The unnamed hurricane of 1928
Aug 7, 1928 to Aug 17, 1928Peak 92 mph
The unnamed hurricane of 1928 passed within 50 miles of 50 counties in 3 states. It was strongest near Monroe County, FL, as a tropical storm on August 13, 1928.
- Major hurricane
- Hurricane
- Tropical storm
- Post-tropical
Unnamed hurricane · 1928
How it happened
Follow the storm’s path, strength and milestones.
The storm
- Peak strength
- Category 1
- 92 mph, 80 kt
- Counties within 50 miles
- 50
- AL, FL, GA
- Counties within 100 miles
- 93
- AL, FL, GA
- 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.
| Houston County | AL | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Macon County | AL | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Calhoun County | FL | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Franklin County | FL | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Barbour County | AL | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Monroe County | FL | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Bullock County | AL | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Liberty County | FL | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Jackson County | FL | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Dale County | AL | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Henry County | AL | 1.5 | Tropical storm |
| Gadsden County | FL | 7.4 | Tropical storm |
| Pike County | AL | 8.0 | Tropical storm |
| Wakulla County | FL | 8.2 | Tropical storm |
| Geneva County | AL | 8.6 | Tropical storm |
| Leon County | FL | 10.7 | Tropical storm |
| Seminole County | GA | 12.2 | Tropical storm |
| Decatur County | GA | 13.2 | Tropical storm |
| Early County | GA | 13.4 | Tropical storm |
| Holmes County | FL | 13.9 | Tropical storm |
| Gulf County | FL | 15.4 | Tropical storm |
| Washington County | FL | 15.9 | Tropical storm |
| Coffee County | AL | 17.9 | Tropical storm |
| Lee County | FL | 18.2 | Tropical storm |
| Bay County | FL | 19.4 | Tropical storm |
| Miller County | GA | 20.3 | Tropical storm |
| Montgomery County | AL | 20.7 | Tropical storm |
| Collier County | FL | 21.1 | Tropical storm |
| Clay County | GA | 21.8 | Tropical storm |
| Quitman County | GA | 21.8 | Tropical storm |
| Charlotte County | FL | 24.1 | Tropical storm |
| Sarasota County | FL | 24.2 | Tropical storm |
| Manatee County | FL | 25.0 | Tropical storm |
| Hillsborough County | FL | 26.1 | Tropical storm |
| Pinellas County | FL | 28.7 | Tropical storm |
| Stewart County | GA | 29.3 | Tropical storm |
| Randolph County | GA | 31.1 | Tropical storm |
| Crenshaw County | AL | 35.7 | Tropical storm |
| Calhoun County | GA | 36.4 | Tropical storm |
| Grady County | GA | 39.1 | Tropical storm |
| Jefferson County | FL | 39.7 | Tropical storm |
| Baker County | GA | 40.1 | Tropical storm |
| Walton County | FL | 40.6 | Tropical storm |
| Pasco County | FL | 42.4 | Tropical storm |
| Mitchell County | GA | 43.1 | Tropical storm |
| Miami-Dade County | FL | 43.4 | Tropical storm |
| Covington County | AL | 43.7 | Tropical storm |
| DeSoto County | FL | 44.1 | Tropical storm |
| Taylor County | FL | 44.4 | Tropical storm |
| Lowndes County | AL | 48.1 | Tropical storm |
| Autauga County | AL | 50.5 | Tropical storm |
| Butler County | AL | 50.6 | Tropical storm |
| Webster County | GA | 51.8 | Tropical storm |
| Hendry County | FL | 52.0 | Tropical storm |
| Terrell County | GA | 52.9 | Tropical storm |
| Hardee County | FL | 54.9 | Tropical storm |
| Thomas County | GA | 54.9 | Tropical storm |
| Dougherty County | GA | 56.5 | Tropical storm |
| Madison County | FL | 59.7 | Tropical storm |
| Dixie County | FL | 59.8 | Tropical storm |
| Hernando County | FL | 60.6 | Tropical storm |
| Glades County | FL | 60.9 | Tropical storm |
| Okaloosa County | FL | 62.2 | Tropical storm |
| Levy County | FL | 62.2 | Tropical storm |
| Sumter County | GA | 64.6 | Tropical storm |
| Polk County | FL | 65.7 | Tropical storm |
| Citrus County | FL | 67.5 | Tropical storm |
| Broward County | FL | 67.7 | Tropical storm |
| Lee County | GA | 68.1 | Tropical storm |
| Colquitt County | GA | 69.1 | Tropical storm |
| Highlands County | FL | 70.5 | Tropical storm |
| Conecuh County | AL | 71.3 | Tropical storm |
| Dallas County | AL | 71.3 | Tropical storm |
| Lafayette County | FL | 72.5 | Tropical storm |
| Brooks County | GA | 73.1 | Tropical storm |
| Wilcox County | AL | 73.7 | Tropical storm |
| Escambia County | AL | 76.6 | Tropical storm |
| Worth County | GA | 77.1 | Tropical storm |
| Monroe County | AL | 78.8 | Tropical storm |
| Palm Beach County | FL | 80.9 | Tropical storm |
| Santa Rosa County | FL | 84.6 | Tropical storm |
| Gilchrist County | FL | 85.4 | Tropical storm |
| Marion County | FL | 88.5 | Tropical storm |
| Sumter County | FL | 88.7 | Tropical storm |
| Suwannee County | FL | 88.9 | Tropical storm |
| Lowndes County | GA | 89.9 | Tropical storm |
| Crisp County | GA | 91.9 | Tropical storm |
| Cook County | GA | 93.5 | Tropical storm |
| Lake County | FL | 94.9 | Tropical storm |
| Hamilton County | FL | 95.4 | Tropical storm |
| Turner County | GA | 95.8 | Tropical storm |
| Tift County | GA | 95.8 | Tropical storm |
| Alachua County | FL | 99.1 | 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.