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NHC AL011921 · Atlantic basin

Unnamed Hurricane of 1921

June 16, 1921 – June 26, 1921

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

Hurricane Unnamed 1921 storm peaked at Category 1 with 92 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 166 US cities, 15 of them while still at hurricane strength.

The 1921 storm in the record

HURDAT2 tracks the unnamed storm of 1921 (AL011921) from June 16, 1921 to June 26, 1921; its peak was 92 mph (Category 1). HURDAT2 marks a landfall within 50 miles of a US city on this site: on June 22 at 92 mph (Category 1), 25 miles from Palacios, TX. Its centre passed within 75 miles of 166 US cities, all in Texas. The strongest pass was 92 mph (Category 1) 49 miles from Seadrift, TX; the centre came closest to North Zulch, TX, less than a mile away.

Peak strength
Category 1

92 mph

Cities within 75 mi
166
At hurricane strength
15

when closest

States
1
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Cities Unnamed 1921 storm passed near, strongest first

Texas (166)

and 106 more

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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.