7°N 73.6°W55—
1897-09-24 11:00TS40.8°N 72.7°W55—Landfall
1897-09-24 12:00TS41.0°N 72.5°W45—
1897-09-24 13:00TS41.3°N 72.2°W45—Landfall
1897-09-24 18:00TS43.3°N 70.6°W35—
1897-09-25 00:00TD45.9°N 66.7°W30—
1897-09-25 06:00TD49.0°N 61.2°W30—
1897-09-25 12:00TD52.5°N 55.0°W25—

From the National Hurricane Center's best-track archive (HURDAT2), its post-season reanalysis; values can differ from the advisories issued at the time. Source: hurdat2-1851-2025-092326.txt, hurdat2-nepac-1949-2025-092926.txt.