NHC AL011918 · Atlantic basin
Unnamed Hurricane of 1918
August 1, 1918 – August 7, 1918
Data: NOAA NHC HURDAT2 and NOAA SPC tornado and hail reports, through 2025 · Updated
Hurricane Unnamed 1918 storm peaked at Category 3 with 121 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 230 US cities, 60 of them while still at hurricane strength.
The 1918 storm in the record
HURDAT2 tracks the unnamed storm of 1918 (AL011918) from August 1, 1918 to August 7, 1918; its peak was 121 mph (Category 3). HURDAT2 marks a landfall within 50 miles of a US city on this site: on August 6 at 121 mph (Category 3), 22 miles from Bell City, LA. Its centre passed within 75 miles of 230 US cities, in 4 states, most in Texas (145) and Louisiana (67). The strongest pass was 121 mph (Category 3) 41 miles from Gueydan, LA; the centre came closest to Cookville, TX, 2 miles away.
- Peak strength
- Category 3
- Cities within 75 mi
- 230
- At hurricane strength
- 60
- States
- 4
121 mph
when closest
Cities Unnamed 1918 storm passed near, strongest first
Louisiana (67)
- GueydanCategory 3 · 41 mi
- MorseCategory 3 · 47 mi
- KaplanCategory 3 · 52 mi
- CrowleyCategory 3 · 57 mi
- AbbevilleCategory 3 · 59 mi
- RayneCategory 3 · 63 mi
- ErathCategory 3 · 65 mi
- MauriceCategory 3 · 65 mi
- DusonCategory 3 · 67 mi
- DelcambreCategory 3 · 67 mi
- ScottCategory 3 · 72 mi
- YoungsvilleCategory 3 · 72 mi
- LafayetteCategory 3 · 74 mi
- Lake ArthurCategory 3 · 34 mi
- Church PointCategory 3 · 72 mi
- Bell CityCategory 3 · 18 mi
- JenningsCategory 3 · 43 mi
- IotaCategory 3 · 55 mi
- WelshCategory 3 · 34 mi
- EuniceCategory 3 · 64 mi
- IowaCategory 2 · 25 mi
- BasileCategory 2 · 55 mi
- Lake CharlesCategory 2 · 13 mi
- EltonCategory 2 · 49 mi
- MamouCategory 2 · 68 mi
- SulphurCategory 2 · 5 mi
- WestlakeCategory 2 · 12 mi
- KinderCategory 2 · 41 mi
- VintonCategory 2 · 7 mi
- OberlinCategory 2 · 52 mi
- RagleyCategory 2 · 26 mi
- DequincyCategory 2 · 11 mi
- OakdaleCategory 2 · 63 mi
- LongvilleCategory 1 · 25 mi
- GlenmoraCategory 1 · 71 mi
- PitkinCategory 1 · 52 mi
- MerryvilleCategory 1 · 12 mi
- DeridderCategory 1 · 32 mi
- Fort PolkCategory 1 · 43 mi
- New LlanoCategory 1 · 41 mi
- LeesvilleCategory 1 · 44 mi
- AnacocoTropical storm · 37 mi
- FlorienTropical storm · 41 mi
- ManyTropical storm · 38 mi
- NatchitochesTropical storm · 69 mi
- ZwolleTropical storm · 34 mi
- RobelineTropical storm · 57 mi
- CamptiTropical storm · 73 mi
- CoushattaTropical storm · 65 mi
- LogansportTropical storm · 28 mi
- MansfieldTropical storm · 45 mi
- Grand CaneTropical storm · 41 mi
- RinggoldTropical storm · 71 mi
- Elm GroveTropical storm · 62 mi
- KeithvilleTropical storm · 42 mi
- StonewallTropical storm · 45 mi
- DoylineTropical storm · 73 mi
- GreenwoodTropical storm · 38 mi
- ShreveportTropical storm · 51 mi
- Bossier CityTropical storm · 56 mi
and 7 more
Texas (145)
- Port ArthurCategory 2 · 34 mi
- GrovesCategory 2 · 32 mi
- Bridge CityCategory 2 · 25 mi
- Port NechesCategory 2 · 33 mi
- NederlandCategory 2 · 35 mi
- OrangeCategory 2 · 19 mi
- WinnieCategory 2 · 62 mi
- VidorCategory 2 · 30 mi
- BeaumontCategory 2 · 40 mi
- LumbertonCategory 1 · 37 mi
- Sour LakeCategory 1 · 51 mi
- BunaCategory 1 · 18 mi
- SilsbeeCategory 1 · 30 mi
- LibertyCategory 1 · 72 mi
- KountzeCategory 1 · 39 mi
- KirbyvilleCategory 1 · 8 mi
- NewtonCategory 1 · 7 mi
- WarrenCategory 1 · 35 mi
- ClevelandCategory 1 · 74 mi
- JasperTropical storm · 4 mi
- WoodvilleTropical storm · 29 mi
- ColmesneilTropical storm · 21 mi
- LivingstonTropical storm · 57 mi
- GoodrichTropical storm · 63 mi
- ShepherdTropical storm · 69 mi
- ColdspringTropical storm · 73 mi
- BrookelandTropical storm · 4 mi
- OnalaskaTropical storm · 65 mi
- ZavallaTropical storm · 16 mi
- HemphillTropical storm · 22 mi
- CorriganTropical storm · 44 mi
- BronsonTropical storm · 8 mi
- HuntingtonTropical storm · 23 mi
- DibollTropical storm · 37 mi
- GrovetonTropical storm · 56 mi
- TrinityTropical storm · 74 mi
- San AugustineTropical storm · 5 mi
- LufkinTropical storm · 30 mi
- ShelbyvilleTropical storm · 25 mi
- PollokTropical storm · 36 mi
- CenterTropical storm · 11 mi
- NacogdochesTropical storm · 18 mi
- CrockettTropical storm · 71 mi
- JoaquinTropical storm · 23 mi
- TimpsonTropical storm · 2 mi
- GarrisonTropical storm · 6 mi
- TenahaTropical storm · 12 mi
- AltoTropical storm · 40 mi
- GrapelandTropical storm · 66 mi
- GaryTropical storm · 7 mi
- CushingTropical storm · 25 mi
- Mount EnterpriseTropical storm · 12 mi
- CarthageTropical storm · 14 mi
- RuskTropical storm · 42 mi
- ElkhartTropical storm · 66 mi
- De BerryTropical storm · 25 mi
- PalestineTropical storm · 68 mi
- BeckvilleTropical storm · 8 mi
- HendersonTropical storm · 12 mi
- TroupTropical storm · 30 mi
and 85 more
Arkansas (9)
Oklahoma (9)
- IdabelTropical storm · 11 mi
- AntlersTropical storm · 51 mi
- TalihinaTropical storm · 71 mi
- ValliantTropical storm · 2 mi
- Fort TowsonTropical storm · 12 mi
- Broken BowTropical storm · 14 mi
- HugoTropical storm · 28 mi
- BoswellTropical storm · 47 mi
- CaddoTropical storm · 69 mi
Other storms of the 1918 season
- Unnamed (AL031918)Category 1 · 101 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.