NHC AL021916 · Atlantic basin
Unnamed Hurricane of 1916
June 28, 1916 – July 10, 1916
Data: NOAA NHC HURDAT2 and NOAA SPC tornado and hail reports, through 2025 · Updated
Hurricane Unnamed 1916 storm peaked at Category 3 with 121 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 436 US cities, 75 of them while still at hurricane strength.
The 1916 storm in the record
HURDAT2 tracks the unnamed storm of 1916 (AL021916) from June 28, 1916 to July 10, 1916; its peak was 121 mph (Category 3). HURDAT2 marks a landfall within 50 miles of a US city on this site: on July 5 at 121 mph (Category 3), 7 miles from Grand Bay, AL. Its centre passed within 75 miles of 436 US cities, in 5 states, most in Mississippi (210) and Alabama (204). The strongest pass was 121 mph (Category 3) 10 miles from Coden, AL; the centre came closest to Columbiana, AL, less than a mile away.
- Peak strength
- Category 3
- Cities within 75 mi
- 436
- At hurricane strength
- 75
- States
- 5
121 mph
when closest
Cities Unnamed 1916 storm passed near, strongest first
Alabama (204)
- CodenCategory 3 · 10 mi
- Gulf ShoresCategory 3 · 28 mi
- FairhopeCategory 3 · 30 mi
- DaphneCategory 3 · 34 mi
- FoleyCategory 3 · 34 mi
- Orange BeachCategory 3 · 37 mi
- SummerdaleCategory 3 · 37 mi
- SilverhillCategory 3 · 37 mi
- ElbertaCategory 3 · 40 mi
- LoxleyCategory 3 · 41 mi
- RobertsdaleCategory 3 · 44 mi
- LillianCategory 3 · 46 mi
- IrvingtonCategory 3 · 11 mi
- Grand BayCategory 3 · 6 mi
- TheodoreCategory 3 · 16 mi
- Spanish FortCategory 3 · 35 mi
- MobileCategory 3 · 20 mi
- PrichardCategory 2 · 27 mi
- WhistlerCategory 2 · 25 mi
- ChickasawCategory 2 · 27 mi
- Bay MinetteCategory 2 · 48 mi
- Eight MileCategory 2 · 24 mi
- SemmesCategory 2 · 17 mi
- SaralandCategory 2 · 28 mi
- SatsumaCategory 2 · 31 mi
- AtmoreCategory 2 · 68 mi
- WilmerCategory 2 · 14 mi
- ChunchulaCategory 1 · 27 mi
- Mount VernonCategory 1 · 39 mi
- CitronelleCategory 1 · 27 mi
- McintoshCategory 1 · 43 mi
- JacksonCategory 1 · 63 mi
- ChatomCategory 1 · 43 mi
- MillryCategory 1 · 46 mi
- ButlerTropical storm · 71 mi
- MillportTropical storm · 2 mi
- FayetteTropical storm · 9 mi
- BerryTropical storm · 9 mi
- VernonTropical storm · 10 mi
- ReformTropical storm · 13 mi
- SulligentTropical storm · 16 mi
- CokerTropical storm · 17 mi
- GordoTropical storm · 18 mi
- CarrolltonTropical storm · 25 mi
- WinfieldTropical storm · 26 mi
- Carbon HillTropical storm · 26 mi
- GuinTropical storm · 27 mi
- NauvooTropical storm · 34 mi
- AlicevilleTropical storm · 36 mi
- HamiltonTropical storm · 37 mi
- EutawTropical storm · 43 mi
- ArleyTropical storm · 45 mi
- Double SpringsTropical storm · 46 mi
- HackleburgTropical storm · 47 mi
- HaleyvilleTropical storm · 48 mi
- Phil CampbellTropical storm · 55 mi
- Red BayTropical storm · 56 mi
- AddisonTropical storm · 56 mi
- Spruce PineTropical storm · 59 mi
- RussellvilleTropical storm · 66 mi
and 144 more
Florida (7)
- PensacolaCategory 3 · 58 mi
- CantonmentCategory 3 · 61 mi
- MolinoCategory 3 · 65 mi
- PaceCategory 3 · 69 mi
- Gulf BreezeCategory 3 · 73 mi
- Mc DavidCategory 3 · 63 mi
- CenturyCategory 3 · 75 mi
Mississippi (210)
- PascagoulaCategory 3 · 9 mi
- GautierCategory 3 · 14 mi
- Moss PointCategory 3 · 4 mi
- Ocean SpringsCategory 3 · 20 mi
- DibervilleCategory 2 · 26 mi
- BiloxiCategory 2 · 28 mi
- Long BeachCategory 2 · 43 mi
- WavelandCategory 2 · 57 mi
- GulfportCategory 2 · 37 mi
- Bay St LouisCategory 2 · 58 mi
- VancleaveCategory 2 · 15 mi
- Pass ChristianCategory 2 · 48 mi
- DiamondheadCategory 2 · 54 mi
- LucedaleCategory 1 · 4 mi
- SaucierCategory 1 · 33 mi
- KilnCategory 1 · 55 mi
- PerkinstonCategory 1 · 27 mi
- Mc HenryCategory 1 · 30 mi
- LeakesvilleCategory 1 · 15 mi
- PicayuneCategory 1 · 62 mi
- WigginsCategory 1 · 21 mi
- CarriereCategory 1 · 57 mi
- BeaumontCategory 1 · 1 mi
- BrooklynCategory 1 · 12 mi
- State LineCategory 1 · 29 mi
- PoplarvilleCategory 1 · 45 mi
- RichtonCategory 1 · 11 mi
- BuckatunnaCategory 1 · 35 mi
- LumbertonCategory 1 · 32 mi
- PurvisCategory 1 · 23 mi
- WaynesboroCategory 1 · 34 mi
- PetalTropical storm · 6 mi
- OvettTropical storm · 7 mi
- HattiesburgTropical storm · 13 mi
- Sandy HookTropical storm · 48 mi
- MoselleTropical storm · 4 mi
- EllisvilleTropical storm · 4 mi
- SumrallTropical storm · 22 mi
- ShubutaTropical storm · 37 mi
- LaurelTropical storm · 13 mi
- ColumbiaTropical storm · 37 mi
- FoxworthTropical storm · 44 mi
- SeminaryTropical storm · 10 mi
- HeidelbergTropical storm · 26 mi
- QuitmanTropical storm · 49 mi
- TylertownTropical storm · 58 mi
- BassfieldTropical storm · 24 mi
- TaylorsvilleTropical storm · 4 mi
- CollinsTropical storm · 10 mi
- EnterpriseTropical storm · 46 mi
- JayessTropical storm · 51 mi
- MagnoliaTropical storm · 74 mi
- Mount OliveTropical storm · 10 mi
- Bay SpringsTropical storm · 17 mi
- PrentissTropical storm · 26 mi
- Silver CreekTropical storm · 33 mi
- MeridianTropical storm · 61 mi
- SummitTropical storm · 67 mi
- MccombTropical storm · 69 mi
- ToomsubaTropical storm · 71 mi
and 150 more
Louisiana (9)
- Pearl RiverCategory 1 · 72 mi
- BushCategory 1 · 71 mi
- BogalusaCategory 1 · 62 mi
- AngieTropical storm · 54 mi
- FranklintonTropical storm · 70 mi
- Mount HermonTropical storm · 72 mi
- TallulahTropical storm · 67 mi
- Lake ProvidenceTropical storm · 62 mi
- Oak GroveTropical storm · 72 mi
Arkansas (6)
- EudoraTropical storm · 61 mi
- Lake VillageTropical storm · 62 mi
- HelenaTropical storm · 62 mi
- West HelenaTropical storm · 67 mi
- Mc GeheeTropical storm · 70 mi
- DermottTropical storm · 74 mi
Other storms of the 1916 season
- Unnamed (AL011916)Tropical storm · 2,383 cities
- Unnamed (AL031916)Category 2 · 802 cities
- Unnamed (AL041916)Category 3 · 370 cities
- Unnamed (AL061916)Category 4 · 67 cities
- Unnamed (AL071916)Category 2 · 182 cities
- Unnamed (AL091916)Tropical storm · 190 cities
- Unnamed (AL121916)Tropical storm · 73 cities
- Unnamed (AL131916)Category 3 · 1 cities
- Unnamed (AL141916)Category 2 · 330 cities
- Unnamed (AL151916)Tropical storm · 60 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.