The unnamed hurricane of 1916
Jul 11, 1916 to Jul 15, 1916Peak 115 mph960 mb
The unnamed hurricane of 1916 passed within 50 miles of 50 counties in 3 states. It was strongest near Chatham County, GA, as a Category 3 on July 14, 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
- 115 mph, 100 kt
- Lowest pressure
- 960 mb
- Over the whole track
- Counties within 50 miles
- 50
- GA, NC, SC
- Counties within 100 miles
- 107
- GA, NC, SC, 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.
| Clarendon County | SC | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Greenville County | SC | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Richland County | SC | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Sumter County | SC | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Spartanburg County | SC | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Charleston County | SC | 0.0 | Category 1 |
| Newberry County | SC | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Union County | SC | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Pickens County | SC | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Laurens County | SC | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Williamsburg County | SC | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Berkeley County | SC | 0.0 | Category 1 |
| Fairfield County | SC | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Kershaw County | SC | 2.1 | Tropical storm |
| Oconee County | SC | 2.8 | Tropical storm |
| Anderson County | SC | 5.8 | Tropical storm |
| Georgetown County | SC | 6.4 | Category 1 |
| Chester County | SC | 8.5 | Tropical storm |
| Lee County | SC | 11.9 | Tropical storm |
| Lexington County | SC | 12.0 | Tropical storm |
| Henderson County | NC | 12.2 | Tropical storm |
| Orangeburg County | SC | 12.5 | Tropical storm |
| Calhoun County | SC | 13.6 | Tropical storm |
| Lancaster County | SC | 16.4 | Tropical storm |
| Florence County | SC | 19.5 | Tropical storm |
| Abbeville County | SC | 21.1 | Tropical storm |
| Polk County | NC | 21.1 | Tropical storm |
| Cherokee County | SC | 21.3 | Tropical storm |
| York County | SC | 22.3 | Tropical storm |
| Saluda County | SC | 23.4 | Tropical storm |
| Greenwood County | SC | 23.9 | Tropical storm |
| Darlington County | SC | 25.1 | Tropical storm |
| Dorchester County | SC | 26.8 | Tropical storm |
| Rutherford County | NC | 31.1 | Tropical storm |
| Chesterfield County | SC | 31.6 | Tropical storm |
| Cleveland County | NC | 36.2 | Tropical storm |
| Hart County | GA | 36.7 | Tropical storm |
| Colleton County | SC | 37.7 | Category 1 |
| Aiken County | SC | 38.0 | Tropical storm |
| Franklin County | GA | 39.3 | Tropical storm |
| Edgefield County | SC | 40.7 | Tropical storm |
| Union County | NC | 40.7 | Tropical storm |
| Marion County | SC | 41.3 | Category 1 |
| Horry County | SC | 43.1 | Category 1 |
| McCormick County | SC | 44.2 | Tropical storm |
| Elbert County | GA | 45.2 | Tropical storm |
| McDowell County | NC | 46.3 | Tropical storm |
| Gaston County | NC | 47.2 | Tropical storm |
| Mecklenburg County | NC | 47.7 | Tropical storm |
| Bamberg County | SC | 48.5 | Tropical storm |
| Barnwell County | SC | 51.9 | Tropical storm |
| Marlboro County | SC | 52.1 | Tropical storm |
| Dillon County | SC | 52.4 | Tropical storm |
| Anson County | NC | 53.7 | Tropical storm |
| Yancey County | NC | 54.2 | Tropical storm |
| Madison County | GA | 55.4 | Tropical storm |
| Burke County | NC | 58.7 | Tropical storm |
| Lincoln County | NC | 59.1 | Tropical storm |
| Lincoln County | GA | 59.7 | Tropical storm |
| Wilkes County | GA | 60.3 | Tropical storm |
| Beaufort County | SC | 61.5 | Category 2 |
| Oglethorpe County | GA | 64.7 | Tropical storm |
| Mitchell County | NC | 64.8 | Tropical storm |
| Catawba County | NC | 66.1 | Tropical storm |
| Columbia County | GA | 67.0 | Tropical storm |
| Allendale County | SC | 67.7 | Tropical storm |
| Richmond County | NC | 68.0 | Tropical storm |
| Hampton County | SC | 68.4 | Tropical storm |
| Richmond County | GA | 70.5 | Tropical storm |
| Cabarrus County | NC | 70.6 | Tropical storm |
| Stanly County | NC | 70.8 | Tropical storm |
| McDuffie County | GA | 74.6 | Tropical storm |
| Avery County | NC | 74.8 | Tropical storm |
| Clarke County | GA | 75.8 | Tropical storm |
| Jasper County | SC | 75.9 | Category 1 |
| Scotland County | NC | 76.2 | Tropical storm |
| Columbus County | NC | 76.2 | Tropical storm |
| Robeson County | NC | 76.2 | Tropical storm |
| Iredell County | NC | 77.0 | Tropical storm |
| Caldwell County | NC | 78.1 | Tropical storm |
| Brunswick County | NC | 79.4 | Category 1 |
| Montgomery County | NC | 80.3 | Tropical storm |
| Barrow County | GA | 82.1 | Tropical storm |
| Carter County | TN | 82.4 | Tropical storm |
| Warren County | GA | 83.3 | Tropical storm |
| Burke County | GA | 83.4 | Tropical storm |
| Taliaferro County | GA | 83.8 | Tropical storm |
| Rowan County | NC | 83.8 | Tropical storm |
| Screven County | GA | 84.4 | Tropical storm |
| Oconee County | GA | 84.8 | Tropical storm |
| Alexander County | NC | 85.2 | Tropical storm |
| Greene County | GA | 87.5 | Tropical storm |
| Hoke County | NC | 91.3 | Tropical storm |
| Watauga County | NC | 91.4 | Tropical storm |
| Walton County | GA | 91.8 | Tropical storm |
| Chatham County | GA | 92.0 | Category 3 |
| Jefferson County | GA | 93.2 | Tropical storm |
| Bladen County | NC | 93.3 | Tropical storm |
| Morgan County | GA | 93.6 | Tropical storm |
| Moore County | NC | 94.8 | Tropical storm |
| Johnson County | TN | 96.8 | Tropical storm |
| Wilkes County | NC | 97.4 | Tropical storm |
| Glascock County | GA | 97.8 | Tropical storm |
| Effingham County | GA | 98.4 | Tropical storm |
| Davidson County | NC | 98.6 | Tropical storm |
| Hancock County | GA | 99.2 | Tropical storm |
| Jenkins County | GA | 99.9 | 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.