NHC AL081906 · Atlantic basin
Unnamed Hurricane of 1906
October 8, 1906 – October 23, 1906
Data: NOAA NHC HURDAT2 and NOAA SPC tornado and hail reports, through 2025 · Updated
Hurricane Unnamed 1906 storm peaked at Category 3 with 121 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 288 US cities, 90 of them while still at hurricane strength.
The 1906 storm in the record
HURDAT2 tracks the unnamed storm of 1906 (AL081906) from October 8, 1906 to October 23, 1906; its peak was 121 mph (Category 3). HURDAT2 marks 3 landfalls within 50 miles of a US city on this site, the first on October 18 at 121 mph (Category 3), 5 miles from Marathon, FL. Its centre passed within 75 miles of 288 US cities, in 3 states, most in Florida (229) and Georgia (33). The strongest pass was 121 mph (Category 3) 3 miles from Marathon, FL; the centre came closest to Paisley, FL, less than a mile away.
- Peak strength
- Category 3
- Cities within 75 mi
- 288
- At hurricane strength
- 90
- States
- 3
121 mph
when closest
Cities Unnamed 1906 storm passed near, strongest first
Florida (229)
- MarathonCategory 3 · 3 mi
- Big Pine KeyCategory 3 · 13 mi
- IslamoradaCategory 3 · 17 mi
- TavernierCategory 3 · 20 mi
- Summerland KeyCategory 3 · 20 mi
- Key LargoCategory 3 · 21 mi
- Key WestCategory 3 · 31 mi
- Florida CityCategory 3 · 3 mi
- HomesteadCategory 3 · 4 mi
- Cutler BayCategory 3 · 5 mi
- Coral GablesCategory 3 · 1 mi
- MiamiCategory 3 · 1 mi
- South MiamiCategory 3 · 2 mi
- Palmetto BayCategory 3 · 4 mi
- Miami ShoresCategory 3 · overhead
- North MiamiCategory 3 · 1 mi
- Miami BeachCategory 3 · 4 mi
- Opa LockaCategory 3 · 5 mi
- DoralCategory 3 · 7 mi
- HialeahCategory 3 · 7 mi
- Miami GardensCategory 3 · 8 mi
- Miami LakesCategory 3 · 8 mi
- Key BiscayneCategory 3 · 8 mi
- Sunny Isles BeachCategory 3 · 2 mi
- Bay Harbor IslandsCategory 3 · 2 mi
- AventuraCategory 3 · 3 mi
- North Miami BeachCategory 3 · 3 mi
- Hallandale BeachCategory 3 · 4 mi
- HollywoodCategory 3 · 6 mi
- Dania BeachCategory 3 · 7 mi
- MiramarCategory 3 · 10 mi
- DavieCategory 3 · 13 mi
- Pembroke PinesCategory 3 · 13 mi
- Lauderdale LakesCategory 3 · 15 mi
- PlantationCategory 3 · 15 mi
- SunriseCategory 3 · 18 mi
- WestonCategory 3 · 20 mi
- Wilton ManorsCategory 3 · 10 mi
- Fort LauderdaleCategory 3 · 11 mi
- Oakland ParkCategory 3 · 12 mi
- Pompano BeachCategory 3 · 14 mi
- LauderhillCategory 3 · 16 mi
- North LauderdaleCategory 3 · 17 mi
- MargateCategory 3 · 19 mi
- Coconut CreekCategory 3 · 19 mi
- TamaracCategory 3 · 19 mi
- Coral SpringsCategory 3 · 22 mi
- Belle GladeCategory 3 · 59 mi
- South BayCategory 3 · 61 mi
- Deerfield BeachCategory 3 · 17 mi
- Boca RatonCategory 3 · 21 mi
- Delray BeachCategory 3 · 23 mi
- PahokeeCategory 3 · 64 mi
- Boynton BeachCategory 3 · 26 mi
- AtlantisCategory 3 · 26 mi
- Palm SpringsCategory 3 · 29 mi
- Lake WorthCategory 3 · 30 mi
- GreenacresCategory 3 · 31 mi
- West Palm BeachCategory 3 · 33 mi
- WellingtonCategory 3 · 38 mi
and 169 more
South Carolina (26)
- AwendawCategory 1 · 64 mi
- Mc ClellanvilleCategory 1 · 70 mi
- HugerCategory 1 · 72 mi
- Isle Of PalmsCategory 1 · 55 mi
- Mount PleasantCategory 1 · 59 mi
- Daniel IslandCategory 1 · 65 mi
- Sullivans IslandCategory 1 · 54 mi
- North CharlestonCategory 1 · 67 mi
- Goose CreekCategory 1 · 73 mi
- CharlestonCategory 1 · 60 mi
- Charleston AfbCategory 1 · 68 mi
- Johns IslandCategory 1 · 57 mi
- RavenelCategory 1 · 65 mi
- Wadmalaw IslandCategory 1 · 55 mi
- HollywoodCategory 1 · 61 mi
- Edisto IslandCategory 1 · 52 mi
- Saint Helena IslandTropical storm · 46 mi
- BeaufortTropical storm · 54 mi
- SeabrookTropical storm · 63 mi
- YemasseeTropical storm · 72 mi
- Hilton Head IslandTropical storm · 40 mi
- BlufftonTropical storm · 47 mi
- Port RoyalTropical storm · 50 mi
- OkatieTropical storm · 52 mi
- HardeevilleTropical storm · 56 mi
- RidgelandTropical storm · 64 mi
Georgia (33)
- Tybee IslandTropical storm · 34 mi
- Garden CityTropical storm · 53 mi
- Port WentworthTropical storm · 55 mi
- RinconTropical storm · 63 mi
- GuytonTropical storm · 72 mi
- SpringfieldTropical storm · 72 mi
- SavannahTropical storm · 47 mi
- PoolerTropical storm · 57 mi
- BloomingdaleTropical storm · 62 mi
- EllabellTropical storm · 71 mi
- Richmond HillTropical storm · 52 mi
- MidwayTropical storm · 51 mi
- Fort StewartTropical storm · 65 mi
- AllenhurstTropical storm · 61 mi
- HinesvilleTropical storm · 64 mi
- TownsendTropical storm · 42 mi
- LudowiciTropical storm · 68 mi
- DarienTropical storm · 37 mi
- JesupTropical storm · 69 mi
- St Simons IslandTropical storm · 27 mi
- BrunswickTropical storm · 36 mi
- HortenseTropical storm · 56 mi
- ScrevenTropical storm · 73 mi
- WaverlyTropical storm · 35 mi
- WaynesvilleTropical storm · 48 mi
- PattersonTropical storm · 70 mi
- Saint MarysTropical storm · 22 mi
- KingslandTropical storm · 29 mi
- WoodbineTropical storm · 32 mi
- Saint GeorgeTropical storm · 50 mi
- FolkstonTropical storm · 50 mi
- NahuntaTropical storm · 56 mi
- HobokenTropical storm · 64 mi
Other storms of the 1906 season
- Unnamed (AL011906)Tropical storm · 238 cities
- Unnamed (AL021906)Category 2 · 70 cities
- Unnamed (AL051906)Category 1 · 269 cities
- Unnamed (AL061906)Category 3 · 370 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.