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NHC AL011926 · Atlantic basin

Unnamed Hurricane of 1926

July 22, 1926 – August 2, 1926

Hurricane Unnamed 1926 storm peaked at Category 4 with 138 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 447 US cities, 227 of them while still at hurricane strength.

Peak strength
Category 4

138 mph

Cities within 75 mi
447
At hurricane strength
227

when closest

States
4

Cities Unnamed 1926 storm passed near, strongest first

Florida (222)

and 162 more

Georgia (119)

and 59 more

Puerto Rico (84)

and 24 more

Alabama (22)

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.