NHC AL111909 · Atlantic basin
Unnamed Hurricane of 1909
October 6, 1909 – October 13, 1909
Data: NOAA NHC HURDAT2 and NOAA SPC tornado and hail reports, through 2025 · Updated
Hurricane Unnamed 1909 storm peaked at Category 3 with 121 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 52 US cities, 52 of them while still at hurricane strength.
The 1909 storm in the record
HURDAT2 tracks the unnamed storm of 1909 (AL111909) from October 6, 1909 to October 13, 1909; its peak was 121 mph (Category 3). HURDAT2 marks a landfall within 50 miles of a US city on this site: on October 11 at 115 mph (Category 3), 3 miles from Marathon, FL. Its centre passed within 75 miles of 52 US cities, all in Florida. The strongest pass was 117 mph (Category 3) 15 miles from Key West, FL; the centre came closest to Islamorada, FL, less than a mile away.
- Peak strength
- Category 3
- Cities within 75 mi
- 52
- At hurricane strength
- 52
- States
- 1
121 mph
when closest
Cities Unnamed 1909 storm passed near, strongest first
Florida (52)
- Key WestCategory 3 · 15 mi
- Big Pine KeyCategory 3 · 9 mi
- Summerland KeyCategory 3 · 13 mi
- MarathonCategory 3 · 3 mi
- IslamoradaCategory 3 · overhead
- TavernierCategory 3 · overhead
- Key LargoCategory 3 · 4 mi
- Florida CityCategory 3 · 25 mi
- HomesteadCategory 3 · 26 mi
- Cutler BayCategory 3 · 27 mi
- Key BiscayneCategory 2 · 27 mi
- Palmetto BayCategory 2 · 29 mi
- South MiamiCategory 2 · 32 mi
- Coral GablesCategory 2 · 34 mi
- MiamiCategory 2 · 35 mi
- Miami ShoresCategory 2 · 37 mi
- DoralCategory 2 · 42 mi
- Opa LockaCategory 2 · 42 mi
- HialeahCategory 2 · 43 mi
- Miami LakesCategory 2 · 44 mi
- Miami GardensCategory 2 · 45 mi
- WestonCategory 2 · 58 mi
- Miami BeachCategory 2 · 33 mi
- Bay Harbor IslandsCategory 2 · 37 mi
- North MiamiCategory 2 · 39 mi
- Sunny Isles BeachCategory 2 · 40 mi
- North Miami BeachCategory 2 · 41 mi
- AventuraCategory 2 · 42 mi
- Hallandale BeachCategory 2 · 43 mi
- HollywoodCategory 2 · 46 mi
- Dania BeachCategory 2 · 47 mi
- MiramarCategory 2 · 48 mi
- Pembroke PinesCategory 2 · 51 mi
- DavieCategory 2 · 51 mi
- Wilton ManorsCategory 2 · 52 mi
- Fort LauderdaleCategory 2 · 52 mi
- Oakland ParkCategory 2 · 54 mi
- PlantationCategory 2 · 55 mi
- Lauderdale LakesCategory 2 · 55 mi
- LauderhillCategory 2 · 57 mi
- SunriseCategory 2 · 58 mi
- North LauderdaleCategory 2 · 59 mi
- TamaracCategory 2 · 60 mi
- MargateCategory 2 · 60 mi
- Coral SpringsCategory 2 · 64 mi
- Pompano BeachCategory 2 · 57 mi
- Deerfield BeachCategory 2 · 61 mi
- Coconut CreekCategory 2 · 61 mi
- Boca RatonCategory 2 · 65 mi
- Delray BeachCategory 2 · 69 mi
- Boynton BeachCategory 2 · 73 mi
- AtlantisCategory 2 · 74 mi
Other storms of the 1909 season
- Unnamed (AL021909)Category 2 · 33 cities
- Unnamed (AL031909)Tropical storm · 328 cities
- Unnamed (AL041909)Category 3 · 101 cities
- Unnamed (AL061909)Category 3 · 86 cities
- Unnamed (AL081909)Tropical storm · 127 cities
- Unnamed (AL091909)Category 3 · 331 cities
- Unnamed (AL101909)Tropical storm · 28 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.