NHC AL091947 · Atlantic basin
Unnamed Hurricane of 1947
October 8, 1947 – October 16, 1947
Data: NOAA NHC HURDAT2 and NOAA SPC tornado and hail reports, through 2025 · Updated
Hurricane Unnamed 1947 storm peaked at Category 2 with 104 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 247 US cities, 157 of them while still at hurricane strength.
The 1947 storm in the record
HURDAT2 tracks the unnamed storm of 1947 (AL091947) from October 8, 1947 to October 16, 1947; its peak was 104 mph (Category 2). HURDAT2 marks 2 landfalls within 50 miles of a US city on this site, the first on October 12 at 92 mph (Category 1), 43 miles from Florida City, FL. Its centre passed within 75 miles of 247 US cities, in 4 states, most in Georgia (136) and Florida (92). The strongest pass was 104 mph (Category 2) 15 miles from Tybee Island, GA; the centre came closest to Miramar, FL, less than a mile away.
- Peak strength
- Category 2
- Cities within 75 mi
- 247
- At hurricane strength
- 157
- States
- 4
104 mph
when closest
Cities Unnamed 1947 storm passed near, strongest first
Georgia (136)
- Tybee IslandCategory 2 · 15 mi
- SavannahCategory 2 · 15 mi
- Garden CityCategory 2 · 22 mi
- Port WentworthCategory 2 · 25 mi
- RinconCategory 2 · 35 mi
- PoolerCategory 2 · 22 mi
- SpringfieldCategory 2 · 42 mi
- ClyoCategory 2 · 50 mi
- Richmond HillCategory 2 · 9 mi
- BloomingdaleCategory 2 · 24 mi
- GuytonCategory 2 · 37 mi
- MidwayCategory 2 · 1 mi
- TownsendCategory 2 · 15 mi
- DarienCategory 2 · 25 mi
- EllabellCategory 2 · 28 mi
- St Simons IslandCategory 2 · 41 mi
- SylvaniaCategory 2 · 69 mi
- Fort StewartCategory 1 · 9 mi
- PembrokeCategory 1 · 29 mi
- BrookletCategory 1 · 41 mi
- AllenhurstCategory 1 · 1 mi
- HinesvilleCategory 1 · 6 mi
- BrunswickCategory 1 · 37 mi
- StatesboroCategory 1 · 49 mi
- LudowiciCategory 1 · 1 mi
- WaverlyCategory 1 · 47 mi
- Saint MarysCategory 1 · 68 mi
- WoodbineCategory 1 · 57 mi
- PortalCategory 1 · 57 mi
- KingslandCategory 1 · 65 mi
- ClaxtonCategory 1 · 30 mi
- MillenCategory 1 · 75 mi
- JesupCategory 1 · 7 mi
- GlennvilleCategory 1 · 16 mi
- HortenseCategory 1 · 28 mi
- WaynesvilleCategory 1 · 40 mi
- MetterCategory 1 · 49 mi
- CollinsCategory 1 · 33 mi
- OdumCategory 1 · 2 mi
- ScrevenCategory 1 · 13 mi
- ReidsvilleCategory 1 · 25 mi
- NahuntaCategory 1 · 37 mi
- Twin CityCategory 1 · 59 mi
- PattersonCategory 1 · 22 mi
- FolkstonCategory 1 · 58 mi
- HobokenCategory 1 · 36 mi
- SwainsboroCategory 1 · 64 mi
- LyonsCategory 1 · 34 mi
- BlackshearCategory 1 · 26 mi
- BaxleyCategory 1 · 6 mi
- VidaliaCategory 1 · 38 mi
- UvaldaCategory 1 · 25 mi
- WaycrossCategory 1 · 32 mi
- AlmaCategory 1 · 8 mi
- SopertonCategory 1 · 50 mi
- AdrianCategory 1 · 61 mi
- Mount VernonCategory 1 · 37 mi
- WrightsvilleCategory 1 · 74 mi
- HazlehurstCategory 1 · 13 mi
- NichollsTropical storm · 10 mi
and 76 more
South Carolina (18)
- Hilton Head IslandCategory 2 · 29 mi
- BlufftonCategory 2 · 31 mi
- HardeevilleCategory 2 · 33 mi
- OkatieCategory 2 · 35 mi
- Port RoyalCategory 2 · 42 mi
- Saint Helena IslandCategory 2 · 42 mi
- BeaufortCategory 2 · 45 mi
- RidgelandCategory 2 · 48 mi
- SeabrookCategory 2 · 54 mi
- Edisto IslandCategory 2 · 56 mi
- YemasseeCategory 2 · 61 mi
- Wadmalaw IslandCategory 2 · 65 mi
- EstillCategory 2 · 66 mi
- HollywoodCategory 2 · 68 mi
- Johns IslandCategory 2 · 70 mi
- VarnvilleCategory 2 · 71 mi
- HamptonCategory 2 · 74 mi
- RavenelCategory 2 · 74 mi
Florida (92)
- Big Pine KeyCategory 1 · 44 mi
- Marco IslandCategory 1 · 46 mi
- MarathonCategory 1 · 47 mi
- NaplesCategory 1 · 62 mi
- Bonita SpringsCategory 1 · 74 mi
- Key WestCategory 1 · 34 mi
- Summerland KeyCategory 1 · 41 mi
- IslamoradaCategory 1 · 47 mi
- TavernierCategory 1 · 45 mi
- ImmokaleeCategory 1 · 65 mi
- Key LargoCategory 1 · 42 mi
- Florida CityCategory 1 · 21 mi
- HilliardCategory 1 · 71 mi
- HomesteadCategory 1 · 20 mi
- MiramarCategory 1 · overhead
- Dania BeachCategory 1 · 2 mi
- Miami GardensCategory 1 · 2 mi
- HollywoodCategory 1 · 3 mi
- Miami LakesCategory 1 · 3 mi
- Wilton ManorsCategory 1 · 3 mi
- Fort LauderdaleCategory 1 · 3 mi
- HialeahCategory 1 · 3 mi
- Pembroke PinesCategory 1 · 3 mi
- DavieCategory 1 · 4 mi
- DoralCategory 1 · 4 mi
- Oakland ParkCategory 1 · 5 mi
- Opa LockaCategory 1 · 5 mi
- Hallandale BeachCategory 1 · 5 mi
- AventuraCategory 1 · 6 mi
- North Miami BeachCategory 1 · 7 mi
- Lauderdale LakesCategory 1 · 7 mi
- PlantationCategory 1 · 7 mi
- Sunny Isles BeachCategory 1 · 8 mi
- Pompano BeachCategory 1 · 8 mi
- LauderhillCategory 1 · 8 mi
- North MiamiCategory 1 · 9 mi
- SunriseCategory 1 · 10 mi
- North LauderdaleCategory 1 · 10 mi
- Miami ShoresCategory 1 · 10 mi
- WestonCategory 1 · 10 mi
- MiamiCategory 1 · 10 mi
- Deerfield BeachCategory 1 · 11 mi
- Bay Harbor IslandsCategory 1 · 11 mi
- MargateCategory 1 · 11 mi
- TamaracCategory 1 · 11 mi
- Coconut CreekCategory 1 · 12 mi
- Coral GablesCategory 1 · 12 mi
- South MiamiCategory 1 · 13 mi
- Miami BeachCategory 1 · 14 mi
- Coral SpringsCategory 1 · 15 mi
- Boca RatonCategory 1 · 15 mi
- Palmetto BayCategory 1 · 16 mi
- Delray BeachCategory 1 · 18 mi
- Cutler BayCategory 1 · 19 mi
- Key BiscayneCategory 1 · 19 mi
- Boynton BeachCategory 1 · 22 mi
- AtlantisCategory 1 · 23 mi
- Palm SpringsCategory 1 · 25 mi
- Lake WorthCategory 1 · 26 mi
- GreenacresCategory 1 · 27 mi
and 32 more
Alabama (1)
- ColumbiaTropical storm · 73 mi
Other storms of the 1947 season
- Unnamed (AL011947)Tropical storm · 32 cities
- Unnamed (AL031947)Category 1 · 192 cities
- Unnamed (AL041947)Category 4 · 477 cities
- Unnamed (AL051947)Tropical storm · 89 cities
- Unnamed (AL061947)Tropical storm · 641 cities
- Unnamed (AL071947)Tropical storm · 118 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.