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NHC AL051924 · Atlantic basin

Unnamed Hurricane of 1924

September 13, 1924 – September 19, 1924

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

Hurricane Unnamed 1924 storm peaked at Category 1 with 86 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 407 US cities, 13 of them while still at hurricane strength.

The 1924 storm in the record

HURDAT2 tracks the unnamed storm of 1924 (AL051924) from September 13, 1924 to September 19, 1924; its peak was 86 mph (Category 1). HURDAT2 marks a landfall within 50 miles of a US city on this site: on September 15 at 86 mph (Category 1), 10 miles from Port St Joe, FL. Its centre passed within 75 miles of 407 US cities, in 4 states, most in North Carolina (122) and South Carolina (112). The strongest pass was 86 mph (Category 1) 45 miles from Panama City Beach, FL; the centre came closest to Surfside Beach, SC, less than a mile away.

Peak strength
Category 1

86 mph

Cities within 75 mi
407
At hurricane strength
13

when closest

States
4
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Cities Unnamed 1924 storm passed near, strongest first

Florida (64)

and 4 more

Georgia (109)

and 49 more

North Carolina (122)

and 62 more

South Carolina (112)

and 52 more

Other storms of the 1924 season

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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.