The unnamed tropical storm of 1916
May 13, 1916 to May 18, 1916Peak 58 mph990 mb
The unnamed tropical storm of 1916 passed within 50 miles of 134 counties in 5 states. It was strongest near Polk County, FL, as a tropical storm on May 14, 1916.
- Major hurricane
- Hurricane
- Tropical storm
- Post-tropical
Unnamed storm · 1916
How it happened
Follow the storm’s path, strength and milestones.
The storm
- Peak strength
- Tropical storm
- 58 mph, 50 kt
- Lowest pressure
- 990 mb
- Over the whole track
- Counties within 50 miles
- 134
- FL, GA, NC, SC, VA
- Counties within 100 miles
- 202
- FL, GA, 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.
| Hernando County | FL | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Hertford County | NC | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Columbus County | NC | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Duval County | FL | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Sampson County | NC | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Horry County | SC | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Marion County | FL | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Sumter County | FL | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Bertie County | NC | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Greene County | NC | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Marion County | SC | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Edgecombe County | NC | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Polk County | FL | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Pasco County | FL | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Camden County | GA | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Nassau County | FL | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Charleston County | SC | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Georgetown County | SC | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Putnam County | FL | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Bladen County | NC | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Berkeley County | SC | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| DeSoto County | FL | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Collier County | FL | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Glades County | FL | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Hardee County | FL | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Hendry County | FL | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Suffolk city | VA | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Clay County | FL | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Wayne County | NC | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Monroe County | FL | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Highlands County | FL | 0.8 | Tropical storm |
| Alachua County | FL | 0.8 | Tropical storm |
| Charlotte County | FL | 0.8 | Tropical storm |
| Gates County | NC | 0.9 | Tropical storm |
| Halifax County | NC | 1.0 | Tropical storm |
| Beaufort County | SC | 1.1 | Tropical storm |
| Citrus County | FL | 1.3 | Tropical storm |
| Williamsburg County | SC | 1.5 | Tropical storm |
| Glynn County | GA | 1.7 | Tropical storm |
| Duplin County | NC | 2.1 | Tropical storm |
| Hillsborough County | FL | 3.0 | Tropical storm |
| Northampton County | NC | 3.0 | Tropical storm |
| Florence County | SC | 3.1 | Tropical storm |
| Colleton County | SC | 3.7 | Tropical storm |
| Dorchester County | SC | 3.8 | Tropical storm |
| Pitt County | NC | 4.1 | Tropical storm |
| Wilson County | NC | 4.7 | Tropical storm |
| Southampton County | VA | 6.0 | Tropical storm |
| Bradford County | FL | 6.3 | Tropical storm |
| Chatham County | GA | 6.3 | Tropical storm |
| McIntosh County | GA | 6.5 | Tropical storm |
| Martin County | NC | 6.9 | Tropical storm |
| Lee County | FL | 7.8 | Tropical storm |
| Liberty County | GA | 7.9 | Tropical storm |
| St. Johns County | FL | 8.0 | Tropical storm |
| Lake County | FL | 9.2 | Tropical storm |
| Jasper County | SC | 9.5 | Tropical storm |
| Robeson County | NC | 9.5 | Tropical storm |
| Isle of Wight County | VA | 10.0 | Tropical storm |
| Cumberland County | NC | 10.1 | Tropical storm |
| Lenoir County | NC | 10.2 | Tropical storm |
| Miami-Dade County | FL | 10.3 | Tropical storm |
| Johnston County | NC | 10.8 | Tropical storm |
| Bryan County | GA | 12.6 | Tropical storm |
| Chesapeake city | VA | 12.7 | Tropical storm |
| Franklin city | VA | 12.9 | Tropical storm |
| Manatee County | FL | 13.0 | Tropical storm |
| Dillon County | SC | 13.9 | Tropical storm |
| Baker County | FL | 14.5 | Tropical storm |
| Levy County | FL | 15.9 | Tropical storm |
| Nash County | NC | 17.4 | Tropical storm |
| Camden County | NC | 17.9 | Tropical storm |
| Pender County | NC | 18.0 | Tropical storm |
| Sussex County | VA | 18.6 | Tropical storm |
| Chowan County | NC | 19.1 | Tropical storm |
| Greensville County | VA | 19.1 | Tropical storm |
| Union County | FL | 19.6 | Tropical storm |
| Charlton County | GA | 19.9 | Tropical storm |
| Brunswick County | NC | 20.3 | Tropical storm |
| Beaufort County | NC | 21.1 | Tropical storm |
| Pasquotank County | NC | 21.6 | Tropical storm |
| Broward County | FL | 22.7 | Tropical storm |
| Volusia County | FL | 23.9 | Tropical storm |
| Perquimans County | NC | 24.1 | Tropical storm |
| Osceola County | FL | 24.5 | Tropical storm |
| Brantley County | GA | 24.6 | Tropical storm |
| Jones County | NC | 24.7 | Tropical storm |
| Craven County | NC | 25.2 | Tropical storm |
| Sarasota County | FL | 25.6 | Tropical storm |
| Harnett County | NC | 26.0 | Tropical storm |
| Currituck County | NC | 26.1 | Tropical storm |
| Orange County | FL | 26.5 | Tropical storm |
| Flagler County | FL | 27.1 | Tropical storm |
| Wayne County | GA | 27.3 | Tropical storm |
| Palm Beach County | FL | 27.5 | Tropical storm |
| Orangeburg County | SC | 27.6 | Tropical storm |
| Clarendon County | SC | 28.3 | Tropical storm |
| Long County | GA | 28.3 | Tropical storm |
| Onslow County | NC | 28.5 | Tropical storm |
| Effingham County | GA | 28.7 | Tropical storm |
| Okeechobee County | FL | 30.3 | Tropical storm |
| Hampton County | SC | 31.0 | Tropical storm |
| Franklin County | NC | 32.3 | Tropical storm |
| Wake County | NC | 32.6 | Tropical storm |
| Washington County | NC | 33.3 | Tropical storm |
| Emporia city | VA | 33.7 | Tropical storm |
| Ware County | GA | 34.6 | Tropical storm |
| Pinellas County | FL | 34.7 | Tropical storm |
| Hoke County | NC | 34.7 | Tropical storm |
| Columbia County | FL | 36.2 | Tropical storm |
| Warren County | NC | 36.7 | Tropical storm |
| New Hanover County | NC | 37.0 | Tropical storm |
| Gilchrist County | FL | 37.3 | Tropical storm |
| Marlboro County | SC | 37.8 | Tropical storm |
| Martin County | FL | 38.4 | Tropical storm |
| Sumter County | SC | 38.6 | Tropical storm |
| Darlington County | SC | 39.4 | Tropical storm |
| Brunswick County | VA | 39.7 | Tropical storm |
| Pierce County | GA | 40.6 | Tropical storm |
| Seminole County | FL | 41.6 | Tropical storm |
| Dinwiddie County | VA | 42.1 | Tropical storm |
| Scotland County | NC | 42.1 | Tropical storm |
| Bulloch County | GA | 44.3 | Tropical storm |
| Petersburg city | VA | 45.4 | Tropical storm |
| Lee County | SC | 45.9 | Tropical storm |
| Hyde County | NC | 46.0 | Tropical storm |
| Clinch County | GA | 46.3 | Tropical storm |
| Moore County | NC | 46.7 | Tropical storm |
| Hopewell city | VA | 47.2 | Tropical storm |
| Bamberg County | SC | 48.5 | Tropical storm |
| Calhoun County | SC | 49.0 | Tropical storm |
| Chesterfield County | VA | 49.3 | Tropical storm |
| Tyrrell County | NC | 49.9 | Tropical storm |
| Colonial Heights city | VA | 50.0 | Tropical storm |
| Suwannee County | FL | 50.9 | Tropical storm |
| Mecklenburg County | VA | 52.0 | Tropical storm |
| Vance County | NC | 52.8 | Tropical storm |
| Pamlico County | NC | 52.9 | Tropical storm |
| Chatham County | NC | 53.1 | Tropical storm |
| Indian River County | FL | 53.2 | Tropical storm |
| Screven County | GA | 53.5 | Tropical storm |
| Evans County | GA | 53.8 | Tropical storm |
| Lee County | NC | 53.8 | Tropical storm |
| Granville County | NC | 53.8 | Tropical storm |
| Hamilton County | FL | 54.0 | Tropical storm |
| Dixie County | FL | 54.0 | Tropical storm |
| Tattnall County | GA | 54.4 | Tropical storm |
| Appling County | GA | 54.5 | Tropical storm |
| St. Lucie County | FL | 54.9 | Tropical storm |
| Echols County | GA | 55.4 | Tropical storm |
| Chesterfield County | SC | 55.7 | Tropical storm |
| Lafayette County | FL | 55.7 | Tropical storm |
| Allendale County | SC | 56.3 | Tropical storm |
| Richmond County | NC | 56.4 | Tropical storm |
| Brevard County | FL | 58.3 | Tropical storm |
| Durham County | NC | 59.1 | Tropical storm |
| Carteret County | NC | 59.9 | Tropical storm |
| Bacon County | GA | 61.1 | Tropical storm |
| Lunenburg County | VA | 61.2 | Tropical storm |
| Richland County | SC | 62.4 | Tropical storm |
| Amelia County | VA | 62.5 | Tropical storm |
| Dare County | NC | 62.5 | Tropical storm |
| Nottoway County | VA | 62.6 | Tropical storm |
| Barnwell County | SC | 65.0 | Tropical storm |
| Orange County | NC | 69.0 | Tropical storm |
| Montgomery County | NC | 69.8 | Tropical storm |
| Anson County | NC | 70.9 | Tropical storm |
| Kershaw County | SC | 71.2 | Tropical storm |
| Candler County | GA | 72.2 | Tropical storm |
| Toombs County | GA | 73.3 | Tropical storm |
| Person County | NC | 74.3 | Tropical storm |
| Atkinson County | GA | 74.8 | Tropical storm |
| Powhatan County | VA | 76.0 | Tropical storm |
| Coffee County | GA | 76.9 | Tropical storm |
| Lexington County | SC | 77.4 | Tropical storm |
| Alamance County | NC | 77.9 | Tropical storm |
| Burke County | GA | 78.5 | Tropical storm |
| Jenkins County | GA | 78.7 | Tropical storm |
| Halifax County | VA | 78.8 | Tropical storm |
| Taylor County | FL | 79.6 | Tropical storm |
| Randolph County | NC | 80.4 | Tropical storm |
| Jeff Davis County | GA | 80.9 | Tropical storm |
| Madison County | FL | 83.0 | Tropical storm |
| Prince Edward County | VA | 83.6 | Tropical storm |
| Lanier County | GA | 83.7 | Tropical storm |
| Emanuel County | GA | 84.4 | Tropical storm |
| Charlotte County | VA | 85.9 | Tropical storm |
| Lowndes County | GA | 86.0 | Tropical storm |
| Aiken County | SC | 86.0 | Tropical storm |
| Lancaster County | SC | 86.9 | Tropical storm |
| Montgomery County | GA | 88.1 | Tropical storm |
| Union County | NC | 89.7 | Tropical storm |
| Caswell County | NC | 90.1 | Tropical storm |
| Stanly County | NC | 90.8 | Tropical storm |
| Wheeler County | GA | 91.4 | Tropical storm |
| Cumberland County | VA | 92.3 | Tropical storm |
| Fairfield County | SC | 92.8 | Tropical storm |
| Berrien County | GA | 94.2 | Tropical storm |
| Guilford County | NC | 94.4 | Tropical storm |
| Telfair County | GA | 95.2 | Tropical storm |
| Brooks County | GA | 96.8 | Tropical storm |
| Treutlen County | GA | 97.6 | 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.