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NHC AL011915 · Atlantic basin

Unnamed Hurricane of 1915

July 31, 1915 – August 5, 1915

Data: NOAA NHC HURDAT2 and NOAA SPC tornado and hail reports, through 2025 · Updated

Hurricane Unnamed 1915 storm peaked at Category 1 with 75 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 3,018 US cities, 22 of them while still at hurricane strength.

The 1915 storm in the record

HURDAT2 tracks the unnamed storm of 1915 (AL011915) from July 31, 1915 to August 5, 1915; its peak was 75 mph (Category 1). HURDAT2 marks a landfall within 50 miles of a US city on this site: on August 1 at 75 mph (Category 1), 6 miles from Mims, FL. Its centre passed within 75 miles of 3,018 US cities, in 17 states and territories, most in New Jersey (434) and Pennsylvania (426). The strongest pass was 75 mph (Category 1) 7 miles from Titusville, FL; the centre came closest to Frenchtown, NJ, less than a mile away.

Peak strength
Category 1

75 mph

Cities within 75 mi
3,018
At hurricane strength
22

when closest

States
17
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Cities Unnamed 1915 storm passed near, strongest first

Florida (172)

and 112 more

New Jersey (434)

and 374 more

Pennsylvania (426)

and 366 more

New York (363)

and 303 more

Connecticut (186)

and 126 more

Massachusetts (324)

and 264 more

Delaware (20)

Maryland (215)

and 155 more

Virginia (265)

and 205 more

West Virginia (23)

District of Columbia (1)

North Carolina (219)

and 159 more

South Carolina (151)

and 91 more

Georgia (124)

and 64 more

Rhode Island (49)

New Hampshire (44)

Vermont (2)

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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.