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The unnamed hurricane of 1896

Sep 22, 1896 to Sep 30, 1896Peak 127 mph960 mb

The unnamed hurricane of 1896 passed within 50 miles of 170 counties in 6 states. It was strongest near Levy County, FL, as a Category 3 on September 29, 1896.

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Unnamed hurricane · 1896

How it happened

Follow the storm’s path, strength and milestones.

About this replay
Date and time (UTC)—Historical replay — not a forecast
Wind speed—
Category—
Pressure—

The storm

Peak strength
Category 3
127 mph, 110 kt
Lowest pressure
960 mb
Over the whole track
Counties within 50 miles
170
FL, GA, NC, SC, VA, WV
Counties within 100 miles
314
DC, FL, GA, MD, NC, SC, VA, WV
Strongest near the U.S.
Category 3
Levy County, FL, 1.4 mi, Sep 29, 1896
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.

Counties within 100 miles
Chatham CountyNC0.0Category 1Sep 30, 1896
Chesterfield CountySC0.0Category 1Sep 29, 1896
Chatham CountyGA0.0Category 2Sep 29, 1896
Charlton CountyGA0.0Category 2Sep 29, 1896
Baker CountyFL0.0Category 2Sep 29, 1896
Moore CountyNC0.0Category 1Sep 29, 1896
Columbia CountyFL0.0Category 3Sep 29, 1896
Gilchrist CountyFL0.0Category 3Sep 29, 1896
Orangeburg CountySC0.0Category 1Sep 29, 1896
Brantley CountyGA0.0Category 2Sep 29, 1896
Colleton CountySC0.0Category 1Sep 29, 1896
Liberty CountyGA0.0Category 2Sep 29, 1896
Nelson CountyVA0.0Category 1Sep 30, 1896
Rockingham CountyVA0.0Tropical stormSep 30, 1896
Sumter CountySC0.0Category 1Sep 29, 1896
Person CountyNC0.0Category 1Sep 30, 1896
Shenandoah CountyVA0.0Tropical stormSep 30, 1896
Halifax CountyVA0.0Category 1Sep 30, 1896
Buckingham CountyVA1.1Category 1Sep 30, 1896
Lee CountySC1.1Category 1Sep 29, 1896
Levy CountyFL1.4Category 3Sep 29, 1896
Albemarle CountyVA1.5Tropical stormSep 30, 1896
Darlington CountySC1.7Category 1Sep 29, 1896
Augusta CountyVA2.0Tropical stormSep 30, 1896
Richmond CountyNC2.3Category 1Sep 29, 1896
Dixie CountyFL2.4Category 3Sep 29, 1896
Wayne CountyGA2.5Category 2Sep 29, 1896
Marlboro CountySC2.5Category 1Sep 29, 1896
Effingham CountyGA2.6Category 2Sep 29, 1896
Dorchester CountySC2.8Category 1Sep 29, 1896
Union CountyFL3.0Category 3Sep 29, 1896
Jasper CountySC3.2Category 2Sep 29, 1896
Appomattox CountyVA3.5Category 1Sep 30, 1896
Charlotte CountyVA3.9Category 1Sep 30, 1896
Hampton CountySC3.9Category 1Sep 29, 1896
Amherst CountyVA3.9Category 1Sep 30, 1896
Long CountyGA4.7Category 2Sep 29, 1896
McIntosh CountyGA4.7Category 2Sep 29, 1896
Campbell CountyVA4.9Category 1Sep 30, 1896
Greene CountyVA5.1Tropical stormSep 30, 1896
Hardy CountyWV5.3Tropical stormSep 30, 1896
Montgomery CountyNC5.6Category 1Sep 29, 1896
Glynn CountyGA5.8Category 2Sep 29, 1896
Beaufort CountySC5.9Category 1Sep 29, 1896
Scotland CountyNC6.4Category 1Sep 29, 1896
Hoke CountyNC6.6Category 1Sep 29, 1896
Lee CountyNC6.7Category 1Sep 30, 1896
Caswell CountyNC7.4Category 1Sep 30, 1896
Nassau CountyFL7.6Category 2Sep 29, 1896
Clarendon CountySC7.7Category 1Sep 29, 1896
Camden CountyGA8.0Category 2Sep 29, 1896
Alachua CountyFL8.2Category 3Sep 29, 1896
Bryan CountyGA8.2Category 2Sep 29, 1896
Calhoun CountySC8.5Category 1Sep 29, 1896
Ware CountyGA9.1Category 2Sep 29, 1896
Suwannee CountyFL9.2Category 3Sep 29, 1896
Clinch CountyGA9.4Category 2Sep 29, 1896
Pittsylvania CountyVA9.5Category 1Sep 30, 1896
Page CountyVA9.6Tropical stormSep 30, 1896
Orange CountyNC9.8Category 1Sep 30, 1896
Durham CountyNC9.8Category 1Sep 30, 1896
Alamance CountyNC10.2Category 1Sep 30, 1896
Waynesboro cityVA11.9Tropical stormSep 30, 1896
Florence CountySC12.0Category 1Sep 29, 1896
Berkeley CountySC12.2Category 1Sep 29, 1896
Warren CountyVA12.4Tropical stormSep 30, 1896
Wake CountyNC13.1Category 1Sep 30, 1896
Pierce CountyGA13.4Category 2Sep 29, 1896
Harrisonburg cityVA13.8Tropical stormSep 30, 1896
Bulloch CountyGA14.0Category 2Sep 29, 1896
Bradford CountyFL14.1Category 3Sep 29, 1896
Lafayette CountyFL15.5Category 3Sep 29, 1896
Staunton cityVA15.5Tropical stormSep 30, 1896
Williamsburg CountySC17.2Category 1Sep 29, 1896
Echols CountyGA17.2Category 2Sep 29, 1896
Charlottesville cityVA17.4Tropical stormSep 30, 1896
Harnett CountyNC17.8Category 1Sep 30, 1896
Rappahannock CountyVA18.3Tropical stormSep 30, 1896
Madison CountyVA18.9Tropical stormSep 30, 1896
Anson CountyNC19.2Category 1Sep 29, 1896
Lynchburg cityVA19.2Category 1Sep 30, 1896
Hamilton CountyFL19.3Category 2Sep 29, 1896
Bamberg CountySC19.3Category 1Sep 29, 1896
Prince Edward CountyVA19.8Category 1Sep 30, 1896
Orange CountyVA20.2Tropical stormSep 30, 1896
Danville cityVA20.4Category 1Sep 30, 1896
Bedford CountyVA20.5Category 1Sep 30, 1896
Dillon CountySC21.0Category 1Sep 29, 1896
Allendale CountySC21.0Category 1Sep 29, 1896
Granville CountyNC21.5Category 1Sep 30, 1896
Duval CountyFL21.6Category 2Sep 29, 1896
Kershaw CountySC21.9Category 1Sep 29, 1896
Robeson CountyNC21.9Category 1Sep 29, 1896
Rockbridge CountyVA22.3Category 1Sep 30, 1896
Grant CountyWV23.5Tropical stormSep 30, 1896
Richland CountySC23.6Category 1Sep 29, 1896
Randolph CountyNC23.6Category 1Sep 30, 1896
Guilford CountyNC23.6Category 1Sep 30, 1896
Fluvanna CountyVA23.7Category 1Sep 30, 1896
Cumberland CountyNC23.8Category 1Sep 29, 1896
Appling CountyGA24.0Category 2Sep 29, 1896
Charleston CountySC24.2Category 1Sep 29, 1896
Mecklenburg CountyVA24.3Category 1Sep 30, 1896
Pendleton CountyWV24.8Tropical stormSep 30, 1896
Citrus CountyFL25.1Category 3Sep 29, 1896
Evans CountyGA25.4Category 2Sep 29, 1896
Tattnall CountyGA25.4Category 2Sep 29, 1896
Clay CountyFL25.7Category 2Sep 29, 1896
Rockingham CountyNC25.8Category 1Sep 30, 1896
Fauquier CountyVA26.1Tropical stormSep 30, 1896
Marion CountySC26.6Category 1Sep 29, 1896
Lunenburg CountyVA26.7Category 1Sep 30, 1896
Clarke CountyVA27.6Tropical stormSep 30, 1896
Cumberland CountyVA27.7Category 1Sep 30, 1896
Buena Vista cityVA27.9Category 1Sep 30, 1896
Taylor CountyFL28.0Category 3Sep 29, 1896
Louisa CountyVA28.0Tropical stormSep 30, 1896
Screven CountyGA28.5Category 2Sep 29, 1896
Stanly CountyNC29.7Category 1Sep 29, 1896
Barnwell CountySC29.9Category 1Sep 29, 1896
Johnston CountyNC30.3Category 1Sep 30, 1896
Bacon CountyGA30.4Category 2Sep 29, 1896
Marion CountyFL30.7Category 3Sep 29, 1896
Culpeper CountyVA31.1Tropical stormSep 30, 1896
Lancaster CountySC31.3Category 1Sep 29, 1896
Union CountyNC32.3Category 1Sep 29, 1896
Vance CountyNC32.9Category 1Sep 30, 1896
Highland CountyVA33.1Tropical stormSep 30, 1896
Lexington cityVA33.5Category 1Sep 30, 1896
Franklin CountyNC34.5Category 1Sep 30, 1896
Franklin CountyVA35.0Category 1Sep 30, 1896
Lexington CountySC35.1Category 1Sep 29, 1896
Botetourt CountyVA35.8Category 1Sep 30, 1896
Amelia CountyVA36.8Category 1Sep 30, 1896
Loudoun CountyVA37.0Tropical stormSep 30, 1896
Henry CountyVA37.9Category 1Sep 30, 1896
Bath CountyVA38.5Tropical stormSep 30, 1896
Tucker CountyWV38.9Tropical stormSep 30, 1896
Goochland CountyVA39.2Category 1Sep 30, 1896
Hernando CountyFL39.4Category 3Sep 29, 1896
Randolph CountyWV39.9Tropical stormSep 30, 1896
Nottoway CountyVA39.9Category 1Sep 30, 1896
Putnam CountyFL40.0Category 3Sep 29, 1896
Madison CountyFL40.3Category 3Sep 29, 1896
Davidson CountyNC40.3Category 1Sep 29, 1896
Powhatan CountyVA40.6Category 1Sep 30, 1896
Bladen CountyNC40.7Category 1Sep 29, 1896
Atkinson CountyGA41.7Category 2Sep 29, 1896
Fairfield CountySC42.0Category 1Sep 29, 1896
Aiken CountySC42.5Category 1Sep 29, 1896
Pasco CountyFL42.5Category 3Sep 29, 1896
Burke CountyGA43.1Category 1Sep 29, 1896
Spotsylvania CountyVA43.4Tropical stormSep 30, 1896
Warren CountyNC43.5Category 1Sep 30, 1896
Pinellas CountyFL43.5Category 3Sep 29, 1896
Sampson CountyNC44.5Category 1Sep 30, 1896
Candler CountyGA44.5Category 2Sep 29, 1896
Toombs CountyGA44.7Category 2Sep 29, 1896
Alleghany CountyVA45.1Category 1Sep 30, 1896
Rowan CountyNC45.3Category 1Sep 29, 1896
Horry CountySC45.7Category 1Sep 29, 1896
St. Johns CountyFL45.7Category 2Sep 29, 1896
Martinsville cityVA46.7Category 1Sep 30, 1896
Coffee CountyGA46.9Category 2Sep 29, 1896
Lanier CountyGA47.0Category 2Sep 29, 1896
Columbus CountyNC48.1Category 1Sep 29, 1896
Prince William CountyVA48.5Tropical stormSep 30, 1896
Lowndes CountyGA48.6Category 2Sep 29, 1896
Jenkins CountyGA48.6Category 2Sep 29, 1896
Georgetown CountySC48.8Category 1Sep 29, 1896
Jeff Davis CountyGA50.3Category 2Sep 29, 1896
Sumter CountyFL50.4Category 3Sep 29, 1896
Cabarrus CountyNC50.6Category 1Sep 29, 1896
Roanoke CountyVA51.6Category 1Sep 30, 1896
Forsyth CountyNC51.9Category 1Sep 30, 1896
Brunswick CountyVA53.3Category 1Sep 30, 1896
Stokes CountyNC53.3Category 1Sep 30, 1896
Nash CountyNC53.5Category 1Sep 30, 1896
Pocahontas CountyWV53.6Tropical stormSep 30, 1896
Emanuel CountyGA53.8Category 2Sep 29, 1896
Chesterfield CountyVA54.9Category 1Sep 30, 1896
Roanoke cityVA55.0Category 1Sep 30, 1896
Hillsborough CountyFL55.0Category 3Sep 29, 1896
Patrick CountyVA55.8Category 1Sep 30, 1896
Wilson CountyNC56.6Category 1Sep 30, 1896
Chester CountySC56.7Category 1Sep 29, 1896
Wayne CountyNC57.7Category 1Sep 30, 1896
Mecklenburg CountyNC57.8Category 1Sep 29, 1896
Fairfax CountyVA58.1Tropical stormSep 30, 1896
Hanover CountyVA58.3Category 1Sep 30, 1896
Brooks CountyGA58.6Category 3Sep 29, 1896
Manassas cityVA59.4Tropical stormSep 30, 1896
Dinwiddie CountyVA59.5Category 1Sep 30, 1896
Stafford CountyVA59.8Tropical stormSep 30, 1896
Montgomery CountyGA60.0Category 2Sep 29, 1896
Halifax CountyNC60.7Category 1Sep 30, 1896
York CountySC60.8Category 1Sep 29, 1896
Berrien CountyGA60.9Category 2Sep 29, 1896
Craig CountyVA61.4Category 1Sep 30, 1896
Salem cityVA61.4Category 1Sep 30, 1896
Manassas Park cityVA61.5Tropical stormSep 30, 1896
Caroline CountyVA61.7Tropical stormSep 30, 1896
Covington cityVA62.0Category 1Sep 30, 1896
Floyd CountyVA62.9Category 1Sep 30, 1896
Wheeler CountyGA63.0Category 2Sep 29, 1896
Richmond CountyGA64.8Category 1Sep 29, 1896
Fredericksburg cityVA65.4Tropical stormSep 30, 1896
Henrico CountyVA65.5Category 1Sep 30, 1896
Telfair CountyGA65.7Category 2Sep 29, 1896
Northampton CountyNC65.9Category 1Sep 30, 1896
Manatee CountyFL66.4Category 3Sep 29, 1896
Davie CountyNC66.7Category 1Sep 30, 1896
Barbour CountyWV66.9Tropical stormSep 30, 1896
Newberry CountySC67.0Category 1Sep 29, 1896
Montgomery CountyVA67.6Category 1Sep 30, 1896
Greenbrier CountyWV67.7Tropical stormSep 30, 1896
Treutlen CountyGA67.7Category 2Sep 29, 1896
Duplin CountyNC68.2Category 1Sep 30, 1896
Richmond cityVA68.5Category 1Sep 30, 1896
Fairfax cityVA69.0Tropical stormSep 30, 1896
Cook CountyGA69.0Category 2Sep 29, 1896
Saluda CountySC69.4Category 1Sep 29, 1896
Jefferson CountyFL70.0Category 3Sep 29, 1896
Lake CountyFL71.1Category 3Sep 29, 1896
Edgefield CountySC71.4Category 1Sep 29, 1896
Flagler CountyFL71.4Category 3Sep 29, 1896
Greensville CountyVA72.5Category 1Sep 30, 1896
Iredell CountyNC73.0Category 1Sep 29, 1896
Volusia CountyFL74.5Category 3Sep 29, 1896
Irwin CountyGA74.6Category 2Sep 29, 1896
Sussex CountyVA74.8Category 1Sep 30, 1896
Monroe CountyWV75.1Category 1Sep 30, 1896
King George CountyVA75.2Tropical stormSep 30, 1896
Yadkin CountyNC75.6Category 1Sep 30, 1896
Sarasota CountyFL76.3Category 3Sep 29, 1896
Ben Hill CountyGA76.3Category 2Sep 29, 1896
Surry CountyNC76.5Category 1Sep 30, 1896
Falls Church cityVA76.5Tropical stormSep 30, 1896
Charles CountyMD77.0Tropical stormSep 30, 1896
Edgecombe CountyNC77.1Category 1Sep 30, 1896
Upshur CountyWV77.4Tropical stormSep 30, 1896
Greene CountyNC77.7Category 1Sep 30, 1896
Arlington CountyVA77.7Tropical stormSep 30, 1896
Gaston CountyNC77.7Category 1Sep 29, 1896
Wakulla CountyFL78.4Category 3Sep 29, 1896
Jefferson CountyGA78.5Category 2Sep 29, 1896
Brunswick CountyNC78.8Category 1Sep 29, 1896
Union CountySC79.4Category 1Sep 29, 1896
Alexandria cityVA79.7Tropical stormSep 30, 1896
Emporia cityVA79.7Category 1Sep 30, 1896
Johnson CountyGA79.9Category 2Sep 29, 1896
Thomas CountyGA79.9Category 3Sep 29, 1896
Carroll CountyVA80.2Category 1Sep 30, 1896
District of ColumbiaDC80.6Tropical stormSep 30, 1896
Colonial Heights cityVA81.0Category 1Sep 30, 1896
Webster CountyWV81.1Tropical stormSep 30, 1896
Lenoir CountyNC81.2Category 1Sep 30, 1896
Petersburg cityVA81.3Category 1Sep 30, 1896
Polk CountyFL81.4Category 3Sep 29, 1896
King William CountyVA81.5Tropical stormSep 30, 1896
Laurens CountyGA81.7Category 2Sep 29, 1896
Pender CountyNC81.9Category 1Sep 29, 1896
Lincoln CountyNC82.6Category 1Sep 29, 1896
Colquitt CountyGA83.4Category 2Sep 29, 1896
Prince George's CountyMD83.5Tropical stormSep 30, 1896
Southampton CountyVA83.6Category 1Sep 30, 1896
Pitt CountyNC84.2Category 1Sep 30, 1896
Giles CountyVA84.2Category 1Sep 30, 1896
Prince George CountyVA84.3Category 1Sep 30, 1896
Leon CountyFL84.4Category 3Sep 29, 1896
Columbia CountyGA85.3Category 1Sep 29, 1896
Tift CountyGA85.4Category 2Sep 29, 1896
Hopewell cityVA85.4Category 1Sep 30, 1896
Catawba CountyNC85.4Category 1Sep 29, 1896
Essex CountyVA85.6Tropical stormSep 30, 1896
Radford cityVA85.8Category 1Sep 30, 1896
Dodge CountyGA86.3Category 2Sep 29, 1896
King and Queen CountyVA86.6Tropical stormSep 30, 1896
Pulaski CountyVA86.9Category 1Sep 30, 1896
Harrison CountyWV87.1Tropical stormSep 30, 1896
New Kent CountyVA88.2Category 1Sep 30, 1896
Washington CountyGA88.2Category 2Sep 29, 1896
Charles City CountyVA88.6Category 1Sep 30, 1896
Franklin CountyFL89.3Category 3Sep 29, 1896
Wilcox CountyGA90.3Category 2Sep 29, 1896
Westmoreland CountyVA90.7Tropical stormSep 30, 1896
McCormick CountySC91.5Category 1Sep 29, 1896
McDuffie CountyGA91.6Category 1Sep 29, 1896
Lewis CountyWV91.7Tropical stormSep 30, 1896
Laurens CountySC91.8Category 1Sep 29, 1896
Nicholas CountyWV92.4Tropical stormSep 30, 1896
Orange CountyFL92.4Category 3Sep 29, 1896
Cherokee CountySC92.8Category 1Sep 29, 1896
Greenwood CountySC93.2Category 1Sep 29, 1896
Cleveland CountyNC93.6Category 1Sep 29, 1896
Warren CountyGA95.2Category 1Sep 29, 1896
Jones CountyNC95.6Category 1Sep 30, 1896
Martin CountyNC96.5Category 1Sep 30, 1896
Glascock CountyGA96.8Category 1Sep 29, 1896
Wilkes CountyNC97.3Category 1Sep 30, 1896
Grady CountyGA98.1Category 3Sep 29, 1896
Richmond CountyVA98.1Tropical stormSep 30, 1896
Turner CountyGA98.2Category 2Sep 29, 1896
Wythe CountyVA98.2Category 1Sep 30, 1896
Braxton CountyWV98.5Tropical stormSep 30, 1896
Worth CountyGA98.5Category 2Sep 29, 1896
Grayson CountyVA98.8Category 1Sep 30, 1896
Surry CountyVA98.9Category 1Sep 30, 1896
Alexander CountyNC99.1Category 1Sep 29, 1896
Summers CountyWV99.4Category 1Sep 30, 1896
Onslow CountyNC99.4Category 1Sep 30, 1896
Bertie CountyNC99.5Category 1Sep 30, 1896
Lincoln CountyGA99.6Category 1Sep 29, 1896
St. Mary's CountyMD99.8Tropical stormSep 30, 1896

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.