NHC AL051936 · Atlantic basin
Unnamed Hurricane of 1936
July 27, 1936 – August 1, 1936
Data: NOAA NHC HURDAT2 and NOAA SPC tornado and hail reports, through 2025 · Updated
Hurricane Unnamed 1936 storm peaked at Category 2 with 104 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 202 US cities, 59 of them while still at hurricane strength.
The 1936 storm in the record
HURDAT2 tracks the unnamed storm of 1936 (AL051936) from July 27, 1936 to August 1, 1936; its peak was 104 mph (Category 2). HURDAT2 marks 2 landfalls within 50 miles of a US city on this site, the first on July 29 at 63 mph (tropical storm), 13 miles from Key Largo, FL. Its centre passed within 75 miles of 202 US cities, in 3 states, most in Florida (122) and Alabama (69). The strongest pass was 104 mph (Category 2) 9 miles from Destin, FL; the centre came closest to Hurlburt Field, FL, less than a mile away.
- Peak strength
- Category 2
- Cities within 75 mi
- 202
- At hurricane strength
- 59
- States
- 3
104 mph
when closest
Cities Unnamed 1936 storm passed near, strongest first
Florida (122)
- DestinCategory 2 · 9 mi
- Miramar BeachCategory 2 · 13 mi
- Santa Rosa BeachCategory 2 · 23 mi
- FreeportCategory 2 · 26 mi
- Inlet BeachCategory 2 · 35 mi
- Ponce De LeonCategory 2 · 42 mi
- VernonCategory 2 · 48 mi
- BonifayCategory 2 · 63 mi
- ChipleyCategory 2 · 63 mi
- FountainCategory 2 · 69 mi
- GracevilleCategory 2 · 74 mi
- AlfordCategory 2 · 75 mi
- ShalimarCategory 2 · 3 mi
- Eglin AfbCategory 2 · 5 mi
- NicevilleCategory 2 · 11 mi
- Panama City BeachCategory 2 · 40 mi
- Lynn HavenCategory 2 · 51 mi
- YoungstownCategory 2 · 61 mi
- Fort Walton BeachCategory 2 · overhead
- ValparaisoCategory 2 · 9 mi
- Defuniak SpringsCategory 2 · 35 mi
- Panama CityCategory 2 · 51 mi
- Hurlburt FieldCategory 2 · overhead
- Mary EstherCategory 2 · 5 mi
- WewahitchkaCategory 2 · 68 mi
- WestvilleCategory 2 · 51 mi
- Port St JoeCategory 2 · 57 mi
- NavarreCategory 2 · 13 mi
- ApalachicolaCategory 2 · 71 mi
- CrestviewCategory 1 · 16 mi
- PensacolaCategory 1 · 31 mi
- Gulf BreezeCategory 1 · 16 mi
- Laurel HillCategory 1 · 28 mi
- MiltonCategory 1 · 11 mi
- BakerCategory 1 · 14 mi
- PaceCategory 1 · 20 mi
- CantonmentCategory 1 · 29 mi
- MolinoCategory 1 · 25 mi
- JayCategory 1 · 9 mi
- CenturyTropical storm · 15 mi
- Mc DavidTropical storm · 27 mi
- Holmes BeachTropical storm · 69 mi
- Longboat KeyTropical storm · 65 mi
- BradentonTropical storm · 72 mi
- NokomisTropical storm · 55 mi
- OspreyTropical storm · 57 mi
- SarasotaTropical storm · 64 mi
- University ParkTropical storm · 70 mi
- Lakewood RanchTropical storm · 74 mi
- Key LargoTropical storm · 13 mi
- NaplesTropical storm · 17 mi
- SanibelTropical storm · 22 mi
- TavernierTropical storm · 25 mi
- Bonita SpringsTropical storm · 25 mi
- Fort Myers BeachTropical storm · 27 mi
- St James CityTropical storm · 28 mi
- Key BiscayneTropical storm · 29 mi
- EsteroTropical storm · 29 mi
- BokeeliaTropical storm · 34 mi
- Cape CoralTropical storm · 37 mi
and 62 more
Alabama (69)
- HartfordCategory 2 · 71 mi
- GenevaCategory 1 · 60 mi
- ChancellorCategory 1 · 65 mi
- SamsonCategory 1 · 53 mi
- Orange BeachCategory 1 · 52 mi
- LillianCategory 1 · 43 mi
- Gulf ShoresCategory 1 · 62 mi
- FloralaCategory 1 · 37 mi
- ElbertaCategory 1 · 49 mi
- EnterpriseCategory 1 · 72 mi
- FoleyCategory 1 · 55 mi
- KinstonCategory 1 · 52 mi
- SummerdaleCategory 1 · 53 mi
- New BrocktonCategory 1 · 71 mi
- RobertsdaleCategory 1 · 46 mi
- OppCategory 1 · 50 mi
- SilverhillCategory 1 · 53 mi
- FairhopeCategory 1 · 61 mi
- LoxleyCategory 1 · 50 mi
- ElbaCategory 1 · 64 mi
- AndalusiaTropical storm · 40 mi
- DaphneTropical storm · 57 mi
- Spanish FortTropical storm · 55 mi
- TheodoreTropical storm · 75 mi
- FlomatonTropical storm · 10 mi
- BrewtonTropical storm · overhead
- Red LevelTropical storm · 36 mi
- MobileTropical storm · 70 mi
- Bay MinetteTropical storm · 42 mi
- BrantleyTropical storm · 56 mi
- PrichardTropical storm · 63 mi
- ChickasawTropical storm · 62 mi
- WhistlerTropical storm · 64 mi
- AtmoreTropical storm · 21 mi
- Eight MileTropical storm · 65 mi
- SatsumaTropical storm · 57 mi
- SaralandTropical storm · 60 mi
- LuverneTropical storm · 64 mi
- SemmesTropical storm · 71 mi
- EvergreenTropical storm · 19 mi
- GeorgianaTropical storm · 36 mi
- GreenvilleTropical storm · 49 mi
- Fort DepositTropical storm · 59 mi
- MonroevilleTropical storm · 4 mi
- Frisco CityTropical storm · 4 mi
- Mount VernonTropical storm · 47 mi
- ChunchulaTropical storm · 59 mi
- WilmerTropical storm · 73 mi
- HaynevilleTropical storm · 63 mi
- McintoshTropical storm · 42 mi
- CitronelleTropical storm · 58 mi
- JacksonTropical storm · 21 mi
- CamdenTropical storm · 29 mi
- Grove HillTropical storm · 8 mi
- AutaugavilleTropical storm · 74 mi
- LindenTropical storm · 35 mi
- ButlerTropical storm · 37 mi
- MillryTropical storm · 40 mi
- GallionTropical storm · 45 mi
- UniontownTropical storm · 46 mi
and 9 more
Mississippi (11)
- BuckatunnaTropical storm · 51 mi
- State LineTropical storm · 56 mi
- WaynesboroTropical storm · 57 mi
- QuitmanTropical storm · 60 mi
- ShubutaTropical storm · 62 mi
- ToomsubaTropical storm · 64 mi
- LauderdaleTropical storm · 69 mi
- LeakesvilleTropical storm · 69 mi
- MeridianTropical storm · 71 mi
- EnterpriseTropical storm · 71 mi
- RichtonTropical storm · 75 mi
Other storms of the 1936 season
- Unnamed (AL011936)Tropical storm · 87 cities
- Unnamed (AL031936)Category 1 · 73 cities
- Unnamed (AL041936)Tropical storm · 129 cities
- Unnamed (AL091936)Tropical storm · 185 cities
- Unnamed (AL131936)Category 3 · 75 cities
- Unnamed (AL141936)Tropical storm · 43 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.