NHC AL051906 · Atlantic basin
Unnamed Hurricane of 1906
September 3, 1906 – September 18, 1906
Data: NOAA NHC HURDAT2 and NOAA SPC tornado and hail reports, through 2025 · Updated
Hurricane Unnamed 1906 storm peaked at Category 1 with 92 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 269 US cities, 40 of them while still at hurricane strength.
The 1906 storm in the record
HURDAT2 tracks the unnamed storm of 1906 (AL051906) from September 3, 1906 to September 18, 1906; its peak was 92 mph (Category 1). HURDAT2 marks a landfall within 50 miles of a US city on this site: on September 17 at 92 mph (Category 1), 10 miles from Georgetown, SC. Its centre passed within 75 miles of 269 US cities, in 3 states, most in South Carolina (217) and North Carolina (41). The strongest pass was 92 mph (Category 1) 12 miles from Pawleys Island, SC; the centre came closest to Columbia, SC, less than a mile away.
- Peak strength
- Category 1
- Cities within 75 mi
- 269
- At hurricane strength
- 40
- States
- 3
92 mph
when closest
Cities Unnamed 1906 storm passed near, strongest first
South Carolina (217)
- Pawleys IslandCategory 1 · 12 mi
- Murrells InletCategory 1 · 21 mi
- Surfside BeachCategory 1 · 26 mi
- Myrtle BeachCategory 1 · 32 mi
- North Myrtle BeachCategory 1 · 46 mi
- Little RiverCategory 1 · 50 mi
- LongsCategory 1 · 50 mi
- LorisCategory 1 · 54 mi
- ConwayCategory 1 · 37 mi
- GeorgetownCategory 1 · 3 mi
- Mc ClellanvilleCategory 1 · 18 mi
- Green SeaCategory 1 · 60 mi
- AynorCategory 1 · 45 mi
- AwendawCategory 1 · 31 mi
- Isle Of PalmsCategory 1 · 44 mi
- Galivants FerryCategory 1 · 45 mi
- NicholsCategory 1 · 59 mi
- Sullivans IslandCategory 1 · 48 mi
- HemingwayCategory 1 · 22 mi
- Mount PleasantCategory 1 · 43 mi
- AndrewsCategory 1 · 1 mi
- HugerCategory 1 · 29 mi
- GreshamCategory 1 · 38 mi
- Daniel IslandCategory 1 · 39 mi
- MullinsCategory 1 · 56 mi
- Lake ViewCategory 1 · 67 mi
- JohnsonvilleCategory 1 · 29 mi
- CharlestonCategory 1 · 50 mi
- MarionTropical storm · 51 mi
- Johns IslandTropical storm · 56 mi
- Goose CreekTropical storm · 37 mi
- North CharlestonTropical storm · 44 mi
- Charleston AfbTropical storm · 44 mi
- Wadmalaw IslandTropical storm · 63 mi
- Saint StephenTropical storm · 10 mi
- BonneauTropical storm · 16 mi
- HanahanTropical storm · 25 mi
- Moncks CornerTropical storm · 26 mi
- LadsonTropical storm · 40 mi
- SummervilleTropical storm · 40 mi
- RavenelTropical storm · 55 mi
- HollywoodTropical storm · 61 mi
- Edisto IslandTropical storm · 73 mi
- SaltersTropical storm · 3 mi
- KingstreeTropical storm · 11 mi
- PamplicoTropical storm · 36 mi
- PinevilleTropical storm · 13 mi
- Lake CityTropical storm · 23 mi
- ScrantonTropical storm · 27 mi
- CowardTropical storm · 31 mi
- RidgevilleTropical storm · 43 mi
- LattaTropical storm · 60 mi
- DillonTropical storm · 67 mi
- HamerTropical storm · 72 mi
- GreeleyvilleTropical storm · 3 mi
- CrossTropical storm · 20 mi
- EffinghamTropical storm · 35 mi
- DorchesterTropical storm · 39 mi
- CottagevilleTropical storm · 51 mi
- TurbevilleTropical storm · 17 mi
and 157 more
North Carolina (41)
- CalabashCategory 1 · 53 mi
- Sunset BeachCategory 1 · 54 mi
- Ocean Isle BeachCategory 1 · 57 mi
- ShallotteCategory 1 · 62 mi
- NakinaCategory 1 · 64 mi
- SupplyCategory 1 · 64 mi
- Oak IslandCategory 1 · 65 mi
- AshCategory 1 · 66 mi
- BoliviaCategory 1 · 69 mi
- SouthportCategory 1 · 70 mi
- Tabor CityCategory 1 · 61 mi
- ChadbournCategory 1 · 73 mi
- PeachlandTropical storm · 75 mi
- MarshvilleTropical storm · 74 mi
- WingateTropical storm · 71 mi
- MonroeTropical storm · 69 mi
- WaxhawTropical storm · 59 mi
- Indian TrailTropical storm · 73 mi
- MatthewsTropical storm · 70 mi
- PinevilleTropical storm · 64 mi
- CharlotteTropical storm · 73 mi
- CramertonTropical storm · 68 mi
- LowellTropical storm · 69 mi
- BelmontTropical storm · 69 mi
- Mount HollyTropical storm · 74 mi
- Bessemer CityTropical storm · 65 mi
- GastoniaTropical storm · 66 mi
- DallasTropical storm · 71 mi
- GroverTropical storm · 54 mi
- Kings MountainTropical storm · 60 mi
- CherryvilleTropical storm · 68 mi
- CrouseTropical storm · 72 mi
- ShelbyTropical storm · 57 mi
- LawndaleTropical storm · 67 mi
- MooresboroTropical storm · 49 mi
- Forest CityTropical storm · 51 mi
- EllenboroTropical storm · 56 mi
- RutherfordtonTropical storm · 50 mi
- SpindaleTropical storm · 52 mi
- Union MillsTropical storm · 59 mi
- BosticTropical storm · 60 mi
Georgia (11)
- AugustaTropical storm · 67 mi
- MartinezTropical storm · 64 mi
- Fort GordonTropical storm · 71 mi
- EvansTropical storm · 63 mi
- GrovetownTropical storm · 70 mi
- ApplingTropical storm · 64 mi
- LincolntonTropical storm · 59 mi
- WashingtonTropical storm · 69 mi
- TignallTropical storm · 56 mi
- ElbertonTropical storm · 48 mi
- LexingtonTropical storm · 70 mi
Other storms of the 1906 season
- Unnamed (AL011906)Tropical storm · 238 cities
- Unnamed (AL021906)Category 2 · 70 cities
- Unnamed (AL061906)Category 3 · 370 cities
- Unnamed (AL081906)Category 3 · 288 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.