The unnamed hurricane of 1917
Sep 20, 1917 to Sep 30, 1917Peak 150 mph928 mb
The unnamed hurricane of 1917 passed within 50 miles of 71 counties in 4 states. It was strongest near Plaquemines Parish, LA, as a Category 3 on September 28, 1917.
- Major hurricane
- Hurricane
- Tropical storm
- Post-tropical
Unnamed hurricane · 1917
How it happened
Follow the storm’s path, strength and milestones.
The storm
- Peak strength
- Category 4
- 150 mph, 130 kt
- Lowest pressure
- 928 mb
- Over the whole track
- Counties within 50 miles
- 71
- AL, FL, GA, LA
- Counties within 100 miles
- 129
- AL, FL, GA, LA, MS
- 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.
| Houston County | AL | 0.0 | Category 1 |
| Walton County | FL | 0.0 | Category 2 |
| Sumter County | GA | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Wilcox County | GA | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Geneva County | AL | 0.0 | Category 1 |
| Telfair County | GA | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Terrell County | GA | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Holmes County | FL | 0.0 | Category 1 |
| Okaloosa County | FL | 0.0 | Category 3 |
| Dale County | AL | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Henry County | AL | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Crisp County | GA | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Dodge County | GA | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Randolph County | GA | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Clay County | GA | 0.6 | Tropical storm |
| Webster County | GA | 3.4 | Tropical storm |
| Early County | GA | 3.6 | Tropical storm |
| Lee County | GA | 3.8 | Tropical storm |
| Dooly County | GA | 4.3 | Tropical storm |
| Calhoun County | GA | 5.6 | Tropical storm |
| Worth County | GA | 6.6 | Tropical storm |
| Santa Rosa County | FL | 6.7 | Category 3 |
| Coffee County | AL | 7.5 | Category 1 |
| Turner County | GA | 7.8 | Tropical storm |
| Quitman County | GA | 8.4 | Tropical storm |
| Pulaski County | GA | 8.8 | Tropical storm |
| Stewart County | GA | 9.4 | Tropical storm |
| Ben Hill County | GA | 10.3 | Tropical storm |
| Escambia County | FL | 11.2 | Category 3 |
| Barbour County | AL | 12.9 | Tropical storm |
| Covington County | AL | 12.9 | Category 1 |
| Washington County | FL | 13.0 | Category 1 |
| Jackson County | FL | 14.9 | Category 1 |
| Irwin County | GA | 15.2 | Tropical storm |
| Dougherty County | GA | 15.4 | Tropical storm |
| Marion County | GA | 16.3 | Tropical storm |
| Macon County | GA | 16.5 | Tropical storm |
| Schley County | GA | 16.7 | Tropical storm |
| Bleckley County | GA | 20.2 | Tropical storm |
| Baker County | GA | 20.7 | Tropical storm |
| Houston County | GA | 22.3 | Tropical storm |
| Miller County | GA | 23.2 | Tropical storm |
| Plaquemines Parish | LA | 24.6 | Category 3 |
| Bay County | FL | 25.7 | Category 2 |
| Tift County | GA | 25.7 | Tropical storm |
| Baldwin County | AL | 26.5 | Category 3 |
| Chattahoochee County | GA | 27.5 | Tropical storm |
| Pike County | AL | 27.5 | Tropical storm |
| Seminole County | GA | 28.8 | Tropical storm |
| Russell County | AL | 29.2 | Tropical storm |
| Taylor County | GA | 31.6 | Tropical storm |
| Twiggs County | GA | 32.9 | Tropical storm |
| Mitchell County | GA | 33.0 | Tropical storm |
| Escambia County | AL | 33.1 | Category 2 |
| Peach County | GA | 33.8 | Tropical storm |
| Berrien County | GA | 35.9 | Tropical storm |
| Crenshaw County | AL | 35.9 | Category 1 |
| Bullock County | AL | 37.6 | Tropical storm |
| Decatur County | GA | 39.7 | Tropical storm |
| Atkinson County | GA | 40.2 | Tropical storm |
| Wilkinson County | GA | 40.4 | Tropical storm |
| Crawford County | GA | 41.2 | Tropical storm |
| Colquitt County | GA | 41.3 | Tropical storm |
| Calhoun County | FL | 41.4 | Category 1 |
| Muscogee County | GA | 41.9 | Tropical storm |
| Conecuh County | AL | 43.5 | Category 1 |
| Cook County | GA | 43.7 | Tropical storm |
| Talbot County | GA | 44.4 | Tropical storm |
| Mobile County | AL | 46.8 | Category 3 |
| Bibb County | GA | 47.9 | Tropical storm |
| Grady County | GA | 49.7 | Tropical storm |
| Harris County | GA | 50.3 | Tropical storm |
| Macon County | AL | 50.9 | Tropical storm |
| Butler County | AL | 52.1 | Category 1 |
| St. Bernard Parish | LA | 52.7 | Category 3 |
| Upson County | GA | 53.4 | Tropical storm |
| Lee County | AL | 53.8 | Tropical storm |
| Gadsden County | FL | 54.1 | Tropical storm |
| Montgomery County | AL | 55.3 | Tropical storm |
| Liberty County | FL | 57.0 | Category 1 |
| Thomas County | GA | 57.6 | Tropical storm |
| Jackson County | MS | 57.6 | Category 3 |
| Jones County | GA | 59.7 | Tropical storm |
| Gulf County | FL | 60.2 | Category 1 |
| Brooks County | GA | 61.4 | Tropical storm |
| Monroe County | GA | 62.3 | Tropical storm |
| Baldwin County | GA | 64.6 | Tropical storm |
| Lowndes County | GA | 65.0 | Tropical storm |
| Meriwether County | GA | 66.1 | Tropical storm |
| Lamar County | GA | 69.0 | Tropical storm |
| Lowndes County | AL | 70.9 | Category 1 |
| Troup County | GA | 72.1 | Tropical storm |
| Chambers County | AL | 72.2 | Tropical storm |
| Hancock County | GA | 72.5 | Tropical storm |
| Pike County | GA | 74.2 | Tropical storm |
| Jefferson Parish | LA | 75.1 | Category 3 |
| Leon County | FL | 75.7 | Tropical storm |
| Monroe County | AL | 76.9 | Category 2 |
| Elmore County | AL | 76.9 | Tropical storm |
| Tallapoosa County | AL | 77.1 | Tropical storm |
| Harrison County | MS | 77.5 | Category 3 |
| Lafourche Parish | LA | 80.8 | Category 3 |
| Putnam County | GA | 81.0 | Tropical storm |
| Wakulla County | FL | 81.5 | Category 1 |
| Jasper County | GA | 81.5 | Tropical storm |
| Wilcox County | AL | 83.6 | Category 1 |
| Butts County | GA | 84.8 | Tropical storm |
| Franklin County | FL | 85.1 | Category 1 |
| Jefferson County | FL | 85.1 | Tropical storm |
| George County | MS | 85.7 | Category 3 |
| Spalding County | GA | 86.3 | Tropical storm |
| Clarke County | AL | 89.5 | Category 3 |
| Madison County | FL | 90.4 | Tropical storm |
| Washington County | AL | 90.9 | Category 3 |
| Coweta County | GA | 91.5 | Tropical storm |
| Hamilton County | FL | 93.4 | Tropical storm |
| Greene County | GA | 93.6 | Tropical storm |
| Fayette County | GA | 93.6 | Tropical storm |
| Autauga County | AL | 94.1 | Tropical storm |
| Henry County | GA | 94.4 | Tropical storm |
| Dallas County | AL | 94.9 | Category 1 |
| Randolph County | AL | 96.5 | Tropical storm |
| Heard County | GA | 96.6 | Tropical storm |
| Terrebonne Parish | LA | 97.3 | Category 3 |
| Hancock County | MS | 97.3 | Category 3 |
| Newton County | GA | 97.9 | Tropical storm |
| Coosa County | AL | 98.7 | Tropical storm |
| Orleans Parish | LA | 99.6 | Category 3 |
| Clayton County | GA | 99.6 | 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.