NHC AL011896 · Atlantic basin
Unnamed Hurricane of 1896
July 4, 1896 – July 12, 1896
Data: NOAA NHC HURDAT2 and NOAA SPC tornado and hail reports, through 2025 · Updated
Hurricane Unnamed 1896 storm peaked at Category 2 with 98 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 332 US cities, 90 of them while still at hurricane strength.
The 1896 storm in the record
HURDAT2 tracks the unnamed storm of 1896 (AL011896) from July 4, 1896 to July 12, 1896; its peak was 98 mph (Category 2). HURDAT2 marks a landfall within 50 miles of a US city on this site: on July 7 at 98 mph (Category 2), 4 miles from Destin, FL. Its centre passed within 75 miles of 332 US cities, in 3 states, most in Georgia (214) and Alabama (68). The strongest pass was 98 mph (Category 2) 2 miles from Niceville, FL; the centre came closest to Richland, GA, less than a mile away.
- Peak strength
- Category 2
- Cities within 75 mi
- 332
- At hurricane strength
- 90
- States
- 3
98 mph
when closest
Cities Unnamed 1896 storm passed near, strongest first
Alabama (68)
- LillianCategory 2 · 55 mi
- Orange BeachCategory 2 · 60 mi
- ElbertaCategory 2 · 61 mi
- FlomatonCategory 2 · 61 mi
- RobertsdaleCategory 2 · 69 mi
- Gulf ShoresCategory 2 · 69 mi
- FoleyCategory 2 · 69 mi
- SummerdaleCategory 2 · 71 mi
- SilverhillCategory 2 · 75 mi
- BrewtonCategory 2 · 60 mi
- EvergreenCategory 1 · 68 mi
- FloralaCategory 1 · 22 mi
- AndalusiaCategory 1 · 40 mi
- Red LevelCategory 1 · 51 mi
- SamsonCategory 1 · 11 mi
- GenevaCategory 1 · 1 mi
- KinstonCategory 1 · 20 mi
- OppCategory 1 · 29 mi
- GeorgianaCategory 1 · 68 mi
- ChancellorCategory 1 · 6 mi
- HartfordCategory 1 · 5 mi
- ElbaCategory 1 · 27 mi
- BrantleyCategory 1 · 45 mi
- GreenvilleCategory 1 · 67 mi
- SlocombCategory 1 · 12 mi
- EnterpriseCategory 1 · 12 mi
- DalevilleCategory 1 · 5 mi
- New BrocktonCategory 1 · 19 mi
- NewtonCategory 1 · 1 mi
- Fort RuckerCategory 1 · 7 mi
- CottonwoodCategory 1 · 24 mi
- LuverneCategory 1 · 50 mi
- Fort DepositCategory 1 · 74 mi
- DothanCategory 1 · 12 mi
- Midland CityCategory 1 · 4 mi
- OzarkCategory 1 · 8 mi
- CowartsCategory 1 · 18 mi
- AshfordCategory 1 · 22 mi
- AritonCategory 1 · 17 mi
- BrundidgeCategory 1 · 27 mi
- HeadlandTropical storm · 9 mi
- TroyTropical storm · 39 mi
- ColumbiaTropical storm · 20 mi
- RamerTropical storm · 59 mi
- ClioTropical storm · 16 mi
- Pike RoadTropical storm · 68 mi
- AbbevilleTropical storm · 4 mi
- ClaytonTropical storm · 18 mi
- MidwayTropical storm · 27 mi
- Union SpringsTropical storm · 44 mi
- EufaulaTropical storm · 9 mi
- TuskegeeTropical storm · 57 mi
- Tuskegee InstituteTropical storm · 58 mi
- TallasseeTropical storm · 72 mi
- NotasulgaTropical storm · 64 mi
- AuburnTropical storm · 57 mi
- Auburn UniversityTropical storm · 58 mi
- SealeTropical storm · 28 mi
- OpelikaTropical storm · 54 mi
- Camp HillTropical storm · 74 mi
and 8 more
Florida (50)
- NicevilleCategory 2 · 2 mi
- DestinCategory 2 · 3 mi
- ValparaisoCategory 2 · 5 mi
- Eglin AfbCategory 2 · 5 mi
- ShalimarCategory 2 · 5 mi
- Miramar BeachCategory 2 · 7 mi
- Fort Walton BeachCategory 2 · 8 mi
- Hurlburt FieldCategory 2 · 10 mi
- Mary EstherCategory 2 · 13 mi
- Santa Rosa BeachCategory 2 · 16 mi
- NavarreCategory 2 · 23 mi
- MiltonCategory 2 · 35 mi
- Gulf BreezeCategory 2 · 36 mi
- PaceCategory 2 · 43 mi
- PensacolaCategory 2 · 45 mi
- CantonmentCategory 2 · 51 mi
- JayCategory 2 · 51 mi
- MolinoCategory 2 · 56 mi
- CenturyCategory 2 · 62 mi
- Mc DavidCategory 2 · 67 mi
- Inlet BeachCategory 2 · 32 mi
- FreeportCategory 2 · 11 mi
- CrestviewCategory 2 · 18 mi
- BakerCategory 2 · 30 mi
- Panama City BeachCategory 2 · 40 mi
- Lynn HavenCategory 1 · 46 mi
- Panama CityCategory 1 · 49 mi
- Defuniak SpringsCategory 1 · 2 mi
- Laurel HillCategory 1 · 22 mi
- Ponce De LeonCategory 1 · 13 mi
- VernonCategory 1 · 23 mi
- WewahitchkaCategory 1 · 73 mi
- YoungstownCategory 1 · 45 mi
- FountainCategory 1 · 45 mi
- WestvilleCategory 1 · 3 mi
- ChipleyCategory 1 · 31 mi
- BonifayCategory 1 · 17 mi
- AlfordCategory 1 · 40 mi
- AlthaCategory 1 · 53 mi
- BlountstownCategory 1 · 63 mi
- BristolCategory 1 · 71 mi
- CottondaleCategory 1 · 33 mi
- GracevilleCategory 1 · 20 mi
- MariannaCategory 1 · 42 mi
- Grand RidgeCategory 1 · 53 mi
- GreenwoodCategory 1 · 42 mi
- SneadsCategory 1 · 55 mi
- MaloneCategory 1 · 35 mi
- ChattahoocheeCategory 1 · 63 mi
- QuincyCategory 1 · 75 mi
Georgia (214)
- DonalsonvilleTropical storm · 44 mi
- BrinsonTropical storm · 56 mi
- BainbridgeTropical storm · 68 mi
- ClimaxTropical storm · 71 mi
- BlakelyTropical storm · 28 mi
- ColquittTropical storm · 48 mi
- WhighamTropical storm · 75 mi
- GeorgetownTropical storm · 2 mi
- MorganTropical storm · 30 mi
- CamillaTropical storm · 63 mi
- PelhamTropical storm · 70 mi
- CuthbertTropical storm · 14 mi
- BacontonTropical storm · 59 mi
- LumpkinTropical storm · 2 mi
- DawsonTropical storm · 27 mi
- AlbanyTropical storm · 47 mi
- DoerunTropical storm · 70 mi
- RichlandTropical storm · overhead
- Fort BenningTropical storm · 23 mi
- LeesburgTropical storm · 40 mi
- ColumbusTropical storm · 30 mi
- SylvesterTropical storm · 61 mi
- PoulanTropical storm · 65 mi
- Buena VistaTropical storm · 5 mi
- MidlandTropical storm · 30 mi
- FortsonTropical storm · 40 mi
- EllavilleTropical storm · 7 mi
- AmericusTropical storm · 19 mi
- EllerslieTropical storm · 32 mi
- CataulaTropical storm · 36 mi
- HamiltonTropical storm · 42 mi
- West PointTropical storm · 57 mi
- Box SpringsTropical storm · 18 mi
- Waverly HallTropical storm · 32 mi
- AshburnTropical storm · 60 mi
- SycamoreTropical storm · 67 mi
- OglethorpeTropical storm · 13 mi
- ViennaTropical storm · 37 mi
- CordeleTropical storm · 44 mi
- ButlerTropical storm · 4 mi
- MontezumaTropical storm · 19 mi
- ShilohTropical storm · 35 mi
- Pine MountainTropical storm · 46 mi
- RochelleTropical storm · 59 mi
- LagrangeTropical storm · 60 mi
- AbbevilleTropical storm · 63 mi
- ReynoldsTropical storm · 3 mi
- ManchesterTropical storm · 33 mi
- UnadillaTropical storm · 34 mi
- Warm SpringsTropical storm · 40 mi
- RobertaTropical storm · overhead
- Fort ValleyTropical storm · 13 mi
- ThomastonTropical storm · 22 mi
- PerryTropical storm · 24 mi
- WoodburyTropical storm · 37 mi
- HawkinsvilleTropical storm · 43 mi
- GreenvilleTropical storm · 46 mi
- HogansvilleTropical storm · 61 mi
- ByronTropical storm · 15 mi
- CentervilleTropical storm · 19 mi
and 154 more
Other storms of the 1896 season
- Unnamed (AL021896)Category 3 · 711 cities
- Unnamed (AL041896)Category 3 · 1,263 cities
- Unnamed (AL051896)Category 2 · 93 cities
About this record
The track is the National Hurricane Center's best-track record, revised after the season with every observation available. Strength at a city is the sustained wind on the track at the closest point, not the wind that city measured.