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NHC AL081901 · Atlantic basin

Unnamed Hurricane of 1901

September 9, 1901 – September 19, 1901

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

Hurricane Unnamed 1901 storm peaked at Category 1 with 81 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 606 US cities, 0 of them while still at hurricane strength.

The 1901 storm in the record

HURDAT2 tracks the unnamed storm of 1901 (AL081901) from September 9, 1901 to September 19, 1901; its peak was 81 mph (Category 1). HURDAT2 marks a landfall within 50 miles of a US city on this site: on September 17 at 58 mph (tropical storm), 3 miles from Fort Walton Beach, FL. Its centre passed within 75 miles of 606 US cities, in 6 states and territories, most in Georgia (174) and South Carolina (146). The strongest pass was 58 mph (tropical storm) less than a mile from Catano, PR.

Peak strength
Category 1

81 mph

Cities within 75 mi
606
At hurricane strength
0

when closest

States
6
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Cities Unnamed 1901 storm passed near, strongest first

Puerto Rico (86)

and 26 more

Alabama (71)

and 11 more

Florida (48)

Georgia (174)

and 114 more

North Carolina (81)

and 21 more

South Carolina (146)

and 86 more

Other storms of the 1901 season

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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.