NHC AL061909 · Atlantic basin
Unnamed Hurricane of 1909
August 20, 1909 – August 28, 1909
Data: NOAA NHC HURDAT2 and NOAA SPC tornado and hail reports, through 2025 · Updated
Hurricane Unnamed 1909 storm peaked at Category 3 with 121 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 86 US cities, 86 of them while still at hurricane strength.
The 1909 storm in the record
HURDAT2 tracks the unnamed storm of 1909 (AL061909) from August 20, 1909 to August 28, 1909; its peak was 121 mph (Category 3). Its centre passed within 75 miles of 86 US cities, all in Puerto Rico. The strongest pass was 92 mph (Category 1) 31 miles from Ensenada, PR.
- Peak strength
- Category 3
- Cities within 75 mi
- 86
- At hurricane strength
- 86
- States
- 1
121 mph
when closest
Cities Unnamed 1909 storm passed near, strongest first
Puerto Rico (86)
- EnsenadaCategory 1 · 31 mi
- BoqueronCategory 1 · 31 mi
- GuanicaCategory 1 · 33 mi
- LajasCategory 1 · 34 mi
- Cabo RojoCategory 1 · 37 mi
- GuayanillaCategory 1 · 38 mi
- MerceditaCategory 1 · 38 mi
- PonceCategory 1 · 38 mi
- Sabana GrandeCategory 1 · 38 mi
- San GermanCategory 1 · 39 mi
- Santa IsabelCategory 1 · 39 mi
- YaucoCategory 1 · 39 mi
- AguirreCategory 1 · 40 mi
- PenuelasCategory 1 · 40 mi
- SalinasCategory 1 · 41 mi
- Juana DiazCategory 1 · 41 mi
- HormiguerosCategory 1 · 41 mi
- GuayamaCategory 1 · 42 mi
- Coto LaurelCategory 1 · 43 mi
- ArroyoCategory 1 · 43 mi
- MayaguezCategory 1 · 45 mi
- PatillasCategory 1 · 46 mi
- MaricaoCategory 1 · 46 mi
- MaunaboCategory 1 · 46 mi
- CoamoCategory 1 · 46 mi
- VillalbaCategory 1 · 47 mi
- AdjuntasCategory 1 · 48 mi
- Las MariasCategory 1 · 50 mi
- AibonitoCategory 1 · 50 mi
- CayeyCategory 1 · 50 mi
- YabucoaCategory 1 · 50 mi
- AnascoCategory 1 · 51 mi
- JayuyaCategory 1 · 52 mi
- RinconCategory 1 · 53 mi
- LaresCategory 1 · 54 mi
- CidraCategory 1 · 54 mi
- OrocovisCategory 1 · 54 mi
- BarranquitasCategory 1 · 55 mi
- UtuadoCategory 1 · 55 mi
- San LorenzoCategory 1 · 55 mi
- AguadaCategory 1 · 56 mi
- San SebastianCategory 1 · 56 mi
- HumacaoCategory 1 · 56 mi
- ComerioCategory 1 · 57 mi
- MocaCategory 1 · 58 mi
- Punta SantiagoCategory 1 · 58 mi
- Las PiedrasCategory 1 · 58 mi
- ViequesCategory 1 · 59 mi
- Aguas BuenasCategory 1 · 60 mi
- CaguasCategory 1 · 60 mi
- CialesCategory 1 · 60 mi
- JuncosCategory 1 · 60 mi
- MorovisCategory 1 · 61 mi
- CorozalCategory 1 · 61 mi
- NaranjitoCategory 1 · 61 mi
- AguadillaCategory 1 · 62 mi
- GuraboCategory 1 · 62 mi
- NaguaboCategory 1 · 62 mi
- FloridaCategory 1 · 62 mi
- QuebradillasCategory 1 · 64 mi
and 26 more
Other storms of the 1909 season
- Unnamed (AL021909)Category 2 · 33 cities
- Unnamed (AL031909)Tropical storm · 328 cities
- Unnamed (AL041909)Category 3 · 101 cities
- Unnamed (AL081909)Tropical storm · 127 cities
- Unnamed (AL091909)Category 3 · 331 cities
- Unnamed (AL101909)Tropical storm · 28 cities
- Unnamed (AL111909)Category 3 · 52 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.