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NHC AL021906 · Atlantic basin

Unnamed Hurricane of 1906

June 14, 1906 – June 23, 1906

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

Hurricane Unnamed 1906 storm peaked at Category 2 with 104 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 70 US cities, 70 of them while still at hurricane strength.

The 1906 storm in the record

HURDAT2 tracks the unnamed storm of 1906 (AL021906) from June 14, 1906 to June 23, 1906; its peak was 104 mph (Category 2). HURDAT2 marks 2 landfalls within 50 miles of a US city on this site, the first on June 17 at 81 mph (Category 1), 5 miles from Marathon, FL. Its centre passed within 75 miles of 70 US cities, all in Florida. The strongest pass was 86 mph (Category 1) less than a mile from Florida City, FL.

Peak strength
Category 2

104 mph

Cities within 75 mi
70
At hurricane strength
70

when closest

States
1

Cities Unnamed 1906 storm passed near, strongest first

Florida (70)

and 10 more

Other storms of the 1906 season

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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.