NHC AL101924 · Atlantic basin
Unnamed Hurricane of 1924
October 14, 1924 – October 23, 1924
Data: NOAA NHC HURDAT2 and NOAA SPC tornado and hail reports, through 2025 · Updated
Hurricane Unnamed 1924 storm peaked at Category 5 with 167 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 83 US cities, 25 of them while still at hurricane strength.
The 1924 storm in the record
HURDAT2 tracks the unnamed storm of 1924 (AL101924) from October 14, 1924 to October 23, 1924; its peak was 167 mph (Category 5). HURDAT2 marks a landfall within 50 miles of a US city on this site: on October 21 at 92 mph (Category 1), 11 miles from Marco Island, FL. Its centre passed within 75 miles of 83 US cities, all in Florida. The strongest pass was 92 mph (Category 1) 45 miles from Fort Myers Beach, FL; the centre came closest to Miramar, FL, 1 mile away.
- Peak strength
- Category 5
- Cities within 75 mi
- 83
- At hurricane strength
- 25
- States
- 1
167 mph
when closest
Cities Unnamed 1924 storm passed near, strongest first
Florida (83)
- Fort Myers BeachCategory 1 · 45 mi
- SanibelCategory 1 · 46 mi
- St James CityCategory 1 · 52 mi
- Cape CoralCategory 1 · 58 mi
- BokeeliaCategory 1 · 61 mi
- North Fort MyersCategory 1 · 63 mi
- Marco IslandCategory 1 · 9 mi
- Bonita SpringsCategory 1 · 37 mi
- EsteroCategory 1 · 43 mi
- Fort MyersCategory 1 · 53 mi
- NaplesCategory 1 · 26 mi
- Lehigh AcresCategory 1 · 53 mi
- AlvaCategory 1 · 61 mi
- ImmokaleeCategory 1 · 37 mi
- LabelleCategory 1 · 63 mi
- Moore HavenCategory 1 · 66 mi
- ClewistonCategory 1 · 56 mi
- IslamoradaCategory 1 · 70 mi
- South BayCategory 1 · 50 mi
- TavernierCategory 1 · 65 mi
- Florida CityCategory 1 · 36 mi
- Belle GladeCategory 1 · 51 mi
- Key LargoCategory 1 · 57 mi
- PahokeeCategory 1 · 60 mi
- HomesteadCategory 1 · 32 mi
- HialeahTropical storm · 6 mi
- WestonTropical storm · 8 mi
- DoralTropical storm · 10 mi
- MiamiTropical storm · 16 mi
- South MiamiTropical storm · 19 mi
- Palmetto BayTropical storm · 23 mi
- Cutler BayTropical storm · 28 mi
- IndiantownTropical storm · 75 mi
- MiramarTropical storm · overhead
- Miami GardensTropical storm · 3 mi
- Pembroke PinesTropical storm · 3 mi
- Miami LakesTropical storm · 5 mi
- Opa LockaTropical storm · 5 mi
- DavieTropical storm · 6 mi
- PlantationTropical storm · 10 mi
- SunriseTropical storm · 12 mi
- Coral GablesTropical storm · 16 mi
- Hallandale BeachTropical storm · overhead
- HollywoodTropical storm · 2 mi
- AventuraTropical storm · 2 mi
- Sunny Isles BeachTropical storm · 4 mi
- North Miami BeachTropical storm · 4 mi
- North MiamiTropical storm · 7 mi
- Miami ShoresTropical storm · 9 mi
- Lauderdale LakesTropical storm · 11 mi
- Miami BeachTropical storm · 12 mi
- LauderhillTropical storm · 14 mi
- North LauderdaleTropical storm · 16 mi
- TamaracTropical storm · 16 mi
- MargateTropical storm · 18 mi
- Key BiscayneTropical storm · 20 mi
- Coral SpringsTropical storm · 20 mi
- WellingtonTropical storm · 45 mi
- LoxahatcheeTropical storm · 53 mi
- Dania BeachTropical storm · 4 mi
and 23 more
Other storms of the 1924 season
- Unnamed (AL031924)Category 3 · 134 cities
- Unnamed (AL041924)Category 2 · 30 cities
- Unnamed (AL051924)Category 1 · 407 cities
- Unnamed (AL081924)Category 1 · 2,106 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.