NHC AL071916 · Atlantic basin
Unnamed Hurricane of 1916
August 21, 1916 – August 26, 1916
Data: NOAA NHC HURDAT2 and NOAA SPC tornado and hail reports, through 2025 · Updated
Hurricane Unnamed 1916 storm peaked at Category 2 with 109 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 182 US cities, 86 of them while still at hurricane strength.
The 1916 storm in the record
HURDAT2 tracks the unnamed storm of 1916 (AL071916) from August 21, 1916 to August 26, 1916; its peak was 109 mph (Category 2). HURDAT2 marks a landfall within 50 miles of a US city on this site: on August 25 at 46 mph (tropical storm), 3 miles from Palmetto Bay, FL. Its centre passed within 75 miles of 182 US cities, in 2 states and territories, most in Florida (96). The strongest pass was 104 mph (Category 2) 16 miles from Vieques, PR; the centre came closest to Aibonito, PR, less than a mile away.
- Peak strength
- Category 2
- Cities within 75 mi
- 182
- At hurricane strength
- 86
- States
- 2
109 mph
when closest
Cities Unnamed 1916 storm passed near, strongest first
Puerto Rico (86)
- ViequesCategory 2 · 16 mi
- Punta SantiagoCategory 2 · 12 mi
- CeibaCategory 2 · 21 mi
- FajardoCategory 2 · 25 mi
- HumacaoCategory 2 · 10 mi
- NaguaboCategory 2 · 17 mi
- LuquilloCategory 2 · 26 mi
- MaunaboCategory 2 · overhead
- YabucoaCategory 2 · 4 mi
- Las PiedrasCategory 2 · 12 mi
- Rio GrandeCategory 2 · 25 mi
- PatillasCategory 2 · 2 mi
- San LorenzoCategory 2 · 8 mi
- JuncosCategory 2 · 13 mi
- CanovanasCategory 2 · 23 mi
- LoizaCategory 2 · 28 mi
- ArroyoCategory 1 · 5 mi
- GuraboCategory 1 · 14 mi
- GuayamaCategory 1 · 7 mi
- CaguasCategory 1 · 11 mi
- Trujillo AltoCategory 1 · 20 mi
- CarolinaCategory 1 · 23 mi
- CayeyCategory 1 · 1 mi
- CidraCategory 1 · 5 mi
- AguirreCategory 1 · 10 mi
- Aguas BuenasCategory 1 · 11 mi
- GuaynaboCategory 1 · 19 mi
- San JuanCategory 1 · 22 mi
- AibonitoCategory 1 · overhead
- ComerioCategory 1 · 7 mi
- SalinasCategory 1 · 9 mi
- BayamonCategory 1 · 18 mi
- CatanoCategory 1 · 23 mi
- BarranquitasCategory 1 · 4 mi
- NaranjitoCategory 1 · 11 mi
- Toa AltaCategory 1 · 16 mi
- Toa BajaCategory 1 · 21 mi
- CoamoCategory 1 · 4 mi
- CorozalCategory 1 · 11 mi
- Santa IsabelCategory 1 · 12 mi
- DoradoCategory 1 · 20 mi
- OrocovisCategory 1 · 3 mi
- VillalbaCategory 1 · 5 mi
- MorovisCategory 1 · 9 mi
- Juana DiazCategory 1 · 11 mi
- Vega AltaCategory 1 · 18 mi
- CialesCategory 1 · 7 mi
- Coto LaurelCategory 1 · 10 mi
- MerceditaCategory 1 · 14 mi
- PonceCategory 1 · 14 mi
- ManatiCategory 1 · 15 mi
- Vega BajaCategory 1 · 18 mi
- JayuyaCategory 1 · overhead
- UtuadoCategory 1 · overhead
- FloridaCategory 1 · 10 mi
- Sabana HoyosCategory 1 · 12 mi
- PenuelasCategory 1 · 14 mi
- GarrochalesCategory 1 · 15 mi
- BarcelonetaCategory 1 · 16 mi
- LaresCategory 1 · overhead
and 26 more
Florida (96)
- Palmetto BayTropical storm · overhead
- South MiamiTropical storm · 3 mi
- MiamiTropical storm · 3 mi
- Cutler BayTropical storm · 4 mi
- DoralTropical storm · 4 mi
- Coral GablesTropical storm · 6 mi
- HialeahTropical storm · 7 mi
- Miami LakesTropical storm · 8 mi
- WestonTropical storm · 8 mi
- HomesteadTropical storm · 11 mi
- Key BiscayneTropical storm · 11 mi
- Pembroke PinesTropical storm · 12 mi
- Opa LockaTropical storm · 12 mi
- Miami GardensTropical storm · 12 mi
- MiramarTropical storm · 12 mi
- Miami ShoresTropical storm · 14 mi
- North MiamiTropical storm · 15 mi
- DavieTropical storm · 15 mi
- Miami BeachTropical storm · 16 mi
- North Miami BeachTropical storm · 16 mi
- PlantationTropical storm · 16 mi
- Florida CityTropical storm · 17 mi
- Bay Harbor IslandsTropical storm · 18 mi
- Sunny Isles BeachTropical storm · 19 mi
- AventuraTropical storm · 19 mi
- Key LargoTropical storm · 19 mi
- Hallandale BeachTropical storm · 19 mi
- HollywoodTropical storm · 20 mi
- Dania BeachTropical storm · 22 mi
- Fort LauderdaleTropical storm · 23 mi
- Wilton ManorsTropical storm · 25 mi
- TavernierTropical storm · 30 mi
- IslamoradaTropical storm · 39 mi
- MarathonTropical storm · 67 mi
- SunriseTropical storm · 14 mi
- TamaracTropical storm · 17 mi
- Coral SpringsTropical storm · 18 mi
- Lauderdale LakesTropical storm · 19 mi
- LauderhillTropical storm · 19 mi
- North LauderdaleTropical storm · 20 mi
- MargateTropical storm · 21 mi
- Coconut CreekTropical storm · 23 mi
- Oakland ParkTropical storm · 25 mi
- Pompano BeachTropical storm · 26 mi
- Deerfield BeachTropical storm · 27 mi
- Marco IslandTropical storm · 75 mi
- Boca RatonTropical storm · 26 mi
- Delray BeachTropical storm · 29 mi
- Boynton BeachTropical storm · 30 mi
- NaplesTropical storm · 71 mi
- WellingtonTropical storm · 24 mi
- Lake WorthTropical storm · 31 mi
- GreenacresTropical storm · 31 mi
- Palm SpringsTropical storm · 33 mi
- West Palm BeachTropical storm · 33 mi
- AtlantisTropical storm · 34 mi
- Palm BeachTropical storm · 38 mi
- ImmokaleeTropical storm · 49 mi
- Bonita SpringsTropical storm · 74 mi
- Belle GladeTropical storm · overhead
and 36 more
Other storms of the 1916 season
- Unnamed (AL011916)Tropical storm · 2,383 cities
- Unnamed (AL021916)Category 3 · 436 cities
- Unnamed (AL031916)Category 2 · 802 cities
- Unnamed (AL041916)Category 3 · 370 cities
- Unnamed (AL061916)Category 4 · 67 cities
- Unnamed (AL091916)Tropical storm · 190 cities
- Unnamed (AL121916)Tropical storm · 73 cities
- Unnamed (AL131916)Category 3 · 1 cities
- Unnamed (AL141916)Category 2 · 330 cities
- Unnamed (AL151916)Tropical storm · 60 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.