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NHC AL041916 · Atlantic basin

Unnamed Hurricane of 1916

July 11, 1916 – July 15, 1916

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

Hurricane Unnamed 1916 storm peaked at Category 3 with 115 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 370 US cities, 38 of them while still at hurricane strength.

The 1916 storm in the record

HURDAT2 tracks the unnamed storm of 1916 (AL041916) from July 11, 1916 to July 15, 1916; its peak was 115 mph (Category 3). HURDAT2 marks a landfall within 50 miles of a US city on this site: on July 14 at 109 mph (Category 2), 11 miles from Awendaw, SC. Its centre passed within 75 miles of 370 US cities, in 4 states, most in South Carolina (232) and North Carolina (90). The strongest pass was 109 mph (Category 2) 17 miles from Isle Of Palms, SC; the centre came closest to Whitmire, SC, 1 mile away.

Peak strength
Category 3

115 mph

Cities within 75 mi
370
At hurricane strength
38

when closest

States
4
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Cities Unnamed 1916 storm passed near, strongest first

South Carolina (232)

and 172 more

North Carolina (90)

and 30 more

Georgia (41)

Tennessee (7)

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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.