The unnamed hurricane of 1918
Aug 1, 1918 to Aug 7, 1918Peak 121 mph955 mb
The unnamed hurricane of 1918 passed within 50 miles of 57 counties in 4 states. It was strongest near Cameron Parish, LA, as a Category 3 on August 6, 1918.
- Major hurricane
- Hurricane
- Tropical storm
- Post-tropical
Unnamed hurricane · 1918
How it happened
Follow the storm’s path, strength and milestones.
The storm
- Peak strength
- Category 3
- 121 mph, 105 kt
- Lowest pressure
- 955 mb
- Over the whole track
- Counties within 50 miles
- 57
- AR, LA, OK, TX
- Counties within 100 miles
- 100
- AR, LA, OK, TX
- 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.
| Shelby County | TX | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Red River County | TX | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| McCurtain County | OK | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Upshur County | TX | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Harrison County | TX | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Titus County | TX | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Newton County | TX | 0.0 | Category 1 |
| San Augustine County | TX | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Jasper County | TX | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Rusk County | TX | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Panola County | TX | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Camp County | TX | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Cameron Parish | LA | 0.0 | Category 3 |
| Calcasieu Parish | LA | 0.0 | Category 2 |
| Morris County | TX | 1.0 | Tropical storm |
| Nacogdoches County | TX | 1.4 | Tropical storm |
| Beauregard Parish | LA | 1.8 | Category 1 |
| Gregg County | TX | 1.9 | Tropical storm |
| Sabine County | TX | 4.5 | Tropical storm |
| Marion County | TX | 6.7 | Tropical storm |
| Angelina County | TX | 7.1 | Tropical storm |
| Choctaw County | OK | 8.3 | Tropical storm |
| Cass County | TX | 9.8 | Tropical storm |
| Bowie County | TX | 11.0 | Tropical storm |
| Franklin County | TX | 11.8 | Tropical storm |
| Orange County | TX | 12.5 | Category 1 |
| Tyler County | TX | 12.8 | Tropical storm |
| Lamar County | TX | 18.0 | Tropical storm |
| Vernon Parish | LA | 18.4 | Category 1 |
| Smith County | TX | 18.6 | Tropical storm |
| Jefferson Davis Parish | LA | 20.3 | Category 3 |
| Hardin County | TX | 20.8 | Category 1 |
| Wood County | TX | 20.9 | Tropical storm |
| Delta County | TX | 22.1 | Tropical storm |
| Hopkins County | TX | 22.2 | Tropical storm |
| Vermilion Parish | LA | 22.8 | Category 3 |
| Cherokee County | TX | 22.9 | Tropical storm |
| De Soto Parish | LA | 24.9 | Tropical storm |
| Sabine Parish | LA | 25.1 | Tropical storm |
| Allen Parish | LA | 25.3 | Category 2 |
| Jefferson County | TX | 28.1 | Category 2 |
| Little River County | AR | 28.7 | Tropical storm |
| Polk County | TX | 28.9 | Tropical storm |
| Caddo Parish | LA | 30.0 | Tropical storm |
| Sevier County | AR | 32.1 | Tropical storm |
| Polk County | AR | 34.8 | Tropical storm |
| Acadia Parish | LA | 39.8 | Category 3 |
| Trinity County | TX | 40.2 | Tropical storm |
| Houston County | TX | 41.5 | Tropical storm |
| Bryan County | OK | 42.3 | Tropical storm |
| Miller County | AR | 44.1 | Tropical storm |
| Van Zandt County | TX | 46.1 | Tropical storm |
| Henderson County | TX | 46.1 | Tropical storm |
| Fannin County | TX | 47.9 | Tropical storm |
| Rains County | TX | 48.8 | Tropical storm |
| Anderson County | TX | 48.9 | Tropical storm |
| Natchitoches Parish | LA | 49.7 | Tropical storm |
| Bossier Parish | LA | 52.3 | Tropical storm |
| Iberia Parish | LA | 52.4 | Category 3 |
| Evangeline Parish | LA | 53.4 | Category 2 |
| Hunt County | TX | 53.4 | Tropical storm |
| Liberty County | TX | 54.1 | Category 1 |
| Red River Parish | LA | 54.3 | Tropical storm |
| Lafayette County | AR | 55.2 | Tropical storm |
| Rapides Parish | LA | 57.3 | Category 1 |
| Chambers County | TX | 57.5 | Category 1 |
| Hempstead County | AR | 57.8 | Tropical storm |
| San Jacinto County | TX | 58.6 | Tropical storm |
| Lafayette Parish | LA | 59.8 | Category 3 |
| St. Landry Parish | LA | 60.2 | Category 3 |
| Bienville Parish | LA | 64.4 | Tropical storm |
| St. Mary Parish | LA | 65.2 | Category 3 |
| Webster Parish | LA | 68.1 | Tropical storm |
| Galveston County | TX | 68.2 | Category 3 |
| St. Martin Parish | LA | 74.0 | Category 3 |
| Kaufman County | TX | 74.4 | Tropical storm |
| Grant Parish | LA | 74.7 | Tropical storm |
| Winn Parish | LA | 75.1 | Tropical storm |
| Columbia County | AR | 75.4 | Tropical storm |
| Leon County | TX | 75.9 | Tropical storm |
| Walker County | TX | 76.4 | Tropical storm |
| Freestone County | TX | 78.0 | Tropical storm |
| Collin County | TX | 78.4 | Tropical storm |
| Terrebonne Parish | LA | 78.6 | Category 3 |
| Grayson County | TX | 79.3 | Tropical storm |
| Nevada County | AR | 81.6 | Tropical storm |
| Montgomery County | TX | 82.8 | Tropical storm |
| Rockwall County | TX | 84.2 | Tropical storm |
| Claiborne Parish | LA | 85.2 | Tropical storm |
| Harris County | TX | 85.3 | Category 1 |
| Navarro County | TX | 85.5 | Tropical storm |
| Avoyelles Parish | LA | 85.8 | Category 2 |
| Madison County | TX | 87.2 | Tropical storm |
| Clark County | AR | 88.9 | Tropical storm |
| Jackson Parish | LA | 95.0 | Tropical storm |
| Dallas County | TX | 96.7 | Tropical storm |
| Pointe Coupee Parish | LA | 98.8 | Category 3 |
| Iberville Parish | LA | 99.2 | Category 3 |
| Ellis County | TX | 99.5 | Tropical storm |
| Lincoln Parish | LA | 99.8 | 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.