NHC AL061921 · Atlantic basin
Unnamed Hurricane of 1921
October 20, 1921 – October 30, 1921
Data: NOAA NHC HURDAT2 and NOAA SPC tornado and hail reports, through 2025 · Updated
Hurricane Unnamed 1921 storm peaked at Category 4 with 138 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 192 US cities, 192 of them while still at hurricane strength.
The 1921 storm in the record
HURDAT2 tracks the unnamed storm of 1921 (AL061921) from October 20, 1921 to October 30, 1921; its peak was 138 mph (Category 4). HURDAT2 marks a landfall within 50 miles of a US city on this site: on October 25 at 115 mph (Category 3), 3 miles from Tarpon Springs, FL. Its centre passed within 75 miles of 192 US cities, all in Florida. The strongest pass was 116 mph (Category 3) 75 miles from Englewood, FL; the centre came closest to Deltona, FL, less than a mile away.
- Peak strength
- Category 4
- Cities within 75 mi
- 192
- At hurricane strength
- 192
- States
- 1
138 mph
when closest
Cities Unnamed 1921 storm passed near, strongest first
Florida (192)
- EnglewoodCategory 3 · 75 mi
- DunedinCategory 3 · 5 mi
- Indian ShoresCategory 3 · 8 mi
- ClearwaterCategory 3 · 8 mi
- LargoCategory 3 · 10 mi
- SeminoleCategory 3 · 11 mi
- Pinellas ParkCategory 3 · 16 mi
- St Pete BeachCategory 3 · 19 mi
- South PasadenaCategory 3 · 20 mi
- St PetersburgCategory 3 · 20 mi
- Holmes BeachCategory 3 · 32 mi
- RuskinCategory 3 · 34 mi
- PalmettoCategory 3 · 36 mi
- Longboat KeyCategory 3 · 39 mi
- EllentonCategory 3 · 40 mi
- BradentonCategory 3 · 40 mi
- ParrishCategory 3 · 42 mi
- University ParkCategory 3 · 47 mi
- Lakewood RanchCategory 3 · 49 mi
- SarasotaCategory 3 · 50 mi
- OspreyCategory 3 · 57 mi
- Myakka CityCategory 3 · 58 mi
- NokomisCategory 3 · 61 mi
- VeniceCategory 3 · 65 mi
- Tarpon SpringsCategory 3 · 3 mi
- Palm HarborCategory 3 · 3 mi
- Safety HarborCategory 3 · 9 mi
- OldsmarCategory 3 · 8 mi
- Apollo BeachCategory 3 · 32 mi
- Sun City CenterCategory 3 · 38 mi
- HolidayCategory 3 · 3 mi
- WimaumaCategory 3 · 40 mi
- GibsontonCategory 3 · 30 mi
- TrinityCategory 2 · 1 mi
- New Port RicheyCategory 2 · 5 mi
- OdessaCategory 2 · 5 mi
- TampaCategory 2 · 17 mi
- Port RicheyCategory 2 · 7 mi
- LutzCategory 2 · 11 mi
- HudsonCategory 2 · 9 mi
- Temple TerraceCategory 2 · 19 mi
- BrandonCategory 2 · 28 mi
- ValricoCategory 2 · 32 mi
- LithiaCategory 2 · 41 mi
- Land O LakesCategory 2 · 3 mi
- SeffnerCategory 2 · 25 mi
- ThonotosassaCategory 2 · 20 mi
- RiverviewCategory 2 · 22 mi
- DoverCategory 2 · 28 mi
- Bowling GreenCategory 2 · 59 mi
- WauchulaCategory 2 · 67 mi
- Spring HillCategory 2 · 11 mi
- Zolfo SpringsCategory 2 · 73 mi
- Wesley ChapelCategory 2 · 10 mi
- Plant CityCategory 2 · 29 mi
- MulberryCategory 2 · 42 mi
- San AntonioCategory 2 · 6 mi
- ZephyrhillsCategory 2 · 15 mi
- Fort MeadeCategory 2 · 57 mi
- BrooksvilleCategory 2 · 10 mi
and 132 more
Other storms of the 1921 season
- Unnamed (AL011921)Category 1 · 166 cities
- Unnamed (AL051921)Category 1 · 55 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.