The unnamed hurricane of 1916
Oct 9, 1916 to Oct 19, 1916Peak 109 mph970 mb
The unnamed hurricane of 1916 passed within 50 miles of 62 counties in 4 states. It was strongest near Escambia County, FL, as a Category 2 on October 18, 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
- Lowest pressure
- 970 mb
- Over the whole track
- Counties within 50 miles
- 62
- AL, FL, MS, TN
- Counties within 100 miles
- 125
- AL, 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.
| Monroe County | AL | 0.0 | Category 1 |
| Wilcox County | AL | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Colbert County | AL | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Marion County | AL | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Perry County | AL | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Conecuh County | AL | 0.0 | Category 1 |
| Dallas County | AL | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Escambia County | FL | 0.0 | Category 2 |
| Walker County | AL | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Tuscaloosa County | AL | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Escambia County | AL | 0.0 | Category 1 |
| Wayne County | TN | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Perry County | TN | 0.8 | Tropical storm |
| Baldwin County | AL | 1.8 | Category 2 |
| Fayette County | AL | 2.3 | Tropical storm |
| Hardin County | TN | 3.2 | Tropical storm |
| Santa Rosa County | FL | 3.3 | Category 2 |
| Winston County | AL | 4.1 | Tropical storm |
| Lauderdale County | AL | 4.5 | Tropical storm |
| Hale County | AL | 5.7 | Tropical storm |
| Bibb County | AL | 7.3 | Tropical storm |
| Marengo County | AL | 9.1 | Tropical storm |
| Lawrence County | AL | 9.8 | Tropical storm |
| Franklin County | AL | 9.8 | Tropical storm |
| Jefferson County | AL | 12.0 | Tropical storm |
| Tishomingo County | MS | 15.6 | Tropical storm |
| Greene County | AL | 16.2 | Tropical storm |
| Lawrence County | TN | 16.4 | Tropical storm |
| Lewis County | TN | 16.5 | Tropical storm |
| Clarke County | AL | 17.4 | Tropical storm |
| Butler County | AL | 17.4 | Category 1 |
| Pickens County | AL | 17.7 | Tropical storm |
| Chester County | TN | 19.9 | Tropical storm |
| McNairy County | TN | 20.7 | Tropical storm |
| Lowndes County | AL | 21.5 | Tropical storm |
| Hickman County | TN | 21.5 | Tropical storm |
| Lamar County | AL | 21.9 | Tropical storm |
| Chilton County | AL | 22.9 | Tropical storm |
| Itawamba County | MS | 24.7 | Tropical storm |
| Shelby County | AL | 25.6 | Tropical storm |
| Cullman County | AL | 26.5 | Tropical storm |
| Alcorn County | MS | 26.5 | Tropical storm |
| Autauga County | AL | 27.3 | Tropical storm |
| Sumter County | AL | 27.5 | Tropical storm |
| Covington County | AL | 29.8 | Category 1 |
| Okaloosa County | FL | 30.5 | Category 1 |
| Limestone County | AL | 30.5 | Tropical storm |
| Prentiss County | MS | 30.6 | Tropical storm |
| Monroe County | MS | 31.8 | Tropical storm |
| Morgan County | AL | 33.7 | Tropical storm |
| Choctaw County | AL | 35.1 | Tropical storm |
| Mobile County | AL | 36.4 | Category 2 |
| Blount County | AL | 36.6 | Tropical storm |
| Maury County | TN | 37.9 | Tropical storm |
| Washington County | AL | 38.0 | Category 1 |
| Giles County | TN | 38.4 | Tropical storm |
| Lowndes County | MS | 38.8 | Tropical storm |
| Crenshaw County | AL | 41.4 | Category 1 |
| Lee County | MS | 43.6 | Tropical storm |
| Hardeman County | TN | 45.2 | Tropical storm |
| Noxubee County | MS | 47.2 | Tropical storm |
| Montgomery County | AL | 48.8 | Tropical storm |
| Tippah County | MS | 50.1 | Tropical storm |
| Coosa County | AL | 52.8 | Tropical storm |
| Kemper County | MS | 53.0 | Tropical storm |
| Union County | MS | 53.4 | Tropical storm |
| Clay County | MS | 53.5 | Tropical storm |
| Elmore County | AL | 53.9 | Tropical storm |
| Walton County | FL | 54.0 | Category 1 |
| Madison County | AL | 55.1 | Tropical storm |
| Talladega County | AL | 55.8 | Tropical storm |
| St. Clair County | AL | 56.6 | Tropical storm |
| Marshall County | TN | 58.5 | Tropical storm |
| Lauderdale County | MS | 58.7 | Tropical storm |
| Lincoln County | TN | 59.2 | Tropical storm |
| Jackson County | MS | 59.3 | Category 2 |
| Coffee County | AL | 59.4 | Category 1 |
| Chickasaw County | MS | 60.0 | Tropical storm |
| Pike County | AL | 60.1 | Category 1 |
| Pontotoc County | MS | 62.0 | Tropical storm |
| Geneva County | AL | 62.9 | Category 1 |
| George County | MS | 63.2 | Category 2 |
| Benton County | MS | 63.3 | Tropical storm |
| Marshall County | AL | 63.9 | Tropical storm |
| Clarke County | MS | 64.8 | Tropical storm |
| Oktibbeha County | MS | 65.6 | Tropical storm |
| Fayette County | TN | 66.7 | Tropical storm |
| Greene County | MS | 66.7 | Category 1 |
| Etowah County | AL | 70.6 | Tropical storm |
| Wayne County | MS | 71.0 | Tropical storm |
| Bullock County | AL | 74.5 | Tropical storm |
| Clay County | AL | 74.8 | Tropical storm |
| Holmes County | FL | 74.9 | Category 1 |
| Bedford County | TN | 75.3 | Tropical storm |
| Winston County | MS | 75.5 | Tropical storm |
| Rutherford County | TN | 75.7 | Tropical storm |
| Plaquemines Parish | LA | 75.8 | Category 2 |
| Macon County | AL | 76.5 | Tropical storm |
| Moore County | TN | 79.3 | Tropical storm |
| Jackson County | AL | 80.1 | Tropical storm |
| Marshall County | MS | 80.5 | Tropical storm |
| Calhoun County | AL | 80.7 | Tropical storm |
| Tallapoosa County | AL | 80.8 | Tropical storm |
| St. Bernard Parish | LA | 81.1 | Category 2 |
| Dale County | AL | 83.0 | Category 1 |
| Webster County | MS | 83.1 | Tropical storm |
| Lafayette County | MS | 83.2 | Tropical storm |
| Calhoun County | MS | 83.5 | Tropical storm |
| Washington County | FL | 83.6 | Category 2 |
| Bay County | FL | 83.6 | Category 2 |
| Harrison County | MS | 84.6 | Category 2 |
| Neshoba County | MS | 85.1 | Tropical storm |
| Barbour County | AL | 85.4 | Category 1 |
| Franklin County | TN | 86.9 | Tropical storm |
| DeKalb County | AL | 88.0 | Tropical storm |
| Newton County | MS | 88.9 | Tropical storm |
| Choctaw County | MS | 89.2 | Tropical storm |
| Perry County | MS | 89.3 | Category 2 |
| Stone County | MS | 90.4 | Category 2 |
| Houston County | AL | 91.1 | Category 1 |
| Jasper County | MS | 92.8 | Tropical storm |
| Cleburne County | AL | 94.2 | Tropical storm |
| Coffee County | TN | 94.4 | Tropical storm |
| Lee County | AL | 96.6 | Tropical storm |
| Jones County | MS | 99.0 | 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.