The unnamed hurricane of 1901
Sep 9, 1901 to Sep 19, 1901Peak 81 mph
The unnamed hurricane of 1901 passed within 50 miles of 143 counties in 5 states. It was strongest near Okaloosa County, FL, as a tropical storm on September 17, 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
- 81 mph, 70 kt
- Counties within 50 miles
- 143
- AL, FL, GA, NC, SC
- Counties within 100 miles
- 248
- AL, FL, GA, LA, MS, NC, SC, VA
- 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.
| Walton County | FL | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Sumter County | GA | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Bleckley County | GA | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Houston County | GA | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Emanuel County | GA | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Georgetown County | SC | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Allendale County | SC | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Randolph County | GA | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Clay County | GA | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Johnson County | GA | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Laurens County | GA | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Jenkins County | GA | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Dorchester County | SC | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Screven County | GA | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Williamsburg County | SC | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Geneva County | AL | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Dale County | AL | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Okaloosa County | FL | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Macon County | GA | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Henry County | AL | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Horry County | SC | 0.6 | Tropical storm |
| Dooly County | GA | 1.2 | Tropical storm |
| Webster County | GA | 1.5 | Tropical storm |
| Stewart County | GA | 1.5 | Tropical storm |
| Berkeley County | SC | 1.9 | Tropical storm |
| Houston County | AL | 2.9 | Tropical storm |
| Terrell County | GA | 4.2 | Tropical storm |
| Hampton County | SC | 4.7 | Tropical storm |
| Quitman County | GA | 4.7 | Tropical storm |
| Holmes County | FL | 5.1 | Tropical storm |
| Twiggs County | GA | 5.3 | Tropical storm |
| Orangeburg County | SC | 5.6 | Tropical storm |
| Burke County | GA | 6.0 | Tropical storm |
| Jefferson County | GA | 6.0 | Tropical storm |
| Barbour County | AL | 7.0 | Tropical storm |
| Brunswick County | NC | 7.1 | Tropical storm |
| Bamberg County | SC | 7.1 | Tropical storm |
| Colleton County | SC | 7.1 | Tropical storm |
| Pulaski County | GA | 7.3 | Tropical storm |
| Marion County | GA | 7.5 | Tropical storm |
| Barnwell County | SC | 8.2 | Tropical storm |
| Peach County | GA | 8.2 | Tropical storm |
| Santa Rosa County | FL | 8.5 | Tropical storm |
| Carteret County | NC | 8.6 | Tropical storm |
| Schley County | GA | 8.9 | Tropical storm |
| Marion County | SC | 9.0 | Tropical storm |
| Washington County | GA | 9.2 | Tropical storm |
| Lee County | GA | 9.3 | Tropical storm |
| Wilkinson County | GA | 9.7 | Tropical storm |
| Treutlen County | GA | 10.7 | Tropical storm |
| Dodge County | GA | 12.2 | Tropical storm |
| Coffee County | AL | 12.2 | Tropical storm |
| Crisp County | GA | 12.4 | Tropical storm |
| New Hanover County | NC | 12.9 | Tropical storm |
| Calhoun County | GA | 13.3 | Tropical storm |
| Bulloch County | GA | 13.7 | Tropical storm |
| Escambia County | FL | 13.9 | Tropical storm |
| Covington County | AL | 14.1 | Tropical storm |
| Dare County | NC | 15.7 | Tropical storm |
| Early County | GA | 16.0 | Tropical storm |
| Hyde County | NC | 16.2 | Tropical storm |
| Bibb County | GA | 16.3 | Tropical storm |
| Washington County | FL | 16.3 | Tropical storm |
| Taylor County | GA | 16.9 | Tropical storm |
| Wilcox County | GA | 17.2 | Tropical storm |
| Columbus County | NC | 17.5 | Tropical storm |
| Clarendon County | SC | 18.0 | Tropical storm |
| Candler County | GA | 18.2 | Tropical storm |
| Florence County | SC | 18.6 | Tropical storm |
| Crawford County | GA | 19.3 | Tropical storm |
| Calhoun County | SC | 19.8 | Tropical storm |
| Jasper County | SC | 20.2 | Tropical storm |
| Pender County | NC | 20.3 | Tropical storm |
| Charleston County | SC | 21.1 | Tropical storm |
| Russell County | AL | 22.0 | Tropical storm |
| Chattahoochee County | GA | 22.1 | Tropical storm |
| Jackson County | FL | 22.2 | Tropical storm |
| Aiken County | SC | 22.4 | Tropical storm |
| Dougherty County | GA | 23.0 | Tropical storm |
| Pike County | AL | 23.1 | Tropical storm |
| Effingham County | GA | 24.5 | Tropical storm |
| Jones County | GA | 24.6 | Tropical storm |
| Worth County | GA | 24.8 | Tropical storm |
| Wheeler County | GA | 24.9 | Tropical storm |
| Montgomery County | GA | 25.2 | Tropical storm |
| Baldwin County | GA | 25.2 | Tropical storm |
| Toombs County | GA | 26.3 | Tropical storm |
| Bay County | FL | 27.2 | Tropical storm |
| Richmond County | GA | 27.3 | Tropical storm |
| Bullock County | AL | 28.6 | Tropical storm |
| Craven County | NC | 29.2 | Tropical storm |
| Onslow County | NC | 29.6 | Tropical storm |
| Beaufort County | SC | 29.7 | Tropical storm |
| Baker County | GA | 29.8 | Tropical storm |
| Tattnall County | GA | 30.2 | Tropical storm |
| Glascock County | GA | 30.3 | Tropical storm |
| Telfair County | GA | 30.3 | Tropical storm |
| Turner County | GA | 30.6 | Tropical storm |
| Sumter County | SC | 30.7 | Tropical storm |
| Escambia County | AL | 31.9 | Tropical storm |
| Hancock County | GA | 32.5 | Tropical storm |
| Miller County | GA | 32.8 | Tropical storm |
| Talbot County | GA | 33.2 | Tropical storm |
| Crenshaw County | AL | 33.6 | Tropical storm |
| Upson County | GA | 35.3 | Tropical storm |
| Muscogee County | GA | 35.4 | Tropical storm |
| Monroe County | GA | 35.9 | Tropical storm |
| Evans County | GA | 36.3 | Tropical storm |
| Warren County | GA | 37.1 | Tropical storm |
| Ben Hill County | GA | 37.4 | Tropical storm |
| Pamlico County | NC | 37.6 | Tropical storm |
| Richland County | SC | 38.3 | Tropical storm |
| Seminole County | GA | 38.5 | Tropical storm |
| Jones County | NC | 38.8 | Tropical storm |
| McDuffie County | GA | 39.0 | Tropical storm |
| Bladen County | NC | 39.4 | Tropical storm |
| Baldwin County | AL | 39.9 | Tropical storm |
| Columbia County | GA | 41.6 | Tropical storm |
| Harris County | GA | 42.0 | Tropical storm |
| Conecuh County | AL | 42.3 | Tropical storm |
| Macon County | AL | 42.6 | Tropical storm |
| Irwin County | GA | 43.7 | Tropical storm |
| Mitchell County | GA | 43.8 | Tropical storm |
| Putnam County | GA | 43.9 | Tropical storm |
| Lee County | SC | 44.0 | Tropical storm |
| Lamar County | GA | 44.7 | Tropical storm |
| Calhoun County | FL | 45.0 | Tropical storm |
| Lexington County | SC | 45.1 | Tropical storm |
| Dillon County | SC | 45.2 | Tropical storm |
| Lee County | AL | 45.8 | Tropical storm |
| Jasper County | GA | 47.2 | Tropical storm |
| Beaufort County | NC | 47.2 | Tropical storm |
| Bryan County | GA | 47.3 | Tropical storm |
| Tift County | GA | 47.4 | Tropical storm |
| Montgomery County | AL | 48.1 | Tropical storm |
| Robeson County | NC | 48.3 | Tropical storm |
| Edgefield County | SC | 48.5 | Tropical storm |
| Butler County | AL | 48.7 | Tropical storm |
| Jeff Davis County | GA | 49.3 | Tropical storm |
| Decatur County | GA | 49.3 | Tropical storm |
| Sampson County | NC | 49.6 | Tropical storm |
| Duplin County | NC | 49.8 | Tropical storm |
| Darlington County | SC | 49.9 | Tropical storm |
| Appling County | GA | 50.3 | Tropical storm |
| Chatham County | GA | 51.7 | Tropical storm |
| Tyrrell County | NC | 52.4 | Tropical storm |
| Butts County | GA | 53.0 | Tropical storm |
| Liberty County | GA | 53.1 | Tropical storm |
| Colquitt County | GA | 53.5 | Tropical storm |
| McCormick County | SC | 53.8 | Tropical storm |
| Greene County | GA | 53.9 | Tropical storm |
| Coffee County | GA | 54.2 | Tropical storm |
| Meriwether County | GA | 54.3 | Tropical storm |
| Taliaferro County | GA | 54.7 | Tropical storm |
| Pike County | GA | 54.8 | Tropical storm |
| Long County | GA | 56.9 | Tropical storm |
| Marlboro County | SC | 57.1 | Tropical storm |
| Grady County | GA | 58.6 | Tropical storm |
| Gadsden County | FL | 60.7 | Tropical storm |
| Lincoln County | GA | 61.2 | Tropical storm |
| Kershaw County | SC | 61.4 | Tropical storm |
| Wilkes County | GA | 61.9 | Tropical storm |
| Spalding County | GA | 62.0 | Tropical storm |
| Saluda County | SC | 62.0 | Tropical storm |
| Gulf County | FL | 63.0 | Tropical storm |
| Liberty County | FL | 63.1 | Tropical storm |
| Morgan County | GA | 63.8 | Tropical storm |
| Troup County | GA | 63.9 | Tropical storm |
| Berrien County | GA | 64.0 | Tropical storm |
| Chambers County | AL | 64.6 | Tropical storm |
| Wayne County | GA | 64.9 | Tropical storm |
| Lowndes County | AL | 64.9 | Tropical storm |
| Thomas County | GA | 65.4 | Tropical storm |
| Newton County | GA | 65.4 | Tropical storm |
| Washington County | NC | 66.2 | Tropical storm |
| Bacon County | GA | 66.6 | Tropical storm |
| Currituck County | NC | 67.1 | Tropical storm |
| Cook County | GA | 67.6 | Tropical storm |
| Elmore County | AL | 68.0 | Tropical storm |
| Henry County | GA | 68.0 | Tropical storm |
| Tallapoosa County | AL | 68.3 | Tropical storm |
| Lenoir County | NC | 69.2 | Tropical storm |
| Mobile County | AL | 71.3 | Tropical storm |
| Chesterfield County | SC | 72.4 | Tropical storm |
| Atkinson County | GA | 72.6 | Tropical storm |
| Cumberland County | NC | 73.2 | Tropical storm |
| Oglethorpe County | GA | 73.5 | Tropical storm |
| Pitt County | NC | 73.6 | Tropical storm |
| Scotland County | NC | 74.1 | Tropical storm |
| Newberry County | SC | 74.9 | Tropical storm |
| Fayette County | GA | 75.2 | Tropical storm |
| Coweta County | GA | 75.5 | Tropical storm |
| Camden County | NC | 76.0 | Tropical storm |
| Monroe County | AL | 76.1 | Tropical storm |
| Fairfield County | SC | 76.2 | Tropical storm |
| Greenwood County | SC | 76.5 | Tropical storm |
| Walton County | GA | 77.5 | Tropical storm |
| Clayton County | GA | 78.5 | Tropical storm |
| Brooks County | GA | 78.7 | Tropical storm |
| Wayne County | NC | 80.0 | Tropical storm |
| Oconee County | GA | 80.0 | Tropical storm |
| Rockdale County | GA | 80.1 | Tropical storm |
| Pasquotank County | NC | 80.1 | Tropical storm |
| Ware County | GA | 80.5 | Tropical storm |
| Wilcox County | AL | 80.5 | Tropical storm |
| Martin County | NC | 81.3 | Tropical storm |
| McIntosh County | GA | 82.5 | Tropical storm |
| Pierce County | GA | 82.6 | Tropical storm |
| Perquimans County | NC | 83.1 | Tropical storm |
| Leon County | FL | 84.2 | Tropical storm |
| Hoke County | NC | 84.5 | Tropical storm |
| Elbert County | GA | 84.7 | Tropical storm |
| Greene County | NC | 85.1 | Tropical storm |
| Chowan County | NC | 85.7 | Tropical storm |
| Autauga County | AL | 85.8 | Tropical storm |
| Lancaster County | SC | 86.9 | Tropical storm |
| Lowndes County | GA | 87.1 | Tropical storm |
| Bertie County | NC | 87.4 | Tropical storm |
| Jackson County | MS | 87.5 | Tropical storm |
| DeKalb County | GA | 87.5 | Tropical storm |
| Wakulla County | FL | 87.7 | Tropical storm |
| Abbeville County | SC | 88.0 | Tropical storm |
| Heard County | GA | 88.1 | Tropical storm |
| Franklin County | FL | 88.3 | Tropical storm |
| Clarke County | GA | 88.5 | Tropical storm |
| Lanier County | GA | 88.9 | Tropical storm |
| Richmond County | NC | 89.0 | Tropical storm |
| Plaquemines Parish | LA | 89.2 | Tropical storm |
| Randolph County | AL | 89.4 | Tropical storm |
| Coosa County | AL | 89.9 | Tropical storm |
| Dallas County | AL | 91.4 | Tropical storm |
| Laurens County | SC | 91.5 | Tropical storm |
| Clinch County | GA | 91.7 | Tropical storm |
| Clarke County | AL | 91.8 | Tropical storm |
| Jefferson County | FL | 93.3 | Tropical storm |
| Fulton County | GA | 93.5 | Tropical storm |
| Gwinnett County | GA | 93.8 | Tropical storm |
| Washington County | AL | 94.8 | Tropical storm |
| Johnston County | NC | 95.4 | Tropical storm |
| Madison County | GA | 95.8 | Tropical storm |
| Anson County | NC | 95.8 | Tropical storm |
| Chester County | SC | 95.9 | Tropical storm |
| Brantley County | GA | 96.3 | Tropical storm |
| Glynn County | GA | 97.1 | Tropical storm |
| Virginia Beach city | VA | 97.2 | Tropical storm |
| St. Bernard Parish | LA | 97.6 | Tropical storm |
| Barrow County | GA | 98.0 | Tropical storm |
| Jackson County | GA | 99.9 | 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.