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NHC AL071926 · Atlantic basin

Unnamed Hurricane of 1926

September 11, 1926 – September 22, 1926

Hurricane Unnamed 1926 storm peaked at Category 4 with 150 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 350 US cities, 194 of them while still at hurricane strength.

Peak strength
Category 4

150 mph

Cities within 75 mi
350
At hurricane strength
194

when closest

States
4

Cities Unnamed 1926 storm passed near, strongest first

Florida (164)

and 104 more

Louisiana (102)

and 42 more

Mississippi (50)

Alabama (34)

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.