The unnamed hurricane of 1904
Sep 8, 1904 to Sep 15, 1904Peak 86 mph
The unnamed hurricane of 1904 passed within 50 miles of 123 counties in 5 states. It was strongest near Charleston County, SC, as a Category 1 on September 14, 1904.
- Major hurricane
- Hurricane
- Tropical storm
- Post-tropical
Unnamed storm · 1904
How it happened
Follow the storm’s path, strength and milestones.
The storm
- Peak strength
- Category 1
- 86 mph, 75 kt
- Counties within 50 miles
- 123
- DE, MD, NC, SC, VA
- Counties within 100 miles
- 201
- DC, DE, MD, 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.
| Sussex County | DE | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Halifax County | NC | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Hoke County | NC | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Northampton County | NC | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Cumberland County | NC | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Marlboro County | SC | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Johnston County | NC | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Marion County | SC | 0.0 | Category 1 |
| Georgetown County | SC | 0.0 | Category 1 |
| York County | VA | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Dillon County | SC | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Sussex County | VA | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Franklin County | NC | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Somerset County | MD | 0.4 | Tropical storm |
| Nash County | NC | 0.5 | Tropical storm |
| James City County | VA | 0.5 | Tropical storm |
| Wicomico County | MD | 0.7 | Tropical storm |
| Northumberland County | VA | 1.2 | Tropical storm |
| Wake County | NC | 2.9 | Tropical storm |
| Robeson County | NC | 3.0 | Tropical storm |
| Scotland County | NC | 3.0 | Tropical storm |
| Horry County | SC | 3.0 | Category 1 |
| Harnett County | NC | 3.2 | Tropical storm |
| Williamsburg city | VA | 3.9 | Tropical storm |
| Dorchester County | MD | 4.1 | Tropical storm |
| Lancaster County | VA | 4.1 | Tropical storm |
| Charleston County | SC | 4.5 | Category 1 |
| King and Queen County | VA | 4.6 | Tropical storm |
| New Kent County | VA | 5.1 | Tropical storm |
| Gloucester County | VA | 5.1 | Tropical storm |
| Williamsburg County | SC | 5.2 | Category 1 |
| Warren County | NC | 5.2 | Tropical storm |
| Florence County | SC | 6.3 | Category 1 |
| Charles City County | VA | 7.7 | Tropical storm |
| Wilson County | NC | 9.7 | Tropical storm |
| Greensville County | VA | 9.8 | Tropical storm |
| Brunswick County | VA | 9.8 | Tropical storm |
| Surry County | VA | 10.5 | Tropical storm |
| King William County | VA | 11.1 | Tropical storm |
| Richmond County | VA | 11.7 | Tropical storm |
| Emporia city | VA | 12.2 | Tropical storm |
| Darlington County | SC | 12.4 | Tropical storm |
| Prince George County | VA | 12.4 | Tropical storm |
| Edgecombe County | NC | 12.4 | Tropical storm |
| Sampson County | NC | 12.7 | Tropical storm |
| Southampton County | VA | 13.0 | Tropical storm |
| Newport News city | VA | 13.2 | Tropical storm |
| Moore County | NC | 13.4 | Tropical storm |
| Dinwiddie County | VA | 13.4 | Tropical storm |
| Kent County | DE | 13.4 | Tropical storm |
| Worcester County | MD | 14.1 | Tropical storm |
| Middlesex County | VA | 14.8 | Tropical storm |
| Caroline County | MD | 14.9 | Tropical storm |
| Chesterfield County | SC | 15.8 | Tropical storm |
| Isle of Wight County | VA | 15.9 | Tropical storm |
| Mathews County | VA | 16.1 | Tropical storm |
| Richmond County | NC | 16.2 | Tropical storm |
| Berkeley County | SC | 16.2 | Category 1 |
| St. Mary's County | MD | 16.5 | Tropical storm |
| Accomack County | VA | 16.8 | Tropical storm |
| Bladen County | NC | 16.9 | Tropical storm |
| Lee County | NC | 18.6 | Tropical storm |
| Petersburg city | VA | 19.3 | Tropical storm |
| Franklin city | VA | 19.5 | Tropical storm |
| Granville County | NC | 20.5 | Tropical storm |
| Chatham County | NC | 20.7 | Tropical storm |
| Westmoreland County | VA | 20.9 | Tropical storm |
| Columbus County | NC | 21.0 | Tropical storm |
| Wayne County | NC | 21.0 | Tropical storm |
| Essex County | VA | 21.0 | Tropical storm |
| Vance County | NC | 21.8 | Tropical storm |
| Poquoson city | VA | 23.0 | Tropical storm |
| Hopewell city | VA | 24.2 | Tropical storm |
| Chesterfield County | VA | 24.3 | Tropical storm |
| Hertford County | NC | 24.4 | Tropical storm |
| Colonial Heights city | VA | 24.5 | Tropical storm |
| Suffolk city | VA | 24.9 | Tropical storm |
| Talbot County | MD | 25.0 | Tropical storm |
| Mecklenburg County | VA | 25.0 | Tropical storm |
| Hampton city | VA | 25.3 | Tropical storm |
| Henrico County | VA | 25.8 | Tropical storm |
| Northampton County | VA | 26.3 | Tropical storm |
| Bertie County | NC | 26.3 | Tropical storm |
| Durham County | NC | 27.0 | Tropical storm |
| Hanover County | VA | 27.2 | Tropical storm |
| Anson County | NC | 28.2 | Tropical storm |
| Sumter County | SC | 29.4 | Category 1 |
| Clarendon County | SC | 29.5 | Category 1 |
| Montgomery County | NC | 29.8 | Tropical storm |
| Calvert County | MD | 29.8 | Tropical storm |
| Gates County | NC | 29.8 | Tropical storm |
| Greene County | NC | 30.1 | Tropical storm |
| Lunenburg County | VA | 30.5 | Tropical storm |
| Martin County | NC | 31.2 | Tropical storm |
| Queen Anne's County | MD | 32.8 | Tropical storm |
| Duplin County | NC | 33.1 | Tropical storm |
| Pitt County | NC | 33.3 | Tropical storm |
| Orange County | NC | 34.0 | Tropical storm |
| Amelia County | VA | 34.7 | Tropical storm |
| Lee County | SC | 35.7 | Category 1 |
| Norfolk city | VA | 35.8 | Tropical storm |
| Portsmouth city | VA | 36.1 | Tropical storm |
| Nottoway County | VA | 37.4 | Tropical storm |
| Richmond city | VA | 37.5 | Tropical storm |
| Chesapeake city | VA | 38.6 | Tropical storm |
| Person County | NC | 40.8 | Tropical storm |
| Lenoir County | NC | 41.9 | Tropical storm |
| Brunswick County | NC | 42.0 | Category 1 |
| Virginia Beach city | VA | 43.0 | Tropical storm |
| Charles County | MD | 43.1 | Tropical storm |
| Randolph County | NC | 43.4 | Tropical storm |
| Camden County | NC | 43.6 | Tropical storm |
| Caroline County | VA | 43.6 | Tropical storm |
| Alamance County | NC | 43.6 | Tropical storm |
| Halifax County | VA | 46.6 | Tropical storm |
| Kershaw County | SC | 47.2 | Tropical storm |
| Pasquotank County | NC | 47.5 | Tropical storm |
| King George County | VA | 48.3 | Tropical storm |
| Prince George's County | MD | 48.5 | Tropical storm |
| Anne Arundel County | MD | 48.8 | Tropical storm |
| Union County | NC | 48.9 | Tropical storm |
| Powhatan County | VA | 49.1 | Tropical storm |
| Stanly County | NC | 49.7 | Tropical storm |
| Goochland County | VA | 50.6 | Tropical storm |
| Chowan County | NC | 50.8 | Tropical storm |
| Lancaster County | SC | 51.7 | Tropical storm |
| Beaufort County | NC | 52.1 | Tropical storm |
| Dorchester County | SC | 52.3 | Category 1 |
| Perquimans County | NC | 52.3 | Tropical storm |
| Charlotte County | VA | 54.0 | Tropical storm |
| Currituck County | NC | 54.1 | Tropical storm |
| Orangeburg County | SC | 54.9 | Category 1 |
| Prince Edward County | VA | 55.6 | Tropical storm |
| Pender County | NC | 55.7 | Tropical storm |
| Caswell County | NC | 57.6 | Tropical storm |
| Craven County | NC | 58.4 | Tropical storm |
| Jones County | NC | 58.6 | Tropical storm |
| Guilford County | NC | 59.7 | Tropical storm |
| Harford County | MD | 61.6 | Tropical storm |
| Onslow County | NC | 63.3 | Tropical storm |
| Louisa County | VA | 63.5 | Tropical storm |
| Washington County | NC | 63.6 | Tropical storm |
| Baltimore County | MD | 63.7 | Tropical storm |
| Stafford County | VA | 63.8 | Tropical storm |
| Cumberland County | VA | 64.2 | Tropical storm |
| Davidson County | NC | 64.4 | Tropical storm |
| Spotsylvania County | VA | 65.8 | Tropical storm |
| Calhoun County | SC | 68.4 | Category 1 |
| Richland County | SC | 68.6 | Tropical storm |
| Colleton County | SC | 68.9 | Category 1 |
| Rowan County | NC | 69.5 | Tropical storm |
| Cabarrus County | NC | 69.8 | Tropical storm |
| Baltimore city | MD | 69.9 | Tropical storm |
| Fredericksburg city | VA | 70.7 | Tropical storm |
| Pittsylvania County | VA | 72.0 | Tropical storm |
| Fairfax County | VA | 72.1 | Tropical storm |
| District of Columbia | DC | 72.5 | Tropical storm |
| Rockingham County | NC | 72.8 | Tropical storm |
| Mecklenburg County | NC | 72.9 | Tropical storm |
| Prince William County | VA | 73.1 | Tropical storm |
| Fairfield County | SC | 73.9 | Tropical storm |
| Alexandria city | VA | 74.0 | Tropical storm |
| Buckingham County | VA | 75.2 | Tropical storm |
| Arlington County | VA | 75.8 | Tropical storm |
| Hyde County | NC | 76.8 | Tropical storm |
| New Hanover County | NC | 77.0 | Tropical storm |
| Danville city | VA | 77.1 | Tropical storm |
| Chester County | SC | 77.6 | Tropical storm |
| Howard County | MD | 77.7 | Tropical storm |
| Fluvanna County | VA | 78.4 | Tropical storm |
| Tyrrell County | NC | 79.1 | Tropical storm |
| Appomattox County | VA | 79.1 | Tropical storm |
| Montgomery County | MD | 79.4 | Tropical storm |
| York County | SC | 79.5 | Tropical storm |
| Campbell County | VA | 79.8 | Tropical storm |
| Culpeper County | VA | 81.7 | Tropical storm |
| Falls Church city | VA | 82.2 | Tropical storm |
| Fauquier County | VA | 83.9 | Tropical storm |
| Orange County | VA | 84.3 | Tropical storm |
| Pamlico County | NC | 85.0 | Tropical storm |
| Forsyth County | NC | 85.2 | Tropical storm |
| Beaufort County | SC | 85.5 | Category 1 |
| Fairfax city | VA | 86.7 | Tropical storm |
| Manassas Park city | VA | 90.1 | Tropical storm |
| Lexington County | SC | 90.2 | Category 1 |
| Bamberg County | SC | 90.2 | Category 1 |
| Manassas city | VA | 90.2 | Tropical storm |
| Dare County | NC | 90.4 | Tropical storm |
| Carroll County | MD | 90.9 | Tropical storm |
| Davie County | NC | 91.8 | Tropical storm |
| Albemarle County | VA | 92.9 | Tropical storm |
| Gaston County | NC | 93.7 | Tropical storm |
| Iredell County | NC | 93.9 | Tropical storm |
| Carteret County | NC | 94.1 | Tropical storm |
| Henry County | VA | 94.5 | Tropical storm |
| Nelson County | VA | 96.3 | Tropical storm |
| Stokes County | NC | 96.4 | Tropical storm |
| Loudoun County | VA | 97.3 | Tropical storm |
| Hampton County | SC | 98.2 | Category 1 |
| Madison County | VA | 98.6 | Tropical storm |
| Lincoln County | NC | 99.2 | 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.