The unnamed hurricane of 1916
Aug 21, 1916 to Aug 26, 1916Peak 109 mph
The unnamed hurricane of 1916 passed within 50 miles of 7 counties in FL. It was strongest near Miami-Dade County, FL, as a tropical storm on August 25, 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 2
- 109 mph, 95 kt
- Counties within 50 miles
- 7
- FL
- Counties within 100 miles
- 9
- FL
- 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.
| Miami-Dade County | FL | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Palm Beach County | FL | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Broward County | FL | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Martin County | FL | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Monroe County | FL | 5.0 | Tropical storm |
| Hendry County | FL | 12.1 | Tropical storm |
| Collier County | FL | 19.6 | Tropical storm |
| Charlotte County | FL | 52.1 | Tropical storm |
| Lee County | FL | 54.1 | 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.