The unnamed hurricane of 1926
Jul 22, 1926 to Aug 2, 1926Peak 138 mph967 mb
The unnamed hurricane of 1926 passed within 50 miles of 83 counties in 2 states. It was strongest near Broward County, FL, as a Category 2 on July 27, 1926.
- Major hurricane
- Hurricane
- Tropical storm
- Post-tropical
Unnamed hurricane · 1926
How it happened
Follow the storm’s path, strength and milestones.
The storm
- Peak strength
- Category 4
- 138 mph, 120 kt
- Lowest pressure
- 967 mb
- Over the whole track
- Counties within 50 miles
- 83
- FL, GA
- Counties within 100 miles
- 130
- AL, FL, GA
- 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.
| Bradford County | FL | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Lowndes County | GA | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Columbia County | FL | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Putnam County | FL | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Cook County | GA | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Webster County | GA | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Flagler County | FL | 0.0 | Category 1 |
| Dougherty County | GA | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Worth County | GA | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Volusia County | FL | 0.0 | Category 1 |
| Echols County | GA | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Stewart County | GA | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Clay County | FL | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Lee County | GA | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Baker County | FL | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Berrien County | GA | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Lanier County | GA | 0.6 | Tropical storm |
| Sumter County | GA | 0.8 | Tropical storm |
| Tift County | GA | 1.2 | Tropical storm |
| Terrell County | GA | 1.4 | Tropical storm |
| Colquitt County | GA | 2.0 | Tropical storm |
| Brevard County | FL | 2.7 | Category 2 |
| St. Johns County | FL | 3.0 | Tropical storm |
| Union County | FL | 3.5 | Tropical storm |
| Clinch County | GA | 4.2 | Tropical storm |
| Hamilton County | FL | 4.4 | Tropical storm |
| Turner County | GA | 6.6 | Tropical storm |
| Randolph County | GA | 8.0 | Tropical storm |
| Duval County | FL | 9.4 | Tropical storm |
| Marion County | GA | 9.4 | Tropical storm |
| Charlton County | GA | 11.4 | Tropical storm |
| Mitchell County | GA | 11.5 | Tropical storm |
| Brooks County | GA | 11.8 | Tropical storm |
| Ware County | GA | 12.2 | Tropical storm |
| Nassau County | FL | 12.4 | Tropical storm |
| Schley County | GA | 12.7 | Tropical storm |
| Alachua County | FL | 13.1 | Tropical storm |
| Atkinson County | GA | 13.8 | Tropical storm |
| Crisp County | GA | 14.0 | Tropical storm |
| Irwin County | GA | 14.4 | Tropical storm |
| Marion County | FL | 14.8 | Tropical storm |
| Suwannee County | FL | 16.0 | Tropical storm |
| Baker County | GA | 16.7 | Tropical storm |
| Indian River County | FL | 18.6 | Category 2 |
| Calhoun County | GA | 19.3 | Tropical storm |
| Lake County | FL | 19.3 | Category 1 |
| Orange County | FL | 20.5 | Category 2 |
| Seminole County | FL | 20.8 | Category 1 |
| Coffee County | GA | 21.5 | Tropical storm |
| Dooly County | GA | 21.9 | Tropical storm |
| St. Lucie County | FL | 22.0 | Category 2 |
| Thomas County | GA | 22.9 | Tropical storm |
| Macon County | GA | 22.9 | Tropical storm |
| Madison County | FL | 23.0 | Tropical storm |
| Osceola County | FL | 24.4 | Category 2 |
| Martin County | FL | 25.4 | Category 2 |
| Wilcox County | GA | 26.0 | Tropical storm |
| Ben Hill County | GA | 26.7 | Tropical storm |
| Taylor County | GA | 27.7 | Tropical storm |
| Palm Beach County | FL | 28.8 | Category 2 |
| Gilchrist County | FL | 35.1 | Tropical storm |
| Grady County | GA | 35.4 | Tropical storm |
| Early County | GA | 35.8 | Tropical storm |
| Jefferson County | FL | 36.0 | Tropical storm |
| Lafayette County | FL | 39.2 | Tropical storm |
| Pulaski County | GA | 39.7 | Tropical storm |
| Houston County | GA | 40.0 | Tropical storm |
| Okeechobee County | FL | 41.1 | Category 2 |
| Levy County | FL | 41.2 | Tropical storm |
| Telfair County | GA | 41.4 | Tropical storm |
| Miller County | GA | 41.5 | Tropical storm |
| Dodge County | GA | 43.0 | Tropical storm |
| Taylor County | FL | 44.7 | Tropical storm |
| Brantley County | GA | 44.8 | Tropical storm |
| Decatur County | GA | 44.9 | Tropical storm |
| Peach County | GA | 45.1 | Tropical storm |
| Camden County | GA | 45.2 | Tropical storm |
| Dixie County | FL | 45.8 | Tropical storm |
| Jeff Davis County | GA | 46.3 | Tropical storm |
| Bacon County | GA | 46.6 | Tropical storm |
| Crawford County | GA | 46.7 | Tropical storm |
| Pierce County | GA | 47.0 | Tropical storm |
| Sumter County | FL | 48.1 | Category 1 |
| Upson County | GA | 50.7 | Tropical storm |
| Leon County | FL | 51.8 | Tropical storm |
| Broward County | FL | 52.4 | Category 2 |
| Bleckley County | GA | 57.6 | Tropical storm |
| Houston County | AL | 57.9 | Tropical storm |
| Seminole County | GA | 58.6 | Tropical storm |
| Polk County | FL | 59.0 | Category 2 |
| Appling County | GA | 61.4 | Tropical storm |
| Twiggs County | GA | 61.4 | Tropical storm |
| Gadsden County | FL | 62.3 | Tropical storm |
| Citrus County | FL | 62.6 | Tropical storm |
| Monroe County | GA | 62.7 | Tropical storm |
| Highlands County | FL | 63.0 | Category 2 |
| Laurens County | GA | 64.2 | Tropical storm |
| Bibb County | GA | 64.5 | Tropical storm |
| Wheeler County | GA | 64.8 | Tropical storm |
| Glades County | FL | 65.1 | Category 2 |
| Wayne County | GA | 65.9 | Tropical storm |
| Glynn County | GA | 67.2 | Tropical storm |
| Lamar County | GA | 67.7 | Tropical storm |
| Miami-Dade County | FL | 68.9 | Category 2 |
| Jackson County | FL | 72.3 | Tropical storm |
| Montgomery County | GA | 72.4 | Tropical storm |
| Hendry County | FL | 72.5 | Category 2 |
| Hernando County | FL | 73.9 | Category 1 |
| Wakulla County | FL | 73.9 | Tropical storm |
| Toombs County | GA | 75.3 | Tropical storm |
| Pasco County | FL | 76.1 | Category 1 |
| Jones County | GA | 78.5 | Tropical storm |
| Wilkinson County | GA | 78.8 | Tropical storm |
| Treutlen County | GA | 82.9 | Tropical storm |
| Tattnall County | GA | 83.6 | Tropical storm |
| Butts County | GA | 84.6 | Tropical storm |
| Hardee County | FL | 85.3 | Category 2 |
| McIntosh County | GA | 86.8 | Tropical storm |
| Jasper County | GA | 87.8 | Tropical storm |
| Long County | GA | 87.9 | Tropical storm |
| Liberty County | FL | 89.1 | Tropical storm |
| Calhoun County | FL | 90.8 | Tropical storm |
| Hillsborough County | FL | 91.7 | Category 1 |
| Baldwin County | GA | 91.8 | Tropical storm |
| Johnson County | GA | 95.5 | Tropical storm |
| DeSoto County | FL | 95.8 | Category 2 |
| Emanuel County | GA | 96.0 | Tropical storm |
| Collier County | FL | 96.1 | Category 2 |
| Washington County | GA | 97.8 | Tropical storm |
| Putnam County | GA | 98.2 | 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.