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NHC AL041915 · Atlantic basin

Unnamed Hurricane of 1915

August 31, 1915 – September 6, 1915

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

Hurricane Unnamed 1915 storm peaked at Category 2 with 98 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 312 US cities, 37 of them while still at hurricane strength.

The 1915 storm in the record

HURDAT2 tracks the unnamed storm of 1915 (AL041915) from August 31, 1915 to September 6, 1915; its peak was 98 mph (Category 2). HURDAT2 marks a landfall within 50 miles of a US city on this site: on September 4 at 92 mph (Category 1), 11 miles from Wewahitchka, FL. Its centre passed within 75 miles of 312 US cities, in 3 states, most in Georgia (164) and Alabama (102). The strongest pass was 92 mph (Category 1) 3 miles from Port St Joe, FL; the centre came closest to Alford, FL, less than a mile away.

Peak strength
Category 2

98 mph

Cities within 75 mi
312
At hurricane strength
37

when closest

States
3
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Cities Unnamed 1915 storm passed near, strongest first

Florida (46)

Georgia (164)

and 104 more

Alabama (102)

and 42 more

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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.