The 1902 season

Unnamed hurricane (1902)

Unnamed hurricane reached Category 1 in the North Atlantic between June 21, 1902 and June 29, 1902, and made landfall.

Radar

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The storm

Basin
North Atlantic
Dates
June 21, 1902 to June 29, 1902
Peak strength
Category 1, 70 kt (81 mph)
Landfall
Yes
Accumulated cyclone energy
4.1
Identifier
AL021902

Deaths and damage

No source this site reads publishes a machine-readable casualty or damage figure for a storm of this era. The National Hurricane Center’s season tables begin in 1995 and carry deaths and damage only from 2005 in the Atlantic and 2020 in both basins; the US Storm Events record begins in 1996.

Track

Time (UTC)PositionWindPressureStatus
Jun 21, 00:0017.2N 92.1W25 ktTropical depression
Jun 21, 06:0017.6N 92.4W25 ktTropical depression
Jun 21, 12:0018.0N 92.7W25 ktTropical depression
Jun 21, 18:0018.2N 92.9W25 ktTropical depression
Jun 22, 00:0018.4N 93.0W30 ktTropical depression
Jun 22, 06:0018.7N 93.2W30 ktTropical depression
Jun 22, 12:0019.0N 93.5W30 ktTropical depression
Jun 22, 18:0019.2N 93.7W30 ktTropical depression
Jun 23, 00:0019.5N 93.9W30 ktTropical depression
Jun 23, 06:0019.7N 94.1W30 ktTropical depression
Jun 23, 12:0020.0N 94.3W30 ktTropical depression
Jun 23, 18:0020.3N 94.5W30 ktTropical depression
Jun 24, 00:0020.5N 94.6W30 ktTropical depression
Jun 24, 06:0020.7N 94.8W30 ktTropical depression
Jun 24, 12:0021.0N 95.0W35 ktTropical storm
Jun 24, 18:0021.5N 95.3W40 ktTropical storm
Jun 25, 00:0022.1N 95.6W45 ktTropical storm
Jun 25, 06:0022.7N 96.0W50 ktTropical storm
Jun 25, 12:0023.3N 96.3W55 ktTropical storm
Jun 25, 18:0023.9N 96.6W60 ktTropical storm
Jun 26, 00:0024.7N 96.8W65 ktHurricane
Jun 26, 06:0025.5N 96.9W70 ktHurricane
Jun 26, 12:0026.4N 97.0W65 ktHurricane
Jun 26, 18:0027.2N 97.1W60 ktTropical storm
Jun 26, 21:00 landfall27.7N 97.2W60 ktTropical storm
Jun 27, 00:0028.1N 97.2W50 ktTropical storm
Jun 27, 06:0029.0N 97.3W45 ktTropical storm
Jun 27, 12:0030.0N 97.4W40 ktTropical storm
Jun 27, 18:0031.5N 97.2W35 ktTropical storm
Jun 28, 00:0032.8N 96.6W35 ktTropical storm
Jun 28, 06:0034.2N 95.9W35 ktTropical storm
Jun 28, 12:0035.8N 94.5W35 ktExtratropical
Jun 28, 18:0037.6N 92.3W35 ktExtratropical
Jun 29, 00:0039.5N 88.6W35 ktExtratropical
Jun 29, 06:0040.6N 85.4W35 ktExtratropical
Jun 29, 12:0041.5N 82.0W35 ktExtratropical
Jun 29, 18:0041.8N 78.6W35 ktExtratropical

Other North Atlantic storms of 1902

What this means

A best track is the record a warning agency settles on after the storm, not what it said at the time: position, maximum sustained wind and central pressure every six hours, revised against every observation that came in later. Category is the Saffir-Simpson scale, which runs from Category 1 at 64 kt to Category 5 at 137 kt and reads wind only, so it says nothing about surge or rain. Accumulated cyclone energy adds up the square of the wind through the storm's life, so it counts strength and duration together.

Sources

Storm history from NOAA NCEI’s International Best Track Archive for Climate Stewardship (IBTrACS), which merges the official best track of every warning agency. Live storms, cones, watches and warnings from the National Hurricane Center and the Central Pacific Hurricane Center. Archived radar from NOAA’s Level II archive.

The National Hurricane Center has published no tropical cyclone report for this storm.