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NHC AL021911 · Atlantic basin

Unnamed Hurricane of 1911

August 8, 1911 – August 14, 1911

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

Hurricane Unnamed 1911 storm peaked at Category 1 with 81 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 232 US cities, 40 of them while still at hurricane strength.

The 1911 storm in the record

HURDAT2 tracks the unnamed storm of 1911 (AL021911) from August 8, 1911 to August 14, 1911; its peak was 81 mph (Category 1). HURDAT2 marks a landfall within 50 miles of a US city on this site: on August 11 at 81 mph (Category 1), 4 miles from Orange Beach, AL. Its centre passed within 75 miles of 232 US cities, in 4 states, most in Louisiana (87) and Mississippi (76). The strongest pass was 81 mph (Category 1) 7 miles from Lillian, AL; the centre came closest to Foley, AL, less than a mile away.

Peak strength
Category 1

81 mph

Cities within 75 mi
232
At hurricane strength
40

when closest

States
4
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Cities Unnamed 1911 storm passed near, strongest first

Alabama (37)

Florida (32)

Mississippi (76)

and 16 more

Louisiana (87)

and 27 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.