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NHC AL041917 · Atlantic basin

Unnamed Hurricane of 1917

September 20, 1917 – September 30, 1917

Hurricane Unnamed 1917 storm peaked at Category 4 with 150 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 249 US cities, 92 of them while still at hurricane strength.

Peak strength
Category 4

150 mph

Cities within 75 mi
249
At hurricane strength
92

when closest

States
5

Cities Unnamed 1917 storm passed near, strongest first

Georgia (124)

and 64 more

Alabama (73)

and 13 more

Florida (50)

Louisiana (1)

Mississippi (1)

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.