NHC AL121916 · Atlantic basin
Unnamed Tropical Storm of 1916
October 2, 1916 – October 5, 1916
Data: NOAA NHC HURDAT2 and NOAA SPC tornado and hail reports, through 2025 · Updated
Tropical Storm Unnamed 1916 storm peaked at Tropical storm with 58 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 73 US cities, 0 of them while still at hurricane strength.
The 1916 storm in the record
HURDAT2 tracks the unnamed storm of 1916 (AL121916) from October 2, 1916 to October 5, 1916; its peak was 58 mph (tropical storm). HURDAT2 marks a landfall within 50 miles of a US city on this site: on October 4 at 58 mph (tropical storm), 3 miles from Townsend, GA. Its centre passed within 75 miles of 73 US cities, in 3 states, most in Georgia (56) and South Carolina (11). The strongest pass was 58 mph (tropical storm) 3 miles from Townsend, GA.
- Peak strength
- Tropical storm
- Cities within 75 mi
- 73
- At hurricane strength
- 0
- States
- 3
58 mph
when closest
Cities Unnamed 1916 storm passed near, strongest first
Georgia (56)
- TownsendTropical storm · 3 mi
- DarienTropical storm · 6 mi
- MidwayTropical storm · 20 mi
- St Simons IslandTropical storm · 22 mi
- Richmond HillTropical storm · 28 mi
- Tybee IslandTropical storm · 32 mi
- SavannahTropical storm · 34 mi
- Garden CityTropical storm · 41 mi
- PoolerTropical storm · 41 mi
- BloomingdaleTropical storm · 43 mi
- Port WentworthTropical storm · 44 mi
- EllabellTropical storm · 47 mi
- RinconTropical storm · 54 mi
- GuytonTropical storm · 56 mi
- SpringfieldTropical storm · 61 mi
- ClyoTropical storm · 69 mi
- BrunswickTropical storm · 19 mi
- AllenhurstTropical storm · 19 mi
- HinesvilleTropical storm · 24 mi
- Fort StewartTropical storm · 27 mi
- PembrokeTropical storm · 47 mi
- BrookletTropical storm · 59 mi
- WaverlyTropical storm · 29 mi
- Saint MarysTropical storm · 50 mi
- LudowiciTropical storm · 19 mi
- WoodbineTropical storm · 39 mi
- KingslandTropical storm · 47 mi
- StatesboroTropical storm · 66 mi
- PortalTropical storm · 75 mi
- JesupTropical storm · 10 mi
- HortenseTropical storm · 10 mi
- WaynesvilleTropical storm · 23 mi
- GlennvilleTropical storm · 33 mi
- ClaxtonTropical storm · 48 mi
- NahuntaTropical storm · 20 mi
- MetterTropical storm · 66 mi
- ScrevenTropical storm · 4 mi
- OdumTropical storm · 15 mi
- FolkstonTropical storm · 41 mi
- ReidsvilleTropical storm · 42 mi
- CollinsTropical storm · 50 mi
- PattersonTropical storm · 6 mi
- HobokenTropical storm · 19 mi
- Saint GeorgeTropical storm · 66 mi
- BlackshearTropical storm · 10 mi
- LyonsTropical storm · 51 mi
- WaycrossTropical storm · 16 mi
- BaxleyTropical storm · 23 mi
- VidaliaTropical storm · 54 mi
- AlmaTropical storm · 8 mi
- UvaldaTropical storm · 41 mi
- Mount VernonTropical storm · 52 mi
- SopertonTropical storm · 66 mi
- NichollsTropical storm · 5 mi
- HazlehurstTropical storm · 29 mi
- GlenwoodTropical storm · 53 mi
South Carolina (11)
- Hilton Head IslandTropical storm · 45 mi
- BlufftonTropical storm · 48 mi
- HardeevilleTropical storm · 52 mi
- OkatieTropical storm · 53 mi
- Saint Helena IslandTropical storm · 55 mi
- Port RoyalTropical storm · 57 mi
- BeaufortTropical storm · 61 mi
- Edisto IslandTropical storm · 66 mi
- RidgelandTropical storm · 66 mi
- SeabrookTropical storm · 70 mi
- Wadmalaw IslandTropical storm · 73 mi
Florida (6)
- Fernandina BeachTropical storm · 59 mi
- YuleeTropical storm · 58 mi
- CallahanTropical storm · 62 mi
- HilliardTropical storm · 54 mi
- BrycevilleTropical storm · 72 mi
- SandersonTropical storm · 73 mi
Other storms of the 1916 season
- Unnamed (AL011916)Tropical storm · 2,383 cities
- Unnamed (AL021916)Category 3 · 436 cities
- Unnamed (AL031916)Category 2 · 802 cities
- Unnamed (AL041916)Category 3 · 370 cities
- Unnamed (AL061916)Category 4 · 67 cities
- Unnamed (AL071916)Category 2 · 182 cities
- Unnamed (AL091916)Tropical storm · 190 cities
- Unnamed (AL131916)Category 3 · 1 cities
- Unnamed (AL141916)Category 2 · 330 cities
- Unnamed (AL151916)Tropical storm · 60 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.