NHC AL091947 · Atlantic basin
Unnamed Hurricane of 1947
October 8, 1947 – October 16, 1947
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.
- 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
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
- Pembroke PinesCategory 1 · 3 mi
- HialeahCategory 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
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
Alabama (1)
- ColumbiaTropical storm · 73 mi
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.