The unnamed hurricane of 1926
Sep 11, 1926 to Sep 22, 1926Peak 150 mph930 mb
The unnamed hurricane of 1926 passed within 50 miles of 57 counties in 4 states. It was strongest near Miami-Dade County, FL, as a Category 4 on September 18, 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
- 150 mph, 130 kt
- Lowest pressure
- 930 mb
- Over the whole track
- Counties within 50 miles
- 57
- AL, FL, LA, MS
- Counties within 100 miles
- 95
- AL, FL, LA, MS
- Landfalls recorded
- 2
- Anywhere on the track
Every county it passed
Closest approach to each county boundary, with the storm’s strength at that moment.
| Miami-Dade County | FL | 0.0 | Category 4 |
| St. Tammany Parish | LA | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Baldwin County | AL | 0.0 | Category 3 |
| Escambia County | FL | 0.0 | Category 3 |
| Collier County | FL | 0.0 | Category 3 |
| Tangipahoa Parish | LA | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Livingston Parish | LA | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| East Baton Rouge Parish | LA | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Hancock County | MS | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Harrison County | MS | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Lee County | FL | 0.6 | Category 2 |
| Mobile County | AL | 1.6 | Category 1 |
| Jackson County | MS | 1.8 | Tropical storm |
| Pearl River County | MS | 4.8 | Tropical storm |
| Santa Rosa County | FL | 5.1 | Category 3 |
| Broward County | FL | 7.3 | Category 3 |
| Charlotte County | FL | 7.8 | Category 3 |
| Monroe County | FL | 8.1 | Category 3 |
| St. Helena Parish | LA | 8.2 | Tropical storm |
| Sarasota County | FL | 12.7 | Category 3 |
| St. John the Baptist Parish | LA | 12.7 | Tropical storm |
| Hendry County | FL | 12.8 | Category 2 |
| Ascension Parish | LA | 13.3 | Tropical storm |
| St. Bernard Parish | LA | 14.8 | Tropical storm |
| Washington Parish | LA | 15.1 | Tropical storm |
| Stone County | MS | 17.5 | Tropical storm |
| Orleans Parish | LA | 17.5 | Tropical storm |
| Okaloosa County | FL | 18.8 | Category 3 |
| Jefferson Parish | LA | 19.2 | Tropical storm |
| St. Charles Parish | LA | 22.3 | Tropical storm |
| St. James Parish | LA | 24.4 | Tropical storm |
| George County | MS | 27.5 | Tropical storm |
| Manatee County | FL | 28.3 | Category 3 |
| Palm Beach County | FL | 29.1 | Category 3 |
| DeSoto County | FL | 29.2 | Category 3 |
| Walton County | FL | 31.1 | Category 3 |
| Amite County | MS | 31.1 | Tropical storm |
| Assumption Parish | LA | 32.0 | Tropical storm |
| Glades County | FL | 32.8 | Category 2 |
| Pike County | MS | 34.6 | Tropical storm |
| Hillsborough County | FL | 35.0 | Category 3 |
| Forrest County | MS | 35.4 | Tropical storm |
| Walthall County | MS | 35.9 | Tropical storm |
| Perry County | MS | 37.2 | Tropical storm |
| Plaquemines Parish | LA | 37.7 | Tropical storm |
| Pinellas County | FL | 37.8 | Category 3 |
| Marion County | MS | 38.7 | Tropical storm |
| Gulf County | FL | 39.2 | Category 3 |
| Lamar County | MS | 39.6 | Tropical storm |
| Lafourche Parish | LA | 41.4 | Tropical storm |
| Bay County | FL | 42.1 | Category 3 |
| Franklin County | FL | 45.2 | Category 3 |
| Greene County | MS | 45.8 | Tropical storm |
| Hardee County | FL | 46.2 | Category 3 |
| Highlands County | FL | 47.6 | Category 2 |
| Washington County | FL | 48.0 | Category 3 |
| Escambia County | AL | 48.2 | Category 2 |
| Terrebonne Parish | LA | 51.5 | Tropical storm |
| Franklin County | MS | 53.2 | Tropical storm |
| Washington County | AL | 56.3 | Tropical storm |
| Lincoln County | MS | 57.7 | Tropical storm |
| Covington County | AL | 58.9 | Category 3 |
| Lawrence County | MS | 59.6 | Tropical storm |
| Clarke County | AL | 61.3 | Category 1 |
| Holmes County | FL | 62.1 | Category 3 |
| Polk County | FL | 63.6 | Category 3 |
| Calhoun County | FL | 63.8 | Category 3 |
| Monroe County | AL | 64.1 | Category 2 |
| Jefferson Davis County | MS | 64.7 | Tropical storm |
| Pasco County | FL | 65.2 | Category 3 |
| Conecuh County | AL | 66.6 | Category 3 |
| Martin County | FL | 66.8 | Category 2 |
| Liberty County | FL | 66.8 | Category 3 |
| Okeechobee County | FL | 66.8 | Category 2 |
| Covington County | MS | 69.9 | Tropical storm |
| Jones County | MS | 71.1 | Tropical storm |
| Geneva County | AL | 71.7 | Category 3 |
| Wayne County | MS | 74.6 | Tropical storm |
| Jackson County | FL | 79.9 | Category 3 |
| Copiah County | MS | 81.1 | Tropical storm |
| Coffee County | AL | 83.6 | Category 3 |
| Hernando County | FL | 86.2 | Category 3 |
| Claiborne County | MS | 86.6 | Tropical storm |
| St. Lucie County | FL | 88.0 | Category 2 |
| Simpson County | MS | 88.5 | Tropical storm |
| Butler County | AL | 89.0 | Category 3 |
| Wakulla County | FL | 89.2 | Category 3 |
| Smith County | MS | 93.3 | Tropical storm |
| Crenshaw County | AL | 94.7 | Category 3 |
| Dale County | AL | 96.6 | Category 3 |
| Choctaw County | AL | 96.6 | Tropical storm |
| Osceola County | FL | 96.7 | Category 2 |
| Jasper County | MS | 97.0 | Tropical storm |
| Leon County | FL | 97.1 | Category 3 |
| Houston County | AL | 98.9 | Category 3 |
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.