The unnamed hurricane of 1916
Jun 28, 1916 to Jul 10, 1916Peak 121 mph950 mb
The unnamed hurricane of 1916 passed within 50 miles of 97 counties in 5 states. It was strongest near Jackson County, MS, as a Category 3 on July 5, 1916.
- Major hurricane
- Hurricane
- Tropical storm
- Post-tropical
Unnamed hurricane · 1916
How it happened
Follow the storm’s path, strength and milestones.
The storm
- Peak strength
- Category 3
- 121 mph, 105 kt
- Lowest pressure
- 950 mb
- Over the whole track
- Counties within 50 miles
- 97
- AL, AR, FL, LA, MS
- Counties within 100 miles
- 165
- AL, AR, FL, LA, MS, TN
- 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 |
| Yazoo County | MS | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Jefferson County | AL | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Madison County | MS | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Holmes County | MS | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Calhoun County | MS | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Leflore County | MS | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Shelby County | AL | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Smith County | MS | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| George County | MS | 0.0 | Category 1 |
| Jones County | MS | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Monroe County | MS | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Rankin County | MS | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Lamar County | AL | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Jackson County | MS | 0.0 | Category 3 |
| Grenada County | MS | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Chickasaw County | MS | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Fayette County | AL | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Clay County | MS | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Perry County | MS | 0.0 | Category 1 |
| Tuscaloosa County | AL | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Carroll County | MS | 0.3 | Tropical storm |
| Bibb County | AL | 0.6 | Tropical storm |
| Mobile County | AL | 2.1 | Category 3 |
| Simpson County | MS | 2.2 | Tropical storm |
| Forrest County | MS | 2.5 | Tropical storm |
| Tallahatchie County | MS | 2.6 | Tropical storm |
| Hinds County | MS | 3.8 | Tropical storm |
| Webster County | MS | 4.2 | Tropical storm |
| Pickens County | AL | 4.5 | Tropical storm |
| Montgomery County | MS | 5.5 | Tropical storm |
| Scott County | MS | 5.6 | Tropical storm |
| Yalobusha County | MS | 5.8 | Tropical storm |
| Covington County | MS | 6.0 | Tropical storm |
| Greene County | MS | 7.2 | Category 1 |
| Humphreys County | MS | 7.6 | Tropical storm |
| Walker County | AL | 8.4 | Tropical storm |
| Jasper County | MS | 8.6 | Tropical storm |
| Chilton County | AL | 8.9 | Tropical storm |
| Attala County | MS | 9.0 | Tropical storm |
| Coosa County | AL | 9.2 | Tropical storm |
| Stone County | MS | 9.4 | Category 1 |
| Oktibbeha County | MS | 10.5 | Tropical storm |
| Wayne County | MS | 11.4 | Tropical storm |
| Baldwin County | AL | 12.7 | Category 3 |
| Lamar County | MS | 13.2 | Tropical storm |
| Jefferson Davis County | MS | 14.2 | Tropical storm |
| Sunflower County | MS | 14.7 | Tropical storm |
| Choctaw County | MS | 16.1 | Tropical storm |
| Leake County | MS | 17.9 | Tropical storm |
| Harrison County | MS | 18.9 | Category 1 |
| Pontotoc County | MS | 20.1 | Tropical storm |
| Washington County | AL | 21.1 | Category 1 |
| Marion County | AL | 22.8 | Tropical storm |
| Lee County | MS | 23.6 | Tropical storm |
| Marion County | MS | 23.7 | Tropical storm |
| Noxubee County | MS | 24.6 | Tropical storm |
| Lawrence County | MS | 25.0 | Tropical storm |
| Newton County | MS | 25.1 | Tropical storm |
| Copiah County | MS | 25.2 | Tropical storm |
| Lafayette County | MS | 25.8 | Tropical storm |
| Quitman County | MS | 25.8 | Tropical storm |
| Hale County | AL | 25.9 | Tropical storm |
| Perry County | AL | 26.0 | Tropical storm |
| Itawamba County | MS | 26.4 | Tropical storm |
| Pearl River County | MS | 26.5 | Category 1 |
| Sharkey County | MS | 26.5 | Tropical storm |
| Greene County | AL | 26.7 | Tropical storm |
| Washington County | MS | 27.7 | Tropical storm |
| Panola County | MS | 27.9 | Tropical storm |
| Coahoma County | MS | 28.2 | Tropical storm |
| Clarke County | MS | 28.4 | Tropical storm |
| Bolivar County | MS | 29.4 | Tropical storm |
| Warren County | MS | 29.7 | Tropical storm |
| Winston County | MS | 30.9 | Tropical storm |
| Elmore County | AL | 32.9 | Tropical storm |
| Winston County | AL | 33.0 | Tropical storm |
| Dallas County | AL | 33.2 | Tropical storm |
| Autauga County | AL | 34.2 | Tropical storm |
| Issaquena County | MS | 36.0 | Tropical storm |
| St. Bernard Parish | LA | 37.4 | Category 3 |
| Escambia County | FL | 39.0 | Category 3 |
| Lincoln County | MS | 39.4 | Tropical storm |
| Neshoba County | MS | 39.5 | Tropical storm |
| Union County | MS | 41.0 | Tropical storm |
| Hancock County | MS | 41.7 | Category 1 |
| Sumter County | AL | 42.3 | Tropical storm |
| Choctaw County | AL | 44.2 | Category 1 |
| Claiborne County | MS | 44.2 | Tropical storm |
| Lauderdale County | MS | 44.4 | Tropical storm |
| Washington Parish | LA | 44.7 | Tropical storm |
| Walthall County | MS | 45.3 | Tropical storm |
| Franklin County | AL | 46.3 | Tropical storm |
| Clarke County | AL | 47.3 | Category 1 |
| Chicot County | AR | 48.8 | Tropical storm |
| Marshall County | MS | 48.9 | Tropical storm |
| Kemper County | MS | 49.4 | Tropical storm |
| Madison Parish | LA | 50.4 | Tropical storm |
| Desha County | AR | 50.7 | Tropical storm |
| Tunica County | MS | 51.4 | Tropical storm |
| Phillips County | AR | 51.5 | Tropical storm |
| Montgomery County | AL | 51.9 | Tropical storm |
| East Carroll Parish | LA | 51.9 | Tropical storm |
| Prentiss County | MS | 52.1 | Tropical storm |
| Tishomingo County | MS | 53.7 | Tropical storm |
| Tate County | MS | 54.0 | Tropical storm |
| Benton County | MS | 54.4 | Tropical storm |
| Lawrence County | AL | 54.8 | Tropical storm |
| Lowndes County | AL | 54.8 | Tropical storm |
| Pike County | MS | 55.1 | Tropical storm |
| Santa Rosa County | FL | 55.2 | Category 3 |
| Tippah County | MS | 57.1 | Tropical storm |
| Escambia County | AL | 59.1 | Category 2 |
| Jefferson County | MS | 59.8 | Tropical storm |
| Monroe County | AL | 60.2 | Category 1 |
| Marengo County | AL | 60.7 | Tropical storm |
| Arkansas County | AR | 61.5 | Tropical storm |
| West Carroll Parish | LA | 61.9 | Tropical storm |
| Franklin County | MS | 62.1 | Tropical storm |
| Macon County | AL | 62.6 | Tropical storm |
| Tensas Parish | LA | 63.2 | Tropical storm |
| St. Tammany Parish | LA | 64.1 | Category 1 |
| Colbert County | AL | 64.7 | Tropical storm |
| Monroe County | AR | 67.9 | Tropical storm |
| DeSoto County | MS | 68.0 | Tropical storm |
| Lee County | AR | 68.6 | Tropical storm |
| Amite County | MS | 68.8 | Tropical storm |
| Plaquemines Parish | LA | 70.5 | Category 3 |
| Alcorn County | MS | 70.5 | Tropical storm |
| Wilcox County | AL | 71.7 | Tropical storm |
| Morehouse Parish | LA | 71.7 | Tropical storm |
| Drew County | AR | 72.5 | Tropical storm |
| Ashley County | AR | 72.5 | Tropical storm |
| Bullock County | AL | 73.3 | Tropical storm |
| Tangipahoa Parish | LA | 73.9 | Tropical storm |
| Orleans Parish | LA | 73.9 | Category 3 |
| Conecuh County | AL | 76.5 | Category 1 |
| Lincoln County | AR | 78.6 | Tropical storm |
| Richland Parish | LA | 79.0 | Tropical storm |
| Lauderdale County | AL | 79.2 | Tropical storm |
| Okaloosa County | FL | 79.5 | Category 3 |
| Crittenden County | AR | 79.8 | Tropical storm |
| Crenshaw County | AL | 80.2 | Tropical storm |
| Jefferson County | AR | 80.9 | Tropical storm |
| Fayette County | TN | 83.3 | Tropical storm |
| Franklin Parish | LA | 83.3 | Tropical storm |
| Hardeman County | TN | 83.3 | Tropical storm |
| Shelby County | TN | 83.8 | Tropical storm |
| St. Helena Parish | LA | 84.2 | Tropical storm |
| St. Francis County | AR | 85.0 | Tropical storm |
| Butler County | AL | 85.6 | Tropical storm |
| Adams County | MS | 86.0 | Tropical storm |
| McNairy County | TN | 86.5 | Tropical storm |
| Pike County | AL | 86.8 | Tropical storm |
| Russell County | AL | 87.0 | Tropical storm |
| Hardin County | TN | 90.0 | Tropical storm |
| Concordia Parish | LA | 92.4 | Tropical storm |
| Prairie County | AR | 94.3 | Tropical storm |
| Wayne County | TN | 94.8 | Tropical storm |
| Wilkinson County | MS | 96.0 | Tropical storm |
| East Feliciana Parish | LA | 96.4 | Tropical storm |
| St. John the Baptist Parish | LA | 97.6 | Category 1 |
| Catahoula Parish | LA | 98.0 | Tropical storm |
| Jefferson Parish | LA | 98.1 | Category 1 |
| Livingston Parish | LA | 98.9 | 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.