The unnamed hurricane of 1926
Aug 20, 1926 to Aug 27, 1926Peak 115 mph955 mb
The unnamed hurricane of 1926 passed within 50 miles of 37 counties in 2 states. It was strongest near Terrebonne Parish, LA, as a Category 3 on August 25, 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 3
- 115 mph, 100 kt
- Lowest pressure
- 955 mb
- Over the whole track
- Counties within 50 miles
- 37
- LA, MS
- Counties within 100 miles
- 58
- 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.
| Evangeline Parish | LA | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Beauregard Parish | LA | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Pointe Coupee Parish | LA | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Iberville Parish | LA | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| West Baton Rouge Parish | LA | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Allen Parish | LA | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| St. Landry Parish | LA | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Ascension Parish | LA | 0.0 | Category 1 |
| Assumption Parish | LA | 0.0 | Category 1 |
| Terrebonne Parish | LA | 0.0 | Category 3 |
| East Baton Rouge Parish | LA | 2.1 | Tropical storm |
| Lafourche Parish | LA | 2.6 | Category 1 |
| St. James Parish | LA | 5.8 | Category 1 |
| Rapides Parish | LA | 6.5 | Tropical storm |
| St. Martin Parish | LA | 7.0 | Category 1 |
| Iberia Parish | LA | 7.6 | Category 1 |
| St. Mary Parish | LA | 7.7 | Category 1 |
| Avoyelles Parish | LA | 7.7 | Tropical storm |
| West Feliciana Parish | LA | 10.0 | Tropical storm |
| East Feliciana Parish | LA | 14.4 | Tropical storm |
| Livingston Parish | LA | 17.5 | Tropical storm |
| Acadia Parish | LA | 18.7 | Tropical storm |
| Concordia Parish | LA | 20.4 | Tropical storm |
| Jefferson Davis Parish | LA | 20.4 | Tropical storm |
| St. John the Baptist Parish | LA | 20.5 | Category 1 |
| Wilkinson County | MS | 22.8 | Tropical storm |
| Lafayette Parish | LA | 23.7 | Tropical storm |
| St. Charles Parish | LA | 27.4 | Category 1 |
| St. Helena Parish | LA | 28.9 | Tropical storm |
| Catahoula Parish | LA | 34.9 | Tropical storm |
| Adams County | MS | 36.2 | Tropical storm |
| Tangipahoa Parish | LA | 39.3 | Category 1 |
| LaSalle Parish | LA | 40.9 | Tropical storm |
| Vermilion Parish | LA | 41.0 | Tropical storm |
| Grant Parish | LA | 41.5 | Tropical storm |
| Amite County | MS | 42.1 | Tropical storm |
| Jefferson Parish | LA | 43.4 | Category 1 |
| Cameron Parish | LA | 51.1 | Tropical storm |
| Orleans Parish | LA | 51.5 | Category 1 |
| Plaquemines Parish | LA | 53.9 | Category 1 |
| St. Tammany Parish | LA | 54.7 | Category 1 |
| Franklin County | MS | 58.4 | Tropical storm |
| St. Bernard Parish | LA | 59.1 | Category 1 |
| Pike County | MS | 61.0 | Tropical storm |
| Washington Parish | LA | 65.2 | Tropical storm |
| Jefferson County | MS | 72.4 | Tropical storm |
| Tensas Parish | LA | 74.2 | Tropical storm |
| Walthall County | MS | 74.5 | Tropical storm |
| Lincoln County | MS | 76.4 | Tropical storm |
| Franklin Parish | LA | 80.6 | Tropical storm |
| Caldwell Parish | LA | 80.7 | Tropical storm |
| Pearl River County | MS | 84.0 | Category 1 |
| Hancock County | MS | 85.2 | Category 1 |
| Claiborne County | MS | 87.1 | Tropical storm |
| Lawrence County | MS | 90.7 | Tropical storm |
| Marion County | MS | 92.0 | Tropical storm |
| Copiah County | MS | 92.6 | Tropical storm |
| Richland Parish | LA | 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.