The unnamed hurricane of 1939
Aug 7, 1939 to Aug 19, 1939Peak 75 mph985 mb
The unnamed hurricane of 1939 passed within 50 miles of 50 counties in 2 states. It was strongest near St. Lucie County, FL, as a Category 1 on August 12, 1939.
- Major hurricane
- Hurricane
- Tropical storm
- Post-tropical
Unnamed hurricane · 1939
How it happened
Follow the storm’s path, strength and milestones.
The storm
- Peak strength
- Category 1
- 75 mph, 65 kt
- Lowest pressure
- 985 mb
- Over the whole track
- Counties within 50 miles
- 50
- AL, FL
- Counties within 100 miles
- 82
- AL, FL, GA, 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.
| Santa Rosa County | FL | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Hillsborough County | FL | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Pasco County | FL | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Monroe County | AL | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Polk County | FL | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Clarke County | AL | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Okeechobee County | FL | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Conecuh County | AL | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| St. Lucie County | FL | 0.0 | Category 1 |
| Highlands County | FL | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Okaloosa County | FL | 0.0 | Category 1 |
| Martin County | FL | 0.0 | Category 1 |
| Escambia County | AL | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Walton County | FL | 1.0 | Category 1 |
| Osceola County | FL | 3.0 | Tropical storm |
| Gulf County | FL | 3.0 | Category 1 |
| Escambia County | FL | 3.8 | Tropical storm |
| Pinellas County | FL | 5.3 | Tropical storm |
| Franklin County | FL | 6.1 | Category 1 |
| Indian River County | FL | 8.6 | Tropical storm |
| Palm Beach County | FL | 9.7 | Category 1 |
| Bay County | FL | 9.7 | Category 1 |
| Hardee County | FL | 10.7 | Tropical storm |
| Baldwin County | AL | 12.4 | Tropical storm |
| Hernando County | FL | 12.7 | Tropical storm |
| Washington County | FL | 15.5 | Category 1 |
| Covington County | AL | 17.0 | Tropical storm |
| Manatee County | FL | 19.9 | Tropical storm |
| Glades County | FL | 20.3 | Tropical storm |
| Sumter County | FL | 21.2 | Tropical storm |
| Brevard County | FL | 22.4 | Tropical storm |
| Lake County | FL | 25.5 | Tropical storm |
| Citrus County | FL | 26.3 | Tropical storm |
| DeSoto County | FL | 26.8 | Tropical storm |
| Calhoun County | FL | 29.2 | Category 1 |
| Liberty County | FL | 29.5 | Category 1 |
| Mobile County | AL | 29.8 | Tropical storm |
| Holmes County | FL | 30.5 | Category 1 |
| Hendry County | FL | 33.7 | Tropical storm |
| Orange County | FL | 34.2 | Tropical storm |
| Butler County | AL | 35.0 | Tropical storm |
| Geneva County | AL | 38.0 | Tropical storm |
| Levy County | FL | 39.8 | Tropical storm |
| Sarasota County | FL | 41.5 | Tropical storm |
| Charlotte County | FL | 46.6 | Tropical storm |
| Jackson County | FL | 46.7 | Category 1 |
| Wakulla County | FL | 47.1 | Category 1 |
| Coffee County | AL | 47.4 | Tropical storm |
| Broward County | FL | 47.5 | Category 1 |
| Dixie County | FL | 48.5 | Tropical storm |
| Crenshaw County | AL | 50.6 | Tropical storm |
| Marion County | FL | 51.6 | Tropical storm |
| George County | MS | 55.6 | Tropical storm |
| Seminole County | FL | 58.0 | Tropical storm |
| Leon County | FL | 58.6 | Category 1 |
| Taylor County | FL | 62.7 | Tropical storm |
| Lee County | FL | 62.8 | Tropical storm |
| Dale County | AL | 64.5 | Tropical storm |
| Gadsden County | FL | 64.8 | Category 1 |
| Houston County | AL | 66.8 | Category 1 |
| Volusia County | FL | 67.9 | Tropical storm |
| Pike County | AL | 68.6 | Tropical storm |
| Jefferson County | FL | 68.8 | Category 1 |
| Miami-Dade County | FL | 69.3 | Category 1 |
| Jackson County | MS | 69.4 | Tropical storm |
| Collier County | FL | 71.7 | Tropical storm |
| Gilchrist County | FL | 72.5 | Tropical storm |
| Lafayette County | FL | 74.7 | Tropical storm |
| Decatur County | GA | 76.4 | Category 1 |
| Seminole County | GA | 76.4 | Category 1 |
| Alachua County | FL | 77.6 | Tropical storm |
| Henry County | AL | 86.0 | Category 1 |
| Barbour County | AL | 86.8 | Tropical storm |
| Early County | GA | 88.8 | Category 1 |
| Madison County | FL | 89.8 | Category 1 |
| Harrison County | MS | 90.4 | Tropical storm |
| Putnam County | FL | 91.7 | Tropical storm |
| Suwannee County | FL | 92.0 | Tropical storm |
| Grady County | GA | 92.1 | Category 1 |
| Miller County | GA | 92.9 | Category 1 |
| Columbia County | FL | 95.5 | Tropical storm |
| Flagler County | FL | 96.8 | 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.