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NHC AL031916 · Atlantic basin

Unnamed Hurricane of 1916

July 10, 1916 – July 22, 1916

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

Hurricane Unnamed 1916 storm peaked at Category 2 with 104 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 802 US cities, 0 of them while still at hurricane strength.

The 1916 storm in the record

HURDAT2 tracks the unnamed storm of 1916 (AL031916) from July 10, 1916 to July 22, 1916; its peak was 104 mph (Category 2). HURDAT2 marks a landfall within 50 miles of a US city on this site: on July 21 at 69 mph (tropical storm), 8 miles from Little Compton, RI. Its centre passed within 75 miles of 802 US cities, in 7 states and territories, most in Massachusetts (297) and Maine (152). The strongest pass was 71 mph (tropical storm) 48 miles from Southampton, NY; the centre came closest to Norwell, MA, less than a mile away.

Peak strength
Category 2

104 mph

Cities within 75 mi
802
At hurricane strength
0

when closest

States
7
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Cities Unnamed 1916 storm passed near, strongest first

New York (32)

Connecticut (83)

and 23 more

Rhode Island (49)

Massachusetts (297)

and 237 more

New Hampshire (103)

and 43 more

Maine (152)

and 92 more

Puerto Rico (86)

and 26 more

Other storms of the 1916 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.