The unnamed hurricane of 1912
Sep 10, 1912 to Sep 15, 1912Peak 92 mph
The unnamed hurricane of 1912 passed within 50 miles of 42 counties in 4 states. It was strongest near Plaquemines Parish, LA, as a Category 1 on September 14, 1912.
- Major hurricane
- Hurricane
- Tropical storm
- Post-tropical
Unnamed hurricane · 1912
How it happened
Follow the storm’s path, strength and milestones.
The storm
- Peak strength
- Category 1
- 92 mph, 80 kt
- Counties within 50 miles
- 42
- AL, FL, LA, MS
- Counties within 100 miles
- 80
- AL, FL, LA, MS
- 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.
| Lowndes County | MS | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Noxubee County | MS | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Lauderdale County | MS | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| George County | MS | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Kemper County | MS | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Wayne County | MS | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Jackson County | MS | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Clarke County | MS | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Greene County | MS | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Mobile County | AL | 2.5 | Category 1 |
| Washington County | AL | 4.2 | Tropical storm |
| Choctaw County | AL | 4.9 | Tropical storm |
| Sumter County | AL | 7.8 | Tropical storm |
| Pickens County | AL | 9.3 | Tropical storm |
| Oktibbeha County | MS | 10.3 | Tropical storm |
| Greene County | AL | 17.7 | Tropical storm |
| Baldwin County | AL | 18.4 | Category 1 |
| Winston County | MS | 18.4 | Tropical storm |
| Clarke County | AL | 18.8 | Tropical storm |
| Perry County | MS | 20.2 | Tropical storm |
| Marengo County | AL | 22.6 | Tropical storm |
| Stone County | MS | 23.1 | Tropical storm |
| Harrison County | MS | 23.9 | Tropical storm |
| Newton County | MS | 24.2 | Tropical storm |
| Neshoba County | MS | 24.2 | Tropical storm |
| Jasper County | MS | 24.2 | Tropical storm |
| Jones County | MS | 26.1 | Tropical storm |
| St. Bernard Parish | LA | 32.1 | Category 1 |
| Choctaw County | MS | 34.1 | Tropical storm |
| Hale County | AL | 36.7 | Tropical storm |
| Forrest County | MS | 38.0 | Tropical storm |
| Tuscaloosa County | AL | 38.7 | Tropical storm |
| Franklin County | FL | 40.6 | Tropical storm |
| Monroe County | AL | 42.3 | Tropical storm |
| Attala County | MS | 47.3 | Tropical storm |
| Leake County | MS | 47.6 | Tropical storm |
| Escambia County | FL | 47.9 | Category 1 |
| Smith County | MS | 47.9 | Tropical storm |
| Scott County | MS | 47.9 | Tropical storm |
| Gulf County | FL | 48.8 | Tropical storm |
| Wilcox County | AL | 48.8 | Tropical storm |
| Pearl River County | MS | 49.9 | Tropical storm |
| Lamar County | MS | 50.1 | Tropical storm |
| Hancock County | MS | 51.1 | Tropical storm |
| Montgomery County | MS | 51.5 | Tropical storm |
| Escambia County | AL | 52.4 | Tropical storm |
| Covington County | MS | 52.9 | Tropical storm |
| Perry County | AL | 56.9 | Tropical storm |
| Dallas County | AL | 60.3 | Tropical storm |
| Bibb County | AL | 62.5 | Tropical storm |
| Conecuh County | AL | 63.4 | Tropical storm |
| Jefferson Davis County | MS | 64.1 | Tropical storm |
| Plaquemines Parish | LA | 65.0 | Category 1 |
| Santa Rosa County | FL | 65.3 | Category 1 |
| Carroll County | MS | 66.2 | Tropical storm |
| Wakulla County | FL | 67.0 | Tropical storm |
| Liberty County | FL | 67.1 | Tropical storm |
| Simpson County | MS | 67.7 | Tropical storm |
| Jefferson County | AL | 67.7 | Tropical storm |
| Bay County | FL | 68.0 | Tropical storm |
| St. Tammany Parish | LA | 68.0 | Category 1 |
| Marion County | MS | 68.1 | Tropical storm |
| Madison County | MS | 71.6 | Tropical storm |
| Rankin County | MS | 71.9 | Tropical storm |
| Holmes County | MS | 72.6 | Tropical storm |
| Washington Parish | LA | 72.7 | Tropical storm |
| Orleans Parish | LA | 73.8 | Category 1 |
| Walthall County | MS | 79.1 | Tropical storm |
| Calhoun County | FL | 83.2 | Tropical storm |
| Yazoo County | MS | 85.3 | Tropical storm |
| Shelby County | AL | 85.3 | Tropical storm |
| Lawrence County | MS | 86.0 | Tropical storm |
| Chilton County | AL | 86.0 | Tropical storm |
| Okaloosa County | FL | 90.5 | Category 1 |
| Hinds County | MS | 91.3 | Tropical storm |
| Autauga County | AL | 92.0 | Tropical storm |
| Lowndes County | AL | 93.1 | Tropical storm |
| Butler County | AL | 93.3 | Tropical storm |
| Copiah County | MS | 94.4 | Tropical storm |
| Gadsden County | FL | 95.9 | 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.