NHC AL021920 · Atlantic basin
Unnamed Hurricane of 1920
September 16, 1920 – September 23, 1920
Data: NOAA NHC HURDAT2 and NOAA SPC tornado and hail reports, through 2025 · Updated
Hurricane Unnamed 1920 storm peaked at Category 2 with 98 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 238 US cities, 79 of them while still at hurricane strength.
The 1920 storm in the record
HURDAT2 tracks the unnamed storm of 1920 (AL021920) from September 16, 1920 to September 23, 1920; its peak was 98 mph (Category 2). HURDAT2 marks a landfall within 50 miles of a US city on this site: on September 22 at 98 mph (Category 2), 23 miles from Chauvin, LA. Its centre passed within 75 miles of 238 US cities, in 4 states, most in Louisiana (216) and Arkansas (10). The strongest pass was 98 mph (Category 2) 36 miles from Golden Meadow, LA; the centre came closest to Moreauville, LA, 1 mile away.
- Peak strength
- Category 2
- Cities within 75 mi
- 238
- At hurricane strength
- 79
- States
- 4
98 mph
when closest
Cities Unnamed 1920 storm passed near, strongest first
Louisiana (216)
- Golden MeadowCategory 2 · 36 mi
- Port SulphurCategory 2 · 68 mi
- GallianoCategory 2 · 37 mi
- ChauvinCategory 1 · 19 mi
- MontegutCategory 1 · 25 mi
- Cut OffCategory 1 · 38 mi
- LaroseCategory 1 · 32 mi
- LafitteCategory 1 · 55 mi
- Belle ChasseCategory 1 · 65 mi
- LockportCategory 1 · 33 mi
- VioletCategory 1 · 73 mi
- HoumaCategory 1 · 20 mi
- MarreroCategory 1 · 61 mi
- HarveyCategory 1 · 63 mi
- GretnaCategory 1 · 65 mi
- ArabiCategory 1 · 69 mi
- ChalmetteCategory 1 · 71 mi
- MerauxCategory 1 · 73 mi
- GrayCategory 1 · 20 mi
- RacelandCategory 1 · 29 mi
- Des AllemandsCategory 1 · 41 mi
- WestwegoCategory 1 · 58 mi
- New OrleansCategory 1 · 67 mi
- SchrieverCategory 1 · 17 mi
- BoutteCategory 1 · 47 mi
- LulingCategory 1 · 49 mi
- Saint RoseCategory 1 · 53 mi
- HarahanCategory 1 · 58 mi
- MetairieCategory 1 · 61 mi
- ThibodauxCategory 1 · 20 mi
- HahnvilleCategory 1 · 47 mi
- DestrehanCategory 1 · 49 mi
- KennerCategory 1 · 57 mi
- Morgan CityCategory 1 · 2 mi
- BerwickCategory 1 · 5 mi
- NorcoCategory 1 · 48 mi
- PattersonCategory 1 · 9 mi
- VacherieCategory 1 · 32 mi
- ReserveCategory 1 · 42 mi
- La PlaceCategory 1 · 47 mi
- NapoleonvilleCategory 1 · 13 mi
- PaulinaCategory 1 · 32 mi
- LutcherCategory 1 · 34 mi
- GramercyCategory 1 · 35 mi
- Pierre PartCategory 1 · 4 mi
- FranklinCategory 1 · 19 mi
- Belle RoseCategory 1 · 14 mi
- MadisonvilleCategory 1 · 73 mi
- DonaldsonvilleCategory 1 · 20 mi
- SorrentoCategory 1 · 30 mi
- Saint AmantCategory 1 · 33 mi
- MaurepasCategory 1 · 40 mi
- White CastleCategory 1 · 13 mi
- JeaneretteCategory 1 · 22 mi
- GeismarCategory 1 · 23 mi
- GonzalesCategory 1 · 28 mi
- SpringfieldCategory 1 · 51 mi
- PonchatoulaCategory 1 · 61 mi
- RobertCategory 1 · 70 mi
- PrairievilleCategory 1 · 30 mi
and 156 more
Mississippi (10)
Arkansas (10)
Other storms of the 1920 season
- Unnamed (AL031920)Category 1 · 175 cities
- Unnamed (AL051920)Category 1 · 175 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.