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NHC AL021915 · Atlantic basin

Unnamed Hurricane of 1915

August 5, 1915 – August 23, 1915

Hurricane Unnamed 1915 storm peaked at Category 4 with 144 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 1,251 US cities, 80 of them while still at hurricane strength.

Peak strength
Category 4

144 mph

Cities within 75 mi
1,251
At hurricane strength
80

when closest

States
9

Cities Unnamed 1915 storm passed near, strongest first

Ohio (345)

and 285 more

Indiana (255)

and 195 more

Texas (250)

and 190 more

Arkansas (118)

and 58 more

Illinois (87)

and 27 more

Michigan (83)

and 23 more

Missouri (54)

Kentucky (54)

Tennessee (5)

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.