NHC AL031918 · Atlantic basin
Unnamed Hurricane of 1918
August 23, 1918 – August 26, 1918
Data: NOAA NHC HURDAT2 and NOAA SPC tornado and hail reports, through 2025 · Updated
Hurricane Unnamed 1918 storm peaked at Category 1 with 75 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 101 US cities, 42 of them while still at hurricane strength.
The 1918 storm in the record
HURDAT2 tracks the unnamed storm of 1918 (AL031918) from August 23, 1918 to August 26, 1918; its peak was 75 mph (Category 1). HURDAT2 marks a landfall within 50 miles of a US city on this site: on August 24 at 75 mph (Category 1), 5 miles from Newport, NC. Its centre passed within 75 miles of 101 US cities, in 2 states, most in North Carolina (97). The strongest pass was 75 mph (Category 1) 3 miles from Atlantic Beach, NC; the centre came closest to Nags Head, NC, 1 mile away.
- Peak strength
- Category 1
- Cities within 75 mi
- 101
- At hurricane strength
- 42
- States
- 2
75 mph
when closest
Cities Unnamed 1918 storm passed near, strongest first
North Carolina (97)
- Atlantic BeachCategory 1 · 3 mi
- NewportCategory 1 · 3 mi
- Morehead CityCategory 1 · 4 mi
- Emerald IsleCategory 1 · 8 mi
- HavelockCategory 1 · 8 mi
- Cherry PointCategory 1 · 9 mi
- SwansboroCategory 1 · 13 mi
- HubertCategory 1 · 19 mi
- Camp LejeuneCategory 1 · 24 mi
- MaysvilleCategory 1 · 24 mi
- Midway ParkCategory 1 · 25 mi
- Sneads FerryCategory 1 · 25 mi
- Tarawa TerraceCategory 1 · 28 mi
- JacksonvilleCategory 1 · 32 mi
- Holly RidgeCategory 1 · 32 mi
- TrentonCategory 1 · 40 mi
- Cove CityCategory 1 · 40 mi
- Maple HillCategory 1 · 42 mi
- RichlandsCategory 1 · 43 mi
- BurgawCategory 1 · 54 mi
- BeulavilleCategory 1 · 54 mi
- Pink HillCategory 1 · 54 mi
- Deep RunCategory 1 · 55 mi
- KinstonCategory 1 · 55 mi
- WallaceCategory 1 · 60 mi
- TeacheyCategory 1 · 63 mi
- WillardCategory 1 · 63 mi
- KenansvilleCategory 1 · 65 mi
- Rose HillCategory 1 · 66 mi
- La GrangeCategory 1 · 66 mi
- Seven SpringsCategory 1 · 67 mi
- MagnoliaCategory 1 · 68 mi
- WarsawCategory 1 · 72 mi
- BeaufortCategory 1 · 8 mi
- New BernCategory 1 · 25 mi
- HampsteadCategory 1 · 36 mi
- Castle HayneCategory 1 · 49 mi
- Rocky PointCategory 1 · 50 mi
- CurrieCategory 1 · 61 mi
- HookertonCategory 1 · 61 mi
- Snow HillCategory 1 · 67 mi
- AtkinsonCategory 1 · 67 mi
- GrantsboroTropical storm · 15 mi
- Wrightsville BeachTropical storm · 41 mi
- WilmingtonTropical storm · 45 mi
- GriftonTropical storm · 52 mi
- LelandTropical storm · 56 mi
- DelcoTropical storm · 67 mi
- RiegelwoodTropical storm · 70 mi
- BoltonTropical storm · 74 mi
- OrientalTropical storm · 6 mi
- VanceboroTropical storm · 37 mi
- Kure BeachTropical storm · 43 mi
- Carolina BeachTropical storm · 43 mi
- WinnabowTropical storm · 52 mi
- AydenTropical storm · 56 mi
- WintervilleTropical storm · 58 mi
- BoliviaTropical storm · 58 mi
- FarmvilleTropical storm · 69 mi
- BayboroTropical storm · 13 mi
and 37 more
Virginia (4)
- Virginia BeachTropical storm · 62 mi
- ChesapeakeTropical storm · 66 mi
- NorfolkTropical storm · 71 mi
- PortsmouthTropical storm · 72 mi
Other storms of the 1918 season
- Unnamed (AL011918)Category 3 · 230 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.