NHC AL041909 · Atlantic basin
Unnamed Hurricane of 1909
July 13, 1909 – July 22, 1909
Data: NOAA NHC HURDAT2 and NOAA SPC tornado and hail reports, through 2025 · Updated
Hurricane Unnamed 1909 storm peaked at Category 3 with 115 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 101 US cities, 78 of them while still at hurricane strength.
The 1909 storm in the record
HURDAT2 tracks the unnamed storm of 1909 (AL041909) from July 13, 1909 to July 22, 1909; its peak was 115 mph (Category 3). HURDAT2 marks a landfall within 50 miles of a US city on this site: on July 21 at 115 mph (Category 3), 6 miles from Freeport, TX. Its centre passed within 75 miles of 101 US cities, all in Texas. The strongest pass was 115 mph (Category 3) 35 miles from Hitchcock, TX; the centre came closest to Sweeny, TX, 1 mile away.
- Peak strength
- Category 3
- Cities within 75 mi
- 101
- At hurricane strength
- 78
- States
- 1
115 mph
when closest
Cities Unnamed 1909 storm passed near, strongest first
Texas (101)
- HitchcockCategory 3 · 35 mi
- GalvestonCategory 3 · 35 mi
- La MarqueCategory 3 · 37 mi
- Texas CityCategory 3 · 40 mi
- Crystal BeachCategory 3 · 48 mi
- AnahuacCategory 3 · 65 mi
- FreeportCategory 3 · 3 mi
- BacliffCategory 3 · 46 mi
- Santa FeCategory 3 · 34 mi
- DickinsonCategory 3 · 42 mi
- KemahCategory 2 · 46 mi
- CluteCategory 2 · 5 mi
- League CityCategory 2 · 42 mi
- SeabrookCategory 2 · 48 mi
- BaytownCategory 2 · 63 mi
- Lake JacksonCategory 2 · 4 mi
- DanburyCategory 2 · 18 mi
- La PorteCategory 2 · 54 mi
- AngletonCategory 2 · 12 mi
- AlvinCategory 2 · 32 mi
- FriendswoodCategory 2 · 40 mi
- WebsterCategory 2 · 43 mi
- South HoustonCategory 2 · 49 mi
- PasadenaCategory 2 · 51 mi
- Deer ParkCategory 2 · 53 mi
- ChannelviewCategory 2 · 59 mi
- HighlandsCategory 2 · 63 mi
- CrosbyCategory 2 · 68 mi
- ManvelCategory 2 · 35 mi
- PearlandCategory 2 · 40 mi
- Galena ParkCategory 2 · 53 mi
- BrazoriaCategory 2 · overhead
- RosharonCategory 2 · 29 mi
- HumbleCategory 2 · 70 mi
- KingwoodCategory 2 · 75 mi
- FresnoCategory 2 · 35 mi
- SweenyCategory 2 · overhead
- West ColumbiaCategory 2 · 7 mi
- BellaireCategory 2 · 47 mi
- Missouri CityCategory 2 · 37 mi
- HoustonCategory 2 · 52 mi
- StaffordCategory 2 · 39 mi
- Sugar LandCategory 1 · 36 mi
- Van VleckCategory 1 · 5 mi
- Bay CityCategory 1 · 12 mi
- SpringCategory 1 · 71 mi
- TomballCategory 1 · 63 mi
- NeedvilleCategory 1 · 20 mi
- BolingCategory 1 · 8 mi
- RosenbergCategory 1 · 30 mi
- RichmondCategory 1 · 33 mi
- KatyCategory 1 · 46 mi
- CypressCategory 1 · 57 mi
- BeasleyCategory 1 · 23 mi
- PalaciosCategory 1 · 31 mi
- PinehurstCategory 1 · 72 mi
- FulshearCategory 1 · 37 mi
- MagnoliaCategory 1 · 73 mi
- WhartonCategory 1 · 9 mi
- HockleyCategory 1 · 63 mi
and 41 more
Other storms of the 1909 season
- Unnamed (AL021909)Category 2 · 33 cities
- Unnamed (AL031909)Tropical storm · 328 cities
- Unnamed (AL061909)Category 3 · 86 cities
- Unnamed (AL081909)Tropical storm · 127 cities
- Unnamed (AL091909)Category 3 · 331 cities
- Unnamed (AL101909)Tropical storm · 28 cities
- Unnamed (AL111909)Category 3 · 52 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.