NHC AL131916 · Atlantic basin
Unnamed Hurricane of 1916
October 6, 1916 – October 15, 1916
Data: NOAA NHC HURDAT2 and NOAA SPC tornado and hail reports, through 2025 · Updated
Hurricane Unnamed 1916 storm peaked at Category 3 with 121 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 1 US cities, 1 of them while still at hurricane strength.
The 1916 storm in the record
HURDAT2 tracks the unnamed storm of 1916 (AL131916) from October 6, 1916 to October 15, 1916; its peak was 121 mph (Category 3). Its centre passed within 75 miles of 1 US city, all in Puerto Rico. The strongest pass was 109 mph (Category 2) 64 miles from Vieques, PR.
- Peak strength
- Category 3
- Cities within 75 mi
- 1
- At hurricane strength
- 1
- States
- 1
121 mph
when closest
Cities Unnamed 1916 storm passed near, strongest first
Puerto Rico (1)
- ViequesCategory 2 · 64 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 (AL121916)Tropical storm · 73 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.