The unnamed hurricane of 1896
Jul 4, 1896 to Jul 12, 1896Peak 98 mph
The unnamed hurricane of 1896 passed within 50 miles of 87 counties in 3 states. It was strongest near Okaloosa County, FL, as a Category 2 on July 7, 1896.
- Major hurricane
- Hurricane
- Tropical storm
- Post-tropical
Unnamed hurricane · 1896
How it happened
Follow the storm’s path, strength and milestones.
The storm
- Peak strength
- Category 2
- 98 mph, 85 kt
- Counties within 50 miles
- 87
- AL, FL, GA
- Counties within 100 miles
- 141
- AL, FL, GA
- Landfalls recorded
- 1
- Anywhere on the track
Every county it passed
Closest approach to each county boundary, with the storm’s strength at that moment.
| Houston County | AL | 0.0 | Category 1 |
| Walton County | FL | 0.0 | Category 1 |
| Putnam County | GA | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Webster County | GA | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Taylor County | GA | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Geneva County | AL | 0.0 | Category 1 |
| Crawford County | GA | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Holmes County | FL | 0.0 | Category 1 |
| Morgan County | GA | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Okaloosa County | FL | 0.0 | Category 2 |
| Dale County | AL | 0.0 | Category 1 |
| Stewart County | GA | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Quitman County | GA | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Marion County | GA | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Jones County | GA | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Henry County | AL | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Monroe County | GA | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Bibb County | GA | 0.5 | Tropical storm |
| Clay County | GA | 0.8 | Tropical storm |
| Schley County | GA | 1.4 | Tropical storm |
| Barbour County | AL | 2.2 | Tropical storm |
| Macon County | GA | 3.0 | Tropical storm |
| Jasper County | GA | 5.3 | Tropical storm |
| Randolph County | GA | 5.3 | Tropical storm |
| Chattahoochee County | GA | 7.0 | Tropical storm |
| Sumter County | GA | 7.3 | Tropical storm |
| Coffee County | AL | 7.8 | Category 1 |
| Upson County | GA | 8.8 | Tropical storm |
| Baldwin County | GA | 9.1 | Tropical storm |
| Peach County | GA | 9.2 | Tropical storm |
| Butts County | GA | 10.5 | Tropical storm |
| Lamar County | GA | 10.6 | Tropical storm |
| Covington County | AL | 12.7 | Category 1 |
| Talbot County | GA | 12.9 | Tropical storm |
| Terrell County | GA | 13.0 | Tropical storm |
| Washington County | FL | 13.6 | Category 1 |
| Hancock County | GA | 14.5 | Tropical storm |
| Russell County | AL | 14.5 | Tropical storm |
| Early County | GA | 15.8 | Tropical storm |
| Newton County | GA | 15.8 | Tropical storm |
| Houston County | GA | 15.9 | Tropical storm |
| Santa Rosa County | FL | 17.8 | Category 2 |
| Twiggs County | GA | 18.2 | Tropical storm |
| Jackson County | FL | 19.1 | Category 1 |
| Calhoun County | GA | 19.2 | Tropical storm |
| Muscogee County | GA | 20.5 | Tropical storm |
| Pike County | AL | 20.9 | Category 1 |
| Dooly County | GA | 21.7 | Tropical storm |
| Wilkinson County | GA | 21.8 | Tropical storm |
| Lee County | GA | 22.9 | Tropical storm |
| Pike County | GA | 23.6 | Tropical storm |
| Escambia County | FL | 23.9 | Category 2 |
| Spalding County | GA | 24.1 | Tropical storm |
| Bay County | FL | 24.1 | Category 1 |
| Henry County | GA | 24.7 | Tropical storm |
| Harris County | GA | 25.6 | Tropical storm |
| Bullock County | AL | 26.0 | Tropical storm |
| Washington County | GA | 30.0 | Tropical storm |
| Meriwether County | GA | 30.1 | Tropical storm |
| Crisp County | GA | 32.3 | Tropical storm |
| Rockdale County | GA | 32.3 | Tropical storm |
| Miller County | GA | 32.8 | Tropical storm |
| Dougherty County | GA | 33.2 | Tropical storm |
| Lee County | AL | 33.7 | Tropical storm |
| Crenshaw County | AL | 33.8 | Category 1 |
| Escambia County | AL | 35.3 | Category 1 |
| Baker County | GA | 35.6 | Tropical storm |
| Bleckley County | GA | 35.6 | Tropical storm |
| Seminole County | GA | 35.7 | Category 1 |
| Pulaski County | GA | 36.1 | Tropical storm |
| Macon County | AL | 37.3 | Tropical storm |
| DeKalb County | GA | 39.9 | Tropical storm |
| Glascock County | GA | 40.9 | Tropical storm |
| Fayette County | GA | 41.7 | Tropical storm |
| Clayton County | GA | 41.8 | Tropical storm |
| Worth County | GA | 41.9 | Tropical storm |
| Laurens County | GA | 42.5 | Tropical storm |
| Coweta County | GA | 43.3 | Tropical storm |
| Calhoun County | FL | 43.4 | Category 1 |
| Wilcox County | GA | 44.2 | Tropical storm |
| Conecuh County | AL | 45.4 | Category 1 |
| Troup County | GA | 46.0 | Tropical storm |
| Johnson County | GA | 48.1 | Tropical storm |
| Montgomery County | AL | 48.1 | Tropical storm |
| Dodge County | GA | 49.1 | Tropical storm |
| Decatur County | GA | 49.7 | Tropical storm |
| Jefferson County | GA | 49.8 | Tropical storm |
| Turner County | GA | 50.4 | Tropical storm |
| Butler County | AL | 50.5 | Category 1 |
| Baldwin County | AL | 50.8 | Category 2 |
| Chambers County | AL | 51.1 | Tropical storm |
| Mitchell County | GA | 53.5 | Tropical storm |
| Gulf County | FL | 59.5 | Category 1 |
| Gadsden County | FL | 59.6 | Category 1 |
| Ben Hill County | GA | 61.3 | Tropical storm |
| Liberty County | FL | 61.4 | Category 1 |
| Grady County | GA | 63.5 | Tropical storm |
| Heard County | GA | 63.8 | Tropical storm |
| Tallapoosa County | AL | 65.1 | Tropical storm |
| Colquitt County | GA | 65.8 | Tropical storm |
| Lowndes County | AL | 66.1 | Category 1 |
| Elmore County | AL | 66.3 | Tropical storm |
| Irwin County | GA | 66.5 | Tropical storm |
| Tift County | GA | 66.7 | Tropical storm |
| Douglas County | GA | 68.3 | Tropical storm |
| Carroll County | GA | 70.4 | Tropical storm |
| Emanuel County | GA | 71.1 | Tropical storm |
| Telfair County | GA | 72.0 | Tropical storm |
| Treutlen County | GA | 72.0 | Tropical storm |
| Randolph County | AL | 72.9 | Tropical storm |
| Thomas County | GA | 74.0 | Tropical storm |
| Wheeler County | GA | 74.4 | Tropical storm |
| Paulding County | GA | 76.8 | Tropical storm |
| Monroe County | AL | 79.0 | Category 1 |
| Montgomery County | GA | 80.7 | Tropical storm |
| Wilcox County | AL | 82.4 | Category 1 |
| Monroe County | FL | 82.9 | Tropical storm |
| Leon County | FL | 83.7 | Category 1 |
| Berrien County | GA | 84.6 | Tropical storm |
| Jenkins County | GA | 84.7 | Tropical storm |
| Franklin County | FL | 84.9 | Category 1 |
| Wakulla County | FL | 85.1 | Category 1 |
| Cook County | GA | 85.7 | Tropical storm |
| Autauga County | AL | 85.8 | Tropical storm |
| Coosa County | AL | 86.4 | Tropical storm |
| Coffee County | GA | 86.7 | Tropical storm |
| Mobile County | AL | 88.9 | Category 2 |
| Haralson County | GA | 89.1 | Tropical storm |
| Clay County | AL | 89.7 | Tropical storm |
| Toombs County | GA | 89.9 | Tropical storm |
| Cleburne County | AL | 91.3 | Tropical storm |
| Brooks County | GA | 91.4 | Tropical storm |
| Dallas County | AL | 92.1 | Category 1 |
| Jeff Davis County | GA | 92.8 | Tropical storm |
| Clarke County | AL | 94.9 | Category 2 |
| Candler County | GA | 95.1 | Tropical storm |
| Polk County | GA | 95.2 | Tropical storm |
| Atkinson County | GA | 95.9 | Tropical storm |
| Jefferson County | FL | 99.0 | Tropical storm |
| Bulloch County | GA | 99.2 | Tropical storm |
| Tattnall County | GA | 99.7 | Tropical storm |
Distances are measured from hourly positions interpolated between the National Hurricane Center’s six-hourly fixes to each county boundary. Strength is shown only where the storm was still tropical. Methodology.
National Hurricane Center HURDAT2. Storm totals cover the Atlantic and Northeast and Central Pacific basins.