The unnamed hurricane of 1901
Aug 2, 1901 to Aug 18, 1901Peak 92 mph973 mb
The unnamed hurricane of 1901 passed within 50 miles of 68 counties in 4 states. It was strongest near Plaquemines Parish, LA, as a Category 1 on August 14, 1901.
- Major hurricane
- Hurricane
- Tropical storm
- Post-tropical
Unnamed hurricane · 1901
How it happened
Follow the storm’s path, strength and milestones.
The storm
- Peak strength
- Category 1
- 92 mph, 80 kt
- Lowest pressure
- 973 mb
- Over the whole track
- Counties within 50 miles
- 68
- AL, FL, LA, MS
- Counties within 100 miles
- 111
- AL, FL, LA, MS
- Landfalls recorded
- 3
- Anywhere on the track
Every county it passed
Closest approach to each county boundary, with the storm’s strength at that moment.
| Choctaw County | AL | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Plaquemines Parish | LA | 0.0 | Category 1 |
| Lee County | FL | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Marengo County | AL | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Washington County | AL | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Mobile County | AL | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Noxubee County | MS | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Clarke County | AL | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Sumter County | AL | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Charlotte County | FL | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Hendry County | FL | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Winston County | MS | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| George County | MS | 0.0 | Category 1 |
| Kemper County | MS | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Jackson County | MS | 0.0 | Category 1 |
| Palm Beach County | FL | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Broward County | FL | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Glades County | FL | 0.2 | Tropical storm |
| Harrison County | MS | 0.3 | Category 1 |
| Sarasota County | FL | 1.6 | Tropical storm |
| St. Bernard Parish | LA | 5.0 | Category 1 |
| Lauderdale County | MS | 5.9 | Tropical storm |
| Greene County | MS | 6.6 | Tropical storm |
| DeSoto County | FL | 9.5 | Tropical storm |
| Collier County | FL | 11.9 | Tropical storm |
| Lowndes County | MS | 12.6 | Tropical storm |
| Neshoba County | MS | 13.4 | Tropical storm |
| Clarke County | MS | 13.7 | Tropical storm |
| Jefferson Parish | LA | 13.8 | Category 1 |
| Baldwin County | AL | 14.7 | Tropical storm |
| Stone County | MS | 16.3 | Category 1 |
| Lafourche Parish | LA | 17.4 | Category 1 |
| Pickens County | AL | 17.8 | Tropical storm |
| Greene County | AL | 18.0 | Tropical storm |
| Wayne County | MS | 18.1 | Tropical storm |
| Highlands County | FL | 18.2 | Tropical storm |
| Manatee County | FL | 19.3 | Tropical storm |
| Wilcox County | AL | 19.5 | Tropical storm |
| Miami-Dade County | FL | 21.0 | Tropical storm |
| Monroe County | AL | 21.5 | Tropical storm |
| Perry County | MS | 22.7 | Category 1 |
| Okeechobee County | FL | 25.8 | Tropical storm |
| Martin County | FL | 25.8 | Tropical storm |
| Newton County | MS | 26.2 | Tropical storm |
| Hancock County | MS | 26.3 | Category 1 |
| Hale County | AL | 27.9 | Tropical storm |
| Hardee County | FL | 30.4 | Tropical storm |
| Leake County | MS | 32.5 | Tropical storm |
| Escambia County | AL | 32.8 | Tropical storm |
| St. Tammany Parish | LA | 33.8 | Category 1 |
| Perry County | AL | 35.0 | Tropical storm |
| Hillsborough County | FL | 35.0 | Tropical storm |
| Dallas County | AL | 35.9 | Tropical storm |
| Pearl River County | MS | 36.5 | Category 1 |
| Terrebonne Parish | LA | 37.5 | Category 1 |
| Forrest County | MS | 37.5 | Category 1 |
| Orleans Parish | LA | 37.8 | Category 1 |
| Pinellas County | FL | 37.8 | Tropical storm |
| Jasper County | MS | 38.0 | Tropical storm |
| Escambia County | FL | 39.3 | Tropical storm |
| Lamar County | AL | 41.2 | Tropical storm |
| Conecuh County | AL | 42.9 | Tropical storm |
| Tuscaloosa County | AL | 44.1 | Tropical storm |
| Jones County | MS | 45.7 | Tropical storm |
| St. Lucie County | FL | 46.3 | Tropical storm |
| St. Charles Parish | LA | 46.3 | Category 1 |
| Scott County | MS | 46.5 | Tropical storm |
| Monroe County | FL | 48.8 | Tropical storm |
| Polk County | FL | 51.2 | Tropical storm |
| Lamar County | MS | 51.7 | Category 1 |
| Fayette County | AL | 56.6 | Tropical storm |
| Santa Rosa County | FL | 58.5 | Tropical storm |
| Smith County | MS | 58.6 | Tropical storm |
| Bibb County | AL | 59.9 | Tropical storm |
| Butler County | AL | 64.0 | Tropical storm |
| Lowndes County | AL | 64.1 | Tropical storm |
| Washington Parish | LA | 64.2 | Category 1 |
| Osceola County | FL | 65.4 | Tropical storm |
| St. John the Baptist Parish | LA | 65.5 | Category 1 |
| Marion County | MS | 65.6 | Category 1 |
| Indian River County | FL | 66.8 | Tropical storm |
| Tangipahoa Parish | LA | 67.7 | Category 1 |
| Rankin County | MS | 68.1 | Tropical storm |
| Pasco County | FL | 70.5 | Tropical storm |
| Covington County | MS | 70.6 | Tropical storm |
| Autauga County | AL | 72.5 | Tropical storm |
| Chilton County | AL | 72.7 | Tropical storm |
| Walthall County | MS | 74.3 | Category 1 |
| St. James Parish | LA | 74.6 | Category 1 |
| Jefferson Davis County | MS | 79.8 | Category 1 |
| Covington County | AL | 80.8 | Tropical storm |
| Simpson County | MS | 81.9 | Tropical storm |
| Brevard County | FL | 82.0 | Tropical storm |
| Walker County | AL | 82.8 | Tropical storm |
| Livingston Parish | LA | 83.3 | Category 1 |
| Jefferson County | AL | 84.0 | Tropical storm |
| Assumption Parish | LA | 84.0 | Category 1 |
| Okaloosa County | FL | 84.8 | Tropical storm |
| St. Mary Parish | LA | 85.4 | Category 1 |
| Ascension Parish | LA | 86.5 | Category 1 |
| St. Martin Parish | LA | 88.5 | Category 1 |
| Hinds County | MS | 89.1 | Tropical storm |
| Shelby County | AL | 89.6 | Tropical storm |
| Montgomery County | AL | 90.7 | Tropical storm |
| Crenshaw County | AL | 90.9 | Tropical storm |
| Hernando County | FL | 91.2 | Tropical storm |
| Pike County | MS | 96.1 | Category 1 |
| Lawrence County | MS | 96.3 | Category 1 |
| Sumter County | FL | 96.5 | Tropical storm |
| Elmore County | AL | 97.1 | Tropical storm |
| Lake County | FL | 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.