The unnamed hurricane of 1940
Aug 5, 1940 to Aug 14, 1940Peak 98 mph972 mb
The unnamed hurricane of 1940 passed within 50 miles of 51 counties in 2 states. It was strongest near Colleton County, SC, as a Category 2 on August 11, 1940.
- Major hurricane
- Hurricane
- Tropical storm
- Post-tropical
Unnamed hurricane · 1940
How it happened
Follow the storm’s path, strength and milestones.
The storm
- Peak strength
- Category 2
- 98 mph, 85 kt
- Lowest pressure
- 972 mb
- Over the whole track
- Counties within 50 miles
- 51
- GA, SC
- Counties within 100 miles
- 92
- GA, SC
- 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.
| Bibb County | GA | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Chatham County | GA | 0.0 | Category 1 |
| Twiggs County | GA | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Bulloch County | GA | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Treutlen County | GA | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Jasper County | SC | 0.0 | Category 1 |
| Effingham County | GA | 0.0 | Category 1 |
| Laurens County | GA | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Candler County | GA | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Beaufort County | SC | 0.3 | Category 1 |
| Houston County | GA | 2.2 | Tropical storm |
| Emanuel County | GA | 2.4 | Tropical storm |
| Bryan County | GA | 2.8 | Tropical storm |
| Evans County | GA | 3.0 | Tropical storm |
| Toombs County | GA | 3.2 | Tropical storm |
| Montgomery County | GA | 3.2 | Tropical storm |
| Tattnall County | GA | 3.6 | Tropical storm |
| Peach County | GA | 4.9 | Tropical storm |
| Wilkinson County | GA | 5.4 | Tropical storm |
| Bleckley County | GA | 5.4 | Tropical storm |
| Johnson County | GA | 5.4 | Tropical storm |
| Dodge County | GA | 6.0 | Tropical storm |
| Wheeler County | GA | 10.0 | Tropical storm |
| Liberty County | GA | 12.3 | Tropical storm |
| Pulaski County | GA | 13.7 | Tropical storm |
| Screven County | GA | 16.9 | Tropical storm |
| Washington County | GA | 17.7 | Tropical storm |
| Jenkins County | GA | 19.0 | Tropical storm |
| Long County | GA | 19.7 | Tropical storm |
| Macon County | GA | 20.7 | Tropical storm |
| Baldwin County | GA | 21.7 | Tropical storm |
| Dooly County | GA | 22.4 | Tropical storm |
| Telfair County | GA | 23.8 | Tropical storm |
| Hampton County | SC | 24.3 | Category 1 |
| Jefferson County | GA | 24.4 | Tropical storm |
| Colleton County | SC | 26.2 | Category 2 |
| Charleston County | SC | 27.2 | Category 2 |
| Appling County | GA | 29.6 | Tropical storm |
| Burke County | GA | 29.9 | Tropical storm |
| Jeff Davis County | GA | 30.0 | Tropical storm |
| Wilcox County | GA | 30.5 | Tropical storm |
| Wayne County | GA | 34.3 | Tropical storm |
| Allendale County | SC | 35.6 | Tropical storm |
| Hancock County | GA | 35.7 | Tropical storm |
| McIntosh County | GA | 36.3 | Category 1 |
| Crisp County | GA | 40.0 | Tropical storm |
| Sumter County | GA | 42.7 | Tropical storm |
| Coffee County | GA | 45.1 | Tropical storm |
| Glascock County | GA | 46.0 | Tropical storm |
| Ben Hill County | GA | 46.8 | Tropical storm |
| Bacon County | GA | 48.0 | Tropical storm |
| Dorchester County | SC | 50.4 | Category 2 |
| Turner County | GA | 50.6 | Tropical storm |
| Warren County | GA | 53.2 | Tropical storm |
| Lee County | GA | 53.7 | Tropical storm |
| Irwin County | GA | 54.1 | Tropical storm |
| Berkeley County | SC | 54.2 | Category 2 |
| Glynn County | GA | 54.6 | Tropical storm |
| Barnwell County | SC | 56.1 | Tropical storm |
| Pierce County | GA | 56.6 | Tropical storm |
| Worth County | GA | 56.7 | Tropical storm |
| Bamberg County | SC | 58.5 | Category 1 |
| Richmond County | GA | 60.1 | Tropical storm |
| McDuffie County | GA | 61.9 | Tropical storm |
| Aiken County | SC | 61.9 | Tropical storm |
| Brantley County | GA | 62.9 | Tropical storm |
| Ware County | GA | 64.2 | Tropical storm |
| Columbia County | GA | 65.8 | Tropical storm |
| Tift County | GA | 68.1 | Tropical storm |
| Terrell County | GA | 68.8 | Tropical storm |
| Dougherty County | GA | 71.7 | Tropical storm |
| Berrien County | GA | 71.9 | Tropical storm |
| Orangeburg County | SC | 72.5 | Category 1 |
| Atkinson County | GA | 72.8 | Tropical storm |
| Camden County | GA | 75.4 | Tropical storm |
| Randolph County | GA | 78.7 | Tropical storm |
| Edgefield County | SC | 81.4 | Tropical storm |
| Lincoln County | GA | 82.7 | Tropical storm |
| Cook County | GA | 83.6 | Tropical storm |
| McCormick County | SC | 83.9 | Tropical storm |
| Mitchell County | GA | 85.0 | Tropical storm |
| Charlton County | GA | 85.5 | Tropical storm |
| Clinch County | GA | 85.5 | Tropical storm |
| Colquitt County | GA | 86.2 | Tropical storm |
| Georgetown County | SC | 86.2 | Category 2 |
| Calhoun County | GA | 87.5 | Tropical storm |
| Baker County | GA | 88.5 | Tropical storm |
| Lanier County | GA | 89.3 | Tropical storm |
| Williamsburg County | SC | 90.7 | Category 2 |
| Clarendon County | SC | 92.0 | Category 2 |
| Calhoun County | SC | 94.1 | Category 1 |
| Lexington County | SC | 99.6 | 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.