The unnamed hurricane of 1898
Sep 25, 1898 to Oct 6, 1898Peak 132 mph938 mb
The unnamed hurricane of 1898 passed within 50 miles of 100 counties in 3 states. It was strongest near Nassau County, FL, as a Category 4 on October 2, 1898.
- Major hurricane
- Hurricane
- Tropical storm
- Post-tropical
Unnamed hurricane · 1898
How it happened
Follow the storm’s path, strength and milestones.
The storm
- Peak strength
- Category 4
- 132 mph, 115 kt
- Lowest pressure
- 938 mb
- Over the whole track
- Counties within 50 miles
- 100
- AL, FL, GA
- Counties within 100 miles
- 172
- AL, FL, GA, SC
- 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.
| Pierce County | GA | 0.0 | Category 1 |
| Houston County | GA | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Brantley County | GA | 0.0 | Category 2 |
| Camden County | GA | 0.0 | Category 3 |
| Crawford County | GA | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Telfair County | GA | 0.0 | Category 1 |
| Carroll County | GA | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Coweta County | GA | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Heard County | GA | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Meriwether County | GA | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Dodge County | GA | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Pulaski County | GA | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Bacon County | GA | 0.0 | Category 1 |
| Upson County | GA | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Cleburne County | AL | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Coffee County | GA | 0.0 | Category 1 |
| Macon County | GA | 0.5 | Tropical storm |
| Pike County | GA | 0.5 | Tropical storm |
| Peach County | GA | 0.5 | Tropical storm |
| Wilcox County | GA | 0.6 | Tropical storm |
| Troup County | GA | 0.7 | Tropical storm |
| Haralson County | GA | 1.5 | Tropical storm |
| Taylor County | GA | 1.6 | Tropical storm |
| Dooly County | GA | 2.7 | Tropical storm |
| Talbot County | GA | 2.8 | Tropical storm |
| Ware County | GA | 3.4 | Category 1 |
| Jeff Davis County | GA | 4.4 | Category 1 |
| Glynn County | GA | 5.1 | Category 2 |
| Ben Hill County | GA | 5.6 | Category 1 |
| Randolph County | AL | 6.1 | Tropical storm |
| Charlton County | GA | 7.5 | Category 2 |
| Appling County | GA | 8.9 | Category 1 |
| Wayne County | GA | 9.0 | Category 2 |
| Irwin County | GA | 9.4 | Category 1 |
| Bleckley County | GA | 10.1 | Tropical storm |
| Monroe County | GA | 11.2 | Tropical storm |
| Lamar County | GA | 12.2 | Tropical storm |
| Crisp County | GA | 12.7 | Tropical storm |
| Harris County | GA | 12.9 | Tropical storm |
| Spalding County | GA | 13.1 | Tropical storm |
| Nassau County | FL | 13.1 | Category 4 |
| Twiggs County | GA | 13.8 | Tropical storm |
| Atkinson County | GA | 14.1 | Category 1 |
| Fulton County | GA | 14.7 | Tropical storm |
| Fayette County | GA | 16.0 | Tropical storm |
| Douglas County | GA | 16.1 | Tropical storm |
| Bibb County | GA | 16.5 | Tropical storm |
| Marion County | GA | 17.1 | Tropical storm |
| Wheeler County | GA | 17.2 | Category 1 |
| Turner County | GA | 17.3 | Tropical storm |
| Laurens County | GA | 18.2 | Category 1 |
| Schley County | GA | 19.3 | Tropical storm |
| Clay County | AL | 19.4 | Tropical storm |
| Chambers County | AL | 21.2 | Tropical storm |
| Sumter County | GA | 21.4 | Tropical storm |
| Paulding County | GA | 21.8 | Tropical storm |
| Duval County | FL | 23.0 | Category 4 |
| McIntosh County | GA | 23.1 | Category 3 |
| Montgomery County | GA | 23.6 | Category 1 |
| Clayton County | GA | 25.2 | Tropical storm |
| Muscogee County | GA | 25.5 | Tropical storm |
| Berrien County | GA | 25.5 | Category 1 |
| Clinch County | GA | 25.5 | Category 1 |
| Toombs County | GA | 25.6 | Category 1 |
| Chattahoochee County | GA | 25.9 | Tropical storm |
| Henry County | GA | 26.6 | Tropical storm |
| Butts County | GA | 28.8 | Tropical storm |
| Long County | GA | 29.1 | Category 2 |
| Jones County | GA | 30.4 | Tropical storm |
| Tift County | GA | 30.5 | Category 1 |
| Lee County | GA | 31.3 | Tropical storm |
| Tattnall County | GA | 31.5 | Category 1 |
| Wilkinson County | GA | 31.5 | Tropical storm |
| Worth County | GA | 31.9 | Tropical storm |
| Cobb County | GA | 34.6 | Tropical storm |
| Lee County | AL | 34.8 | Tropical storm |
| Tallapoosa County | AL | 35.4 | Tropical storm |
| St. Johns County | FL | 35.6 | Category 4 |
| Treutlen County | GA | 35.8 | Category 1 |
| Lanier County | GA | 35.9 | Category 1 |
| Jasper County | GA | 37.2 | Tropical storm |
| Webster County | GA | 38.5 | Tropical storm |
| DeKalb County | GA | 41.3 | Tropical storm |
| Russell County | AL | 41.6 | Tropical storm |
| Stewart County | GA | 41.7 | Tropical storm |
| Cook County | GA | 42.8 | Category 1 |
| Liberty County | GA | 42.9 | Category 2 |
| Baldwin County | GA | 43.9 | Tropical storm |
| Baker County | FL | 44.2 | Category 2 |
| Rockdale County | GA | 45.9 | Tropical storm |
| Colquitt County | GA | 46.4 | Category 1 |
| Newton County | GA | 46.6 | Tropical storm |
| Dougherty County | GA | 47.2 | Tropical storm |
| Terrell County | GA | 47.6 | Tropical storm |
| Emanuel County | GA | 47.7 | Category 1 |
| Johnson County | GA | 48.0 | Tropical storm |
| Evans County | GA | 48.7 | Category 1 |
| Clay County | FL | 49.5 | Category 4 |
| Putnam County | GA | 50.0 | Tropical storm |
| Echols County | GA | 50.0 | Category 2 |
| Cherokee County | GA | 50.2 | Tropical storm |
| Washington County | GA | 50.5 | Tropical storm |
| Lowndes County | GA | 51.8 | Category 1 |
| Columbia County | FL | 52.0 | Category 2 |
| Coosa County | AL | 52.7 | Tropical storm |
| Candler County | GA | 53.8 | Category 1 |
| Bryan County | GA | 55.3 | Category 2 |
| Randolph County | GA | 56.2 | Tropical storm |
| Chatham County | GA | 56.8 | Category 3 |
| Mitchell County | GA | 58.5 | Tropical storm |
| Gwinnett County | GA | 58.6 | Tropical storm |
| Hamilton County | FL | 59.3 | Category 2 |
| Bulloch County | GA | 59.8 | Category 1 |
| Macon County | AL | 59.8 | Tropical storm |
| Hancock County | GA | 60.2 | Tropical storm |
| Brooks County | GA | 61.4 | Category 1 |
| Morgan County | GA | 62.1 | Tropical storm |
| Flagler County | FL | 62.3 | Category 4 |
| Walton County | GA | 62.9 | Tropical storm |
| Baker County | GA | 63.9 | Tropical storm |
| Elmore County | AL | 64.7 | Tropical storm |
| Bradford County | FL | 65.0 | Category 3 |
| Putnam County | FL | 65.8 | Category 4 |
| Calhoun County | GA | 66.3 | Tropical storm |
| Barbour County | AL | 66.6 | Tropical storm |
| Quitman County | GA | 66.7 | Tropical storm |
| Union County | FL | 67.4 | Category 3 |
| Forsyth County | GA | 67.8 | Tropical storm |
| Effingham County | GA | 69.9 | Category 2 |
| Jefferson County | GA | 69.9 | Tropical storm |
| Thomas County | GA | 70.4 | Category 1 |
| Greene County | GA | 72.6 | Tropical storm |
| Bullock County | AL | 72.8 | Tropical storm |
| Volusia County | FL | 73.4 | Category 4 |
| Suwannee County | FL | 77.0 | Category 2 |
| Barrow County | GA | 77.1 | Tropical storm |
| Madison County | FL | 77.5 | Category 1 |
| Clay County | GA | 77.5 | Tropical storm |
| Jenkins County | GA | 77.6 | Category 1 |
| Dawson County | GA | 79.0 | Tropical storm |
| Hall County | GA | 79.1 | Tropical storm |
| Burke County | GA | 79.1 | Tropical storm |
| Glascock County | GA | 80.3 | Tropical storm |
| Jasper County | SC | 80.7 | Category 2 |
| Oconee County | GA | 81.3 | Tropical storm |
| Grady County | GA | 82.2 | Tropical storm |
| Early County | GA | 83.3 | Tropical storm |
| Warren County | GA | 83.6 | Tropical storm |
| Henry County | AL | 84.5 | Tropical storm |
| Screven County | GA | 84.9 | Category 1 |
| Beaufort County | SC | 84.9 | Category 3 |
| Taliaferro County | GA | 85.3 | Tropical storm |
| Jackson County | GA | 85.5 | Tropical storm |
| Alachua County | FL | 85.5 | Category 4 |
| Montgomery County | AL | 87.0 | Tropical storm |
| Jefferson County | FL | 87.9 | Category 1 |
| Autauga County | AL | 88.7 | Tropical storm |
| Miller County | GA | 89.0 | Tropical storm |
| Clarke County | GA | 89.1 | Tropical storm |
| Oglethorpe County | GA | 89.7 | Tropical storm |
| Lumpkin County | GA | 91.2 | Tropical storm |
| Decatur County | GA | 92.2 | Tropical storm |
| Marion County | FL | 92.5 | Category 4 |
| McDuffie County | GA | 96.9 | Tropical storm |
| Lafayette County | FL | 97.3 | Category 1 |
| Hampton County | SC | 97.8 | Category 1 |
| Union County | GA | 97.8 | Tropical storm |
| Wilkes County | GA | 98.2 | Tropical storm |
| Gilchrist County | FL | 99.5 | Category 2 |
| Lake County | FL | 99.6 | Category 4 |
| Pike County | AL | 99.7 | Tropical storm |
| Madison County | GA | 99.8 | 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.