The 1903 season

Unnamed hurricane (1903)

Unnamed hurricane reached Category 1 in the North Atlantic between November 17, 1903 and November 25, 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
November 17, 1903 to November 25, 1903
Peak strength
Category 1, 70 kt (81 mph)
Landfall
No; closest approach 1150 km (715 mi)
Accumulated cyclone energy
12.5
Identifier
AL101903

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
Nov 17, 06:0019.0N 37.0W35 ktTropical storm
Nov 17, 12:0019.5N 38.5W35 ktTropical storm
Nov 17, 18:0019.9N 39.7W35 ktTropical storm
Nov 18, 00:0020.4N 41.3W35 ktTropical storm
Nov 18, 06:0021.1N 42.9W35 ktTropical storm
Nov 18, 12:0021.9N 44.4W35 ktTropical storm
Nov 18, 18:0022.8N 45.6W35 ktTropical storm
Nov 19, 00:0023.7N 46.8W35 ktTropical storm
Nov 19, 06:0024.5N 48.0W40 ktTropical storm
Nov 19, 12:0025.5N 49.3W45 ktTropical storm
Nov 19, 18:0026.4N 49.8W50 ktTropical storm
Nov 20, 00:0027.3N 49.6W60 ktTropical storm
Nov 20, 06:0028.2N 49.3W65 ktHurricane
Nov 20, 12:0029.0N 48.5W70 ktHurricane
Nov 20, 18:0029.2N 47.7W70 ktHurricane
Nov 21, 00:0029.3N 47.1W70 ktHurricane
Nov 21, 06:0029.3N 46.2W70 ktHurricane
Nov 21, 12:0029.3N 45.4W70 ktHurricane
Nov 21, 18:0029.5N 44.7W70 ktHurricane
Nov 22, 00:0029.7N 44.1W70 ktHurricane
Nov 22, 06:0030.0N 43.6W70 ktHurricane
Nov 22, 12:0030.4N 43.2W70 ktHurricane
Nov 22, 18:0031.3N 42.9W70 ktHurricane
Nov 23, 00:0032.8N 42.7W70 ktHurricane
Nov 23, 06:0034.3N 42.5W70 ktHurricane
Nov 23, 12:0035.4N 42.3W70 ktHurricane
Nov 23, 18:0036.3N 42.1W70 ktHurricane
Nov 24, 00:0037.0N 41.9W70 ktHurricane
Nov 24, 06:0037.7N 41.7W70 ktHurricane
Nov 24, 12:0038.5N 41.4W70 ktHurricane
Nov 24, 18:0039.4N 40.9W70 ktHurricane
Nov 25, 00:0040.3N 40.5W65 ktHurricane
Nov 25, 06:0041.3N 40.0W65 ktHurricane
Nov 25, 12:0042.2N 39.6W65 ktHurricane
Nov 25, 18:0043.5N 38.9W50 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.