The 1903 season

Unnamed hurricane (1903)

Unnamed hurricane reached Category 2 in the North Atlantic between October 1, 1903 and October 10, 1903.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Unnamed hurricane, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 1903 season in the same basin behind it, and its wind and pressure hour by hour. Every fix is in the track table below.

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The storm

Basin
North Atlantic
Dates
October 1, 1903 to October 10, 1903
Peak strength
Category 2, 85 kt (98 mph)
Landfall
No; closest approach 496 km (308 mi)
Accumulated cyclone energy
18.1
Identifier
AL071903

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
Oct 1, 00:0017.7N 57.3W60 ktTropical storm
Oct 1, 06:0018.1N 57.9W60 ktTropical storm
Oct 1, 12:0018.5N 58.5W60 ktTropical storm
Oct 1, 18:0019.4N 60.0W60 ktTropical storm
Oct 2, 00:0020.3N 61.0W65 ktHurricane
Oct 2, 06:0021.5N 62.2W70 ktHurricane
Oct 2, 12:0023.0N 63.5W70 ktHurricane
Oct 2, 18:0024.3N 63.8W70 ktHurricane
Oct 3, 00:0025.4N 63.7W70 ktHurricane
Oct 3, 06:0026.3N 63.4W70 ktHurricane
Oct 3, 12:0027.3N 63.0W75 ktHurricane
Oct 3, 18:0028.0N 62.7W75 ktHurricane
Oct 4, 00:0028.9N 62.2W80 ktHurricane
Oct 4, 06:0029.5N 61.6W80 ktHurricane
Oct 4, 12:0030.0N 60.7W85 ktHurricane
Oct 4, 18:0030.5N 59.1W85 ktHurricane
Oct 5, 00:0030.6N 57.2W85 ktHurricane
Oct 5, 06:0030.4N 55.2W85 ktHurricane
Oct 5, 12:0030.0N 53.4W85 ktHurricane
Oct 5, 18:0029.5N 51.9W80 ktHurricane
Oct 6, 00:0028.9N 50.2W75 ktHurricane
Oct 6, 06:0028.1N 48.8W70 ktHurricane
Oct 6, 12:0027.0N 48.0W70 ktHurricane
Oct 6, 18:0026.8N 48.2W70 ktHurricane
Oct 7, 00:0026.7N 48.4W70 ktHurricane
Oct 7, 06:0026.8N 48.7W70 ktHurricane
Oct 7, 12:0027.0N 49.0W70 ktHurricane
Oct 7, 18:0027.6N 48.8W70 ktHurricane
Oct 8, 00:0028.0N 48.2W70 ktHurricane
Oct 8, 06:0028.2N 47.2W70 ktHurricane
Oct 8, 12:0028.3N 46.2W70 ktHurricane
Oct 8, 18:0028.5N 45.0W65 ktHurricane
Oct 9, 00:0029.0N 43.1W65 ktHurricane
Oct 9, 06:0029.5N 41.5W60 ktTropical storm
Oct 9, 12:0030.0N 40.0W50 ktTropical storm
Oct 9, 18:0030.5N 38.7W45 ktTropical storm
Oct 10, 00:0030.9N 37.5W40 ktExtratropical
Oct 10, 06:0031.6N 36.2W35 ktExtratropical
Oct 10, 12:0032.4N 35.0W35 ktExtratropical
Oct 10, 18:0033.6N 33.2W35 ktExtratropical

Other North Atlantic storms of 1903

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.