NHC AL141916 · Atlantic basin
Unnamed Hurricane of 1916
October 9, 1916 – October 19, 1916
Data: NOAA NHC HURDAT2 and NOAA SPC tornado and hail reports, through 2025 · Updated
Hurricane Unnamed 1916 storm peaked at Category 2 with 109 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 330 US cities, 80 of them while still at hurricane strength.
The 1916 storm in the record
HURDAT2 tracks the unnamed storm of 1916 (AL141916) from October 9, 1916 to October 19, 1916; its peak was 109 mph (Category 2). HURDAT2 marks a landfall within 50 miles of a US city on this site: on October 18 at 109 mph (Category 2), 3 miles from Lillian, AL. Its centre passed within 75 miles of 330 US cities, in 4 states, most in Alabama (219) and Mississippi (47). The strongest pass was 109 mph (Category 2) 3 miles from Lillian, AL; the centre came closest to Century, FL, less than a mile away.
- Peak strength
- Category 2
- Cities within 75 mi
- 330
- At hurricane strength
- 80
- States
- 4
109 mph
when closest
Cities Unnamed 1916 storm passed near, strongest first
Alabama (219)
- LillianCategory 2 · 3 mi
- Orange BeachCategory 2 · 9 mi
- ElbertaCategory 2 · 9 mi
- FoleyCategory 2 · 18 mi
- Gulf ShoresCategory 2 · 18 mi
- CodenCategory 2 · 46 mi
- IrvingtonCategory 2 · 50 mi
- Grand BayCategory 2 · 56 mi
- SummerdaleCategory 2 · 19 mi
- FairhopeCategory 2 · 30 mi
- TheodoreCategory 2 · 47 mi
- SilverhillCategory 2 · 22 mi
- RobertsdaleCategory 2 · 16 mi
- DaphneCategory 2 · 31 mi
- MobileCategory 2 · 47 mi
- LoxleyCategory 2 · 23 mi
- Spanish FortCategory 2 · 32 mi
- PrichardCategory 2 · 43 mi
- SemmesCategory 2 · 54 mi
- ChickasawCategory 2 · 44 mi
- WhistlerCategory 2 · 45 mi
- Eight MileCategory 2 · 48 mi
- SaralandCategory 2 · 45 mi
- WilmerCategory 2 · 60 mi
- SatsumaCategory 2 · 43 mi
- Bay MinetteCategory 2 · 26 mi
- ChunchulaCategory 2 · 52 mi
- CitronelleCategory 1 · 57 mi
- Mount VernonCategory 1 · 44 mi
- FlomatonCategory 1 · 3 mi
- AtmoreCategory 1 · 12 mi
- McintoshCategory 1 · 48 mi
- BrewtonCategory 1 · 10 mi
- FloralaCategory 1 · 56 mi
- SamsonCategory 1 · 72 mi
- ChatomCategory 1 · 61 mi
- KinstonCategory 1 · 65 mi
- Frisco CityCategory 1 · 11 mi
- AndalusiaCategory 1 · 45 mi
- OppCategory 1 · 58 mi
- JacksonCategory 1 · 39 mi
- MonroevilleCategory 1 · 6 mi
- EvergreenCategory 1 · 15 mi
- Red LevelCategory 1 · 36 mi
- ElbaCategory 1 · 67 mi
- GeorgianaCategory 1 · 26 mi
- BrantleyCategory 1 · 52 mi
- LuverneCategory 1 · 55 mi
- GreenvilleCategory 1 · 37 mi
- MillryCategory 1 · 66 mi
- TroyCategory 1 · 75 mi
- Grove HillTropical storm · 33 mi
- ThomasvilleTropical storm · 30 mi
- Fort DepositTropical storm · 40 mi
- RamerTropical storm · 66 mi
- CamdenTropical storm · overhead
- Pine HillTropical storm · 17 mi
- HaynevilleTropical storm · 37 mi
- Hope HullTropical storm · 53 mi
- ButlerTropical storm · 54 mi
and 159 more
Mississippi (47)
- Moss PointCategory 2 · 66 mi
- PascagoulaCategory 2 · 67 mi
- GautierCategory 2 · 74 mi
- LucedaleCategory 2 · 74 mi
- ToomsubaTropical storm · 68 mi
- LauderdaleTropical storm · 67 mi
- De KalbTropical storm · 75 mi
- MaconTropical storm · 64 mi
- ColumbusTropical storm · 49 mi
- Mississippi StateTropical storm · 72 mi
- StarkvilleTropical storm · 74 mi
- SteensTropical storm · 43 mi
- CaledoniaTropical storm · 42 mi
- West PointTropical storm · 62 mi
- HamiltonTropical storm · 49 mi
- AberdeenTropical storm · 54 mi
- SmithvilleTropical storm · 40 mi
- AmoryTropical storm · 47 mi
- NettletonTropical storm · 53 mi
- OkolonaTropical storm · 64 mi
- FultonTropical storm · 38 mi
- MoorevilleTropical storm · 49 mi
- PlantersvilleTropical storm · 54 mi
- TupeloTropical storm · 58 mi
- ShannonTropical storm · 60 mi
- BelmontTropical storm · 25 mi
- GoldenTropical storm · 27 mi
- MantachieTropical storm · 44 mi
- SaltilloTropical storm · 54 mi
- BeldenTropical storm · 62 mi
- EcruTropical storm · 73 mi
- PontotocTropical storm · 73 mi
- TishomingoTropical storm · 24 mi
- BaldwynTropical storm · 48 mi
- GuntownTropical storm · 52 mi
- Blue SpringsTropical storm · 63 mi
- New AlbanyTropical storm · 69 mi
- IukaTropical storm · 15 mi
- BoonevilleTropical storm · 41 mi
- Blue MountainTropical storm · 68 mi
- BurnsvilleTropical storm · 27 mi
- GlenTropical storm · 31 mi
- CorinthTropical storm · 37 mi
- RienziTropical storm · 42 mi
- RipleyTropical storm · 61 mi
- WalnutTropical storm · 55 mi
- AshlandTropical storm · 73 mi
Florida (25)
- PensacolaCategory 2 · 7 mi
- NavarreCategory 2 · 30 mi
- Mary EstherCategory 2 · 40 mi
- Fort Walton BeachCategory 2 · 46 mi
- DestinCategory 2 · 57 mi
- Miramar BeachCategory 2 · 62 mi
- Santa Rosa BeachCategory 2 · 72 mi
- Hurlburt FieldCategory 2 · 44 mi
- ShalimarCategory 2 · 48 mi
- Eglin AfbCategory 2 · 49 mi
- CantonmentCategory 2 · 3 mi
- ValparaisoCategory 2 · 52 mi
- NicevilleCategory 2 · 55 mi
- PaceCategory 2 · 12 mi
- Gulf BreezeCategory 2 · 18 mi
- FreeportCategory 2 · 72 mi
- MiltonCategory 2 · 21 mi
- MolinoCategory 2 · overhead
- Mc DavidCategory 2 · 9 mi
- CrestviewCategory 2 · 47 mi
- Defuniak SpringsCategory 2 · 71 mi
- JayCategory 1 · 11 mi
- CenturyCategory 1 · overhead
- BakerCategory 1 · 37 mi
- Laurel HillCategory 1 · 51 mi
Tennessee (39)
- ProspectTropical storm · 50 mi
- ArdmoreTropical storm · 58 mi
- Iron CityTropical storm · 16 mi
- LorettoTropical storm · 27 mi
- LeomaTropical storm · 35 mi
- FayettevilleTropical storm · 74 mi
- CollinwoodTropical storm · 9 mi
- CounceTropical storm · 21 mi
- MichieTropical storm · 29 mi
- LawrenceburgTropical storm · 32 mi
- RamerTropical storm · 39 mi
- PulaskiTropical storm · 51 mi
- CornersvilleTropical storm · 62 mi
- PetersburgTropical storm · 73 mi
- WaynesboroTropical storm · 12 mi
- SavannahTropical storm · 14 mi
- AdamsvilleTropical storm · 24 mi
- SummertownTropical storm · 37 mi
- SelmerTropical storm · 37 mi
- EthridgeTropical storm · 39 mi
- LynnvilleTropical storm · 52 mi
- MiddletonTropical storm · 55 mi
- CulleokaTropical storm · 56 mi
- LewisburgTropical storm · 68 mi
- CliftonTropical storm · 1 mi
- HohenwaldTropical storm · 26 mi
- Bethel SpringsTropical storm · 38 mi
- Mt PleasantTropical storm · 44 mi
- ColumbiaTropical storm · 56 mi
- BolivarTropical storm · 57 mi
- DecaturvilleTropical storm · 5 mi
- LindenTropical storm · 10 mi
- HendersonTropical storm · 37 mi
- PinsonTropical storm · 40 mi
- MedonTropical storm · 49 mi
- Spring HillTropical storm · 64 mi
- WhitevilleTropical storm · 65 mi
- Thompsons StationTropical storm · 65 mi
- College GroveTropical storm · 75 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 (AL131916)Category 3 · 1 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.