NHC AL101926 · Atlantic basin
Unnamed Hurricane of 1926
October 14, 1926 – October 28, 1926
Data: NOAA NHC HURDAT2 and NOAA SPC tornado and hail reports, through 2025 · Updated
Hurricane Unnamed 1926 storm peaked at Category 4 with 150 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 57 US cities, 57 of them while still at hurricane strength.
The 1926 storm in the record
HURDAT2 tracks the unnamed storm of 1926 (AL101926) for 14 days, from October 14, 1926 to October 28, 1926. Its first position, at 11.5°N 81.2°W, records it as a tropical depression; its last, at 29.7°N 55.5°W, as an extratropical cyclone. It reached tropical-storm strength on October 15, hurricane strength on October 18 and major-hurricane strength on October 19. Its peak was 150 mph (130 knots), Category 4, on October 20, and its lowest central pressure was 934 millibars on October 20. It spent about 8 days at hurricane strength. HURDAT2 marks no landfall for it, so the figures below are its closest approaches to cities. Its centre passed within 75 miles of 57 US cities, all in Florida. The strongest pass was 130 mph (Category 4) 38 miles from Key West, FL; the centre came closest to Tavernier, FL, 6 miles away. All of them had it at hurricane strength at the closest point, 57 at major-hurricane strength. It reached more US cities than 20% of the 737 storms on this site, and ranks 4th of the 4 storms of 1926 here.
- Peak strength
- Category 4
- Cities within 75 mi
- 57
- At hurricane strength
- 57
- States
- 1
150 mph
when closest
Cities Unnamed 1926 storm passed near, strongest first
Florida (57)
- Key WestCategory 4 · 38 mi
- Big Pine KeyCategory 3 · 24 mi
- Summerland KeyCategory 3 · 30 mi
- TavernierCategory 3 · 6 mi
- IslamoradaCategory 3 · 6 mi
- Key LargoCategory 3 · 7 mi
- MarathonCategory 3 · 13 mi
- Key BiscayneCategory 3 · 25 mi
- Cutler BayCategory 3 · 26 mi
- HomesteadCategory 3 · 26 mi
- Florida CityCategory 3 · 26 mi
- Palmetto BayCategory 3 · 28 mi
- Miami BeachCategory 3 · 30 mi
- South MiamiCategory 3 · 31 mi
- Coral GablesCategory 3 · 32 mi
- Bay Harbor IslandsCategory 3 · 32 mi
- Miami ShoresCategory 3 · 33 mi
- MiamiCategory 3 · 34 mi
- North MiamiCategory 3 · 35 mi
- Sunny Isles BeachCategory 3 · 36 mi
- North Miami BeachCategory 3 · 37 mi
- AventuraCategory 3 · 37 mi
- Hallandale BeachCategory 3 · 39 mi
- Opa LockaCategory 3 · 39 mi
- DoralCategory 3 · 39 mi
- HialeahCategory 3 · 40 mi
- HollywoodCategory 3 · 41 mi
- Miami LakesCategory 3 · 41 mi
- Miami GardensCategory 3 · 41 mi
- Dania BeachCategory 3 · 42 mi
- MiramarCategory 3 · 44 mi
- Wilton ManorsCategory 3 · 46 mi
- Fort LauderdaleCategory 3 · 47 mi
- Pembroke PinesCategory 3 · 47 mi
- DavieCategory 3 · 47 mi
- Oakland ParkCategory 3 · 48 mi
- Lauderdale LakesCategory 3 · 50 mi
- PlantationCategory 3 · 50 mi
- Pompano BeachCategory 3 · 51 mi
- LauderhillCategory 3 · 52 mi
- SunriseCategory 3 · 53 mi
- North LauderdaleCategory 3 · 53 mi
- WestonCategory 3 · 54 mi
- Deerfield BeachCategory 3 · 54 mi
- MargateCategory 3 · 55 mi
- TamaracCategory 3 · 55 mi
- Coconut CreekCategory 3 · 55 mi
- Coral SpringsCategory 3 · 58 mi
- Boca RatonCategory 3 · 58 mi
- Delray BeachCategory 3 · 62 mi
- Boynton BeachCategory 3 · 65 mi
- AtlantisCategory 3 · 66 mi
- Palm SpringsCategory 3 · 69 mi
- Lake WorthCategory 3 · 70 mi
- GreenacresCategory 3 · 71 mi
- Palm BeachCategory 3 · 72 mi
- West Palm BeachCategory 3 · 74 mi
Other storms of the 1926 season
- Unnamed (AL011926)Category 4 · 447 cities
- Unnamed (AL031926)Category 3 · 198 cities
- Unnamed (AL071926)Category 4 · 350 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.