NHC AL031908 · Atlantic basin
Unnamed Hurricane of 1908
July 24, 1908 – August 3, 1908
Data: NOAA NHC HURDAT2 and NOAA SPC tornado and hail reports, through 2025 · Updated
Hurricane Unnamed 1908 storm peaked at Category 1 with 81 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 104 US cities, 95 of them while still at hurricane strength.
The 1908 storm in the record
HURDAT2 tracks the unnamed storm of 1908 (AL031908) from July 24, 1908 to August 3, 1908; its peak was 81 mph (Category 1). HURDAT2 marks a landfall within 50 miles of a US city on this site: on July 31 at 81 mph (Category 1), 7 miles from Swansboro, NC. Its centre passed within 75 miles of 104 US cities, in 2 states, most in North Carolina (98). The strongest pass was 81 mph (Category 1) 1 mile from Emerald Isle, NC.
- Peak strength
- Category 1
- Cities within 75 mi
- 104
- At hurricane strength
- 95
- States
- 2
81 mph
when closest
Cities Unnamed 1908 storm passed near, strongest first
North Carolina (98)
- Emerald IsleCategory 1 · 1 mi
- SwansboroCategory 1 · 5 mi
- HubertCategory 1 · 9 mi
- Sneads FerryCategory 1 · 13 mi
- Camp LejeuneCategory 1 · 13 mi
- Midway ParkCategory 1 · 15 mi
- MaysvilleCategory 1 · 18 mi
- Holly RidgeCategory 1 · 18 mi
- Tarawa TerraceCategory 1 · 18 mi
- HampsteadCategory 1 · 20 mi
- JacksonvilleCategory 1 · 21 mi
- Wrightsville BeachCategory 1 · 22 mi
- Kure BeachCategory 1 · 23 mi
- Carolina BeachCategory 1 · 24 mi
- WilmingtonCategory 1 · 26 mi
- Maple HillCategory 1 · 30 mi
- Castle HayneCategory 1 · 30 mi
- SouthportCategory 1 · 31 mi
- Rocky PointCategory 1 · 33 mi
- WinnabowCategory 1 · 33 mi
- RichlandsCategory 1 · 33 mi
- Oak IslandCategory 1 · 33 mi
- TrentonCategory 1 · 35 mi
- LelandCategory 1 · 37 mi
- BurgawCategory 1 · 38 mi
- Cove CityCategory 1 · 39 mi
- BoliviaCategory 1 · 39 mi
- CurrieCategory 1 · 43 mi
- BeulavilleCategory 1 · 44 mi
- SupplyCategory 1 · 45 mi
- Pink HillCategory 1 · 46 mi
- WallaceCategory 1 · 47 mi
- DelcoCategory 1 · 49 mi
- Deep RunCategory 1 · 49 mi
- ShallotteCategory 1 · 49 mi
- WillardCategory 1 · 49 mi
- AtkinsonCategory 1 · 50 mi
- TeacheyCategory 1 · 50 mi
- Ocean Isle BeachCategory 1 · 51 mi
- RiegelwoodCategory 1 · 51 mi
- KinstonCategory 1 · 51 mi
- GriftonCategory 1 · 52 mi
- Sunset BeachCategory 1 · 53 mi
- Rose HillCategory 1 · 54 mi
- KenansvilleCategory 1 · 55 mi
- BoltonCategory 1 · 56 mi
- AshCategory 1 · 56 mi
- MagnoliaCategory 1 · 57 mi
- CalabashCategory 1 · 57 mi
- AydenCategory 1 · 58 mi
- HookertonCategory 1 · 60 mi
- Seven SpringsCategory 1 · 60 mi
- La GrangeCategory 1 · 61 mi
- WarsawCategory 1 · 62 mi
- HarrellsCategory 1 · 62 mi
- Lake WaccamawCategory 1 · 63 mi
- Snow HillCategory 1 · 64 mi
- NakinaCategory 1 · 66 mi
- Mount OliveCategory 1 · 68 mi
- GarlandCategory 1 · 70 mi
and 38 more
South Carolina (6)
- Little RiverCategory 1 · 60 mi
- North Myrtle BeachCategory 1 · 60 mi
- LongsCategory 1 · 66 mi
- Surfside BeachCategory 1 · 71 mi
- Myrtle BeachCategory 1 · 72 mi
- Murrells InletCategory 1 · 73 mi
Other storms of the 1908 season
- Unnamed (AL021908)Category 1 · 1,096 cities
- Unnamed (AL041908)Tropical storm · 126 cities
- Unnamed (AL051908)Tropical storm · 67 cities
- Unnamed (AL061908)Category 3 · 50 cities
- Unnamed (AL101908)Tropical storm · 96 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.