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NHC AL061915 · Atlantic basin

Unnamed Hurricane of 1915

September 21, 1915 – October 1, 1915

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

Hurricane Unnamed 1915 storm peaked at Category 4 with 144 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 1,236 US cities, 107 of them while still at hurricane strength.

The 1915 storm in the record

HURDAT2 tracks the unnamed storm of 1915 (AL061915) from September 21, 1915 to October 1, 1915; its peak was 144 mph (Category 4). HURDAT2 marks a landfall within 50 miles of a US city on this site: on September 29 at 127 mph (Category 3), 19 miles from Golden Meadow, LA. Its centre passed within 75 miles of 1,236 US cities, in 11 states, most in Tennessee (210) and Pennsylvania (206). The strongest pass was 115 mph (Category 3) 2 miles from Golden Meadow, LA; the centre came closest to Hillsboro, AL, less than a mile away.

Peak strength
Category 4

144 mph

Cities within 75 mi
1,236
At hurricane strength
107

when closest

States
11
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Cities Unnamed 1915 storm passed near, strongest first

Louisiana (99)

and 39 more

Mississippi (168)

and 108 more

Alabama (145)

and 85 more

Tennessee (210)

and 150 more

Pennsylvania (206)

and 146 more

West Virginia (125)

and 65 more

Kentucky (121)

and 61 more

Ohio (120)

and 60 more

Virginia (21)

Georgia (13)

Maryland (8)

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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.