The unnamed tropical storm of 1901
Sep 21, 1901 to Oct 2, 1901Peak 52 mph
The unnamed tropical storm of 1901 passed within 50 miles of 48 counties in 3 states. It was strongest near Franklin County, FL, as a tropical storm on September 28, 1901.
- Major hurricane
- Hurricane
- Tropical storm
- Post-tropical
Unnamed storm · 1901
How it happened
Follow the storm’s path, strength and milestones.
The storm
- Peak strength
- Tropical storm
- 52 mph, 45 kt
- Counties within 50 miles
- 48
- AL, FL, GA
- Counties within 100 miles
- 77
- 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.
| Franklin County | FL | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Leon County | FL | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Mitchell County | GA | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Sumter County | GA | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Wakulla County | FL | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Gadsden County | FL | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Decatur County | GA | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Lee County | GA | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Dougherty County | GA | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Baker County | GA | 2.0 | Tropical storm |
| Dooly County | GA | 3.6 | Tropical storm |
| Terrell County | GA | 5.7 | Tropical storm |
| Liberty County | FL | 6.0 | Tropical storm |
| Schley County | GA | 6.1 | Tropical storm |
| Grady County | GA | 9.4 | Tropical storm |
| Worth County | GA | 10.3 | Tropical storm |
| Calhoun County | GA | 11.5 | Tropical storm |
| Miller County | GA | 12.1 | Tropical storm |
| Crisp County | GA | 12.7 | Tropical storm |
| Thomas County | GA | 16.7 | Tropical storm |
| Webster County | GA | 17.2 | Tropical storm |
| Randolph County | GA | 18.1 | Tropical storm |
| Early County | GA | 18.3 | Tropical storm |
| Marion County | GA | 19.4 | Tropical storm |
| Seminole County | GA | 20.8 | Tropical storm |
| Colquitt County | GA | 20.9 | Tropical storm |
| Turner County | GA | 21.8 | Tropical storm |
| Jackson County | FL | 22.3 | Tropical storm |
| Gulf County | FL | 25.3 | Tropical storm |
| Calhoun County | FL | 25.7 | Tropical storm |
| Jefferson County | FL | 27.7 | Tropical storm |
| Wilcox County | GA | 28.1 | Tropical storm |
| Stewart County | GA | 28.9 | Tropical storm |
| Clay County | GA | 32.3 | Tropical storm |
| Chattahoochee County | GA | 33.8 | Tropical storm |
| Taylor County | FL | 34.5 | Tropical storm |
| Tift County | GA | 34.7 | Tropical storm |
| Houston County | AL | 35.1 | Tropical storm |
| Brooks County | GA | 37.8 | Tropical storm |
| Ben Hill County | GA | 40.3 | Tropical storm |
| Irwin County | GA | 41.4 | Tropical storm |
| Quitman County | GA | 41.9 | Tropical storm |
| Madison County | FL | 42.7 | Tropical storm |
| Henry County | AL | 44.8 | Tropical storm |
| Cook County | GA | 46.0 | Tropical storm |
| Bay County | FL | 47.3 | Tropical storm |
| Russell County | AL | 47.4 | Tropical storm |
| Berrien County | GA | 50.0 | Tropical storm |
| Lowndes County | GA | 52.6 | Tropical storm |
| Barbour County | AL | 52.9 | Tropical storm |
| Telfair County | GA | 55.0 | Tropical storm |
| Washington County | FL | 55.4 | Tropical storm |
| Lee County | AL | 58.1 | Tropical storm |
| Geneva County | AL | 63.7 | Tropical storm |
| Dale County | AL | 64.1 | Tropical storm |
| Holmes County | FL | 64.3 | Tropical storm |
| Coffee County | GA | 65.0 | Tropical storm |
| Atkinson County | GA | 66.0 | Tropical storm |
| Wheeler County | GA | 67.0 | Tropical storm |
| Lanier County | GA | 68.2 | Tropical storm |
| Hamilton County | FL | 68.6 | Tropical storm |
| Lafayette County | FL | 69.9 | Tropical storm |
| Dixie County | FL | 72.9 | Tropical storm |
| Bullock County | AL | 74.7 | Tropical storm |
| Suwannee County | FL | 76.8 | Tropical storm |
| Echols County | GA | 77.0 | Tropical storm |
| Jeff Davis County | GA | 77.3 | Tropical storm |
| Macon County | AL | 78.4 | Tropical storm |
| Walton County | FL | 79.5 | Tropical storm |
| Clinch County | GA | 79.6 | Tropical storm |
| Coffee County | AL | 83.6 | Tropical storm |
| Pike County | AL | 84.7 | Tropical storm |
| Levy County | FL | 90.0 | Tropical storm |
| Bacon County | GA | 91.4 | Tropical storm |
| Ware County | GA | 93.4 | Tropical storm |
| Appling County | GA | 94.6 | Tropical storm |
| Gilchrist County | FL | 99.3 | 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.