The unnamed hurricane of 1941
Oct 3, 1941 to Oct 13, 1941Peak 121 mph962 mb
The unnamed hurricane of 1941 passed within 50 miles of 118 counties in 4 states. It was strongest near Franklin County, FL, as a Category 1 on October 7, 1941.
- Major hurricane
- Hurricane
- Tropical storm
- Post-tropical
Unnamed hurricane · 1941
How it happened
Follow the storm’s path, strength and milestones.
The storm
- Peak strength
- Category 3
- 121 mph, 105 kt
- Lowest pressure
- 962 mb
- Over the whole track
- Counties within 50 miles
- 118
- AL, FL, GA, SC
- Counties within 100 miles
- 209
- AL, FL, GA, NC, SC
- Landfalls recorded
- 3
- 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 1 |
| Franklin County | FL | 0.0 | Category 1 |
| Mitchell County | GA | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Hampton County | SC | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Wilcox County | GA | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Screven County | GA | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Dorchester County | SC | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Treutlen County | GA | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Bulloch County | GA | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Berkeley County | SC | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Gadsden County | FL | 0.0 | Category 1 |
| Colleton County | SC | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Collier County | FL | 0.0 | Category 1 |
| Emanuel County | GA | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Wakulla County | FL | 0.0 | Category 1 |
| Charleston County | SC | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Liberty County | FL | 0.0 | Category 1 |
| Turner County | GA | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Candler County | GA | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Worth County | GA | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Dodge County | GA | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Laurens County | GA | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Grady County | GA | 0.0 | Category 1 |
| Crisp County | GA | 0.8 | Tropical storm |
| Leon County | FL | 2.0 | Category 1 |
| Lee County | FL | 2.2 | Tropical storm |
| Baker County | GA | 3.3 | Tropical storm |
| Dougherty County | GA | 3.5 | Tropical storm |
| Decatur County | GA | 3.5 | Category 1 |
| Montgomery County | GA | 3.9 | Tropical storm |
| Wheeler County | GA | 4.0 | Tropical storm |
| Toombs County | GA | 4.7 | Tropical storm |
| Jasper County | SC | 5.1 | Tropical storm |
| Pulaski County | GA | 5.1 | Tropical storm |
| Effingham County | GA | 5.4 | Tropical storm |
| Allendale County | SC | 6.3 | Tropical storm |
| Ben Hill County | GA | 6.5 | Tropical storm |
| Beaufort County | SC | 6.8 | Tropical storm |
| Colquitt County | GA | 7.4 | Tropical storm |
| Jenkins County | GA | 8.0 | Tropical storm |
| Tift County | GA | 8.5 | Tropical storm |
| Monroe County | FL | 8.6 | Category 1 |
| Irwin County | GA | 8.8 | Tropical storm |
| Tattnall County | GA | 8.9 | Tropical storm |
| Lee County | GA | 9.0 | Tropical storm |
| Telfair County | GA | 9.3 | Tropical storm |
| Thomas County | GA | 9.4 | Tropical storm |
| Charlotte County | FL | 10.0 | Tropical storm |
| Dooly County | GA | 12.2 | Tropical storm |
| Johnson County | GA | 12.2 | Tropical storm |
| Evans County | GA | 13.7 | Tropical storm |
| Georgetown County | SC | 13.7 | Tropical storm |
| Bleckley County | GA | 13.8 | Tropical storm |
| Broward County | FL | 14.3 | Category 1 |
| Sarasota County | FL | 15.0 | Tropical storm |
| Hendry County | FL | 15.7 | Category 1 |
| Miller County | GA | 16.6 | Tropical storm |
| Bamberg County | SC | 18.3 | Tropical storm |
| Calhoun County | GA | 18.8 | Tropical storm |
| Sumter County | GA | 19.1 | Tropical storm |
| Terrell County | GA | 19.3 | Tropical storm |
| Manatee County | FL | 21.2 | Tropical storm |
| Orangeburg County | SC | 21.9 | Tropical storm |
| Seminole County | GA | 23.0 | Category 1 |
| Burke County | GA | 23.5 | Tropical storm |
| Williamsburg County | SC | 23.6 | Tropical storm |
| Hillsborough County | FL | 23.8 | Category 1 |
| Jefferson County | FL | 23.8 | Category 1 |
| Calhoun County | FL | 24.8 | Category 1 |
| Jackson County | FL | 25.0 | Category 1 |
| Gulf County | FL | 25.3 | Category 1 |
| Coffee County | GA | 25.3 | Tropical storm |
| Jefferson County | GA | 25.4 | Tropical storm |
| Houston County | GA | 25.5 | Tropical storm |
| Jeff Davis County | GA | 25.9 | Tropical storm |
| Pinellas County | FL | 26.4 | Category 1 |
| Bryan County | GA | 26.6 | Tropical storm |
| Berrien County | GA | 26.8 | Tropical storm |
| Early County | GA | 27.0 | Tropical storm |
| Appling County | GA | 27.2 | Tropical storm |
| Barnwell County | SC | 27.2 | Tropical storm |
| Twiggs County | GA | 27.6 | Tropical storm |
| Wilkinson County | GA | 27.6 | Tropical storm |
| Cook County | GA | 27.8 | Tropical storm |
| Brooks County | GA | 29.2 | Tropical storm |
| Randolph County | GA | 30.4 | Tropical storm |
| Washington County | GA | 30.8 | Tropical storm |
| Chatham County | GA | 31.0 | Tropical storm |
| Clarendon County | SC | 31.1 | Tropical storm |
| DeSoto County | FL | 31.2 | Tropical storm |
| Liberty County | GA | 31.8 | Tropical storm |
| Glades County | FL | 33.5 | Category 1 |
| Palm Beach County | FL | 34.3 | Category 1 |
| Macon County | GA | 34.6 | Tropical storm |
| Long County | GA | 35.1 | Tropical storm |
| Taylor County | FL | 36.6 | Category 1 |
| Atkinson County | GA | 37.7 | Tropical storm |
| Houston County | AL | 40.0 | Category 1 |
| Calhoun County | SC | 40.1 | Tropical storm |
| Webster County | GA | 40.6 | Tropical storm |
| Peach County | GA | 40.7 | Tropical storm |
| Schley County | GA | 41.9 | Tropical storm |
| Clay County | GA | 42.2 | Tropical storm |
| Aiken County | SC | 42.3 | Tropical storm |
| Madison County | FL | 42.4 | Category 1 |
| Wayne County | GA | 42.6 | Tropical storm |
| Bacon County | GA | 43.0 | Tropical storm |
| Bibb County | GA | 43.4 | Tropical storm |
| Lowndes County | GA | 43.8 | Tropical storm |
| Hardee County | FL | 45.1 | Tropical storm |
| Horry County | SC | 45.6 | Tropical storm |
| Richmond County | GA | 47.0 | Tropical storm |
| Pasco County | FL | 47.1 | Category 1 |
| Bay County | FL | 47.3 | Category 1 |
| Stewart County | GA | 48.6 | Tropical storm |
| Baldwin County | GA | 48.7 | Tropical storm |
| Crawford County | GA | 48.8 | Tropical storm |
| Highlands County | FL | 49.3 | Tropical storm |
| Sumter County | SC | 50.2 | Tropical storm |
| Lanier County | GA | 50.5 | Tropical storm |
| Marion County | GA | 50.6 | Tropical storm |
| Jones County | GA | 50.7 | Tropical storm |
| Glascock County | GA | 51.5 | Tropical storm |
| Taylor County | GA | 51.8 | Tropical storm |
| Henry County | AL | 52.1 | Tropical storm |
| Marion County | SC | 53.1 | Tropical storm |
| Washington County | FL | 53.1 | Category 1 |
| Quitman County | GA | 54.3 | Tropical storm |
| Ware County | GA | 55.8 | Tropical storm |
| Hancock County | GA | 56.0 | Tropical storm |
| Clinch County | GA | 56.4 | Tropical storm |
| Florence County | SC | 57.1 | Tropical storm |
| Richland County | SC | 58.3 | Tropical storm |
| Warren County | GA | 59.1 | Tropical storm |
| Polk County | FL | 59.5 | Tropical storm |
| Pierce County | GA | 59.6 | Tropical storm |
| McDuffie County | GA | 60.4 | Tropical storm |
| McIntosh County | GA | 61.3 | Tropical storm |
| Lexington County | SC | 62.1 | Tropical storm |
| Columbia County | GA | 62.3 | Tropical storm |
| Hamilton County | FL | 63.1 | Tropical storm |
| Monroe County | GA | 63.5 | Tropical storm |
| Chattahoochee County | GA | 64.4 | Tropical storm |
| Barbour County | AL | 65.4 | Tropical storm |
| Lee County | SC | 65.9 | Tropical storm |
| Geneva County | AL | 66.6 | Category 1 |
| Hernando County | FL | 66.9 | Category 1 |
| Holmes County | FL | 67.2 | Category 1 |
| Putnam County | GA | 68.2 | Tropical storm |
| Martin County | FL | 68.5 | Category 1 |
| Okeechobee County | FL | 68.5 | Category 1 |
| Edgefield County | SC | 68.7 | Tropical storm |
| Echols County | GA | 68.8 | Tropical storm |
| Upson County | GA | 68.9 | Tropical storm |
| Lafayette County | FL | 69.4 | Category 1 |
| Dale County | AL | 70.0 | Category 1 |
| Talbot County | GA | 70.8 | Tropical storm |
| Brunswick County | NC | 71.0 | Tropical storm |
| Dixie County | FL | 71.2 | Category 1 |
| Jasper County | GA | 72.0 | Tropical storm |
| Russell County | AL | 72.5 | Tropical storm |
| Brantley County | GA | 73.2 | Tropical storm |
| Levy County | FL | 73.5 | Category 1 |
| Columbus County | NC | 74.9 | Tropical storm |
| McCormick County | SC | 75.0 | Tropical storm |
| Darlington County | SC | 75.0 | Tropical storm |
| Lamar County | GA | 75.1 | Tropical storm |
| Glynn County | GA | 75.3 | Tropical storm |
| Suwannee County | FL | 75.9 | Category 1 |
| Walton County | FL | 76.2 | Category 1 |
| Citrus County | FL | 77.2 | Category 1 |
| Greene County | GA | 77.4 | Tropical storm |
| Taliaferro County | GA | 77.8 | Tropical storm |
| Muscogee County | GA | 78.4 | Tropical storm |
| Butts County | GA | 79.7 | Tropical storm |
| Kershaw County | SC | 80.9 | Tropical storm |
| Saluda County | SC | 81.2 | Tropical storm |
| Lincoln County | GA | 82.5 | Tropical storm |
| Harris County | GA | 83.5 | Tropical storm |
| Wilkes County | GA | 84.0 | Tropical storm |
| Pike County | GA | 86.6 | Tropical storm |
| Charlton County | GA | 87.4 | Tropical storm |
| Morgan County | GA | 87.7 | Tropical storm |
| Dillon County | SC | 88.0 | Tropical storm |
| New Hanover County | NC | 88.2 | Tropical storm |
| Coffee County | AL | 88.4 | Category 1 |
| Bullock County | AL | 88.9 | Tropical storm |
| St. Lucie County | FL | 89.8 | Category 1 |
| Sumter County | FL | 90.1 | Category 1 |
| Spalding County | GA | 90.1 | Tropical storm |
| Meriwether County | GA | 90.4 | Tropical storm |
| Camden County | GA | 91.7 | Tropical storm |
| Newton County | GA | 91.8 | Tropical storm |
| Lee County | AL | 92.0 | Tropical storm |
| Marlboro County | SC | 92.2 | Tropical storm |
| Newberry County | SC | 93.4 | Tropical storm |
| Chesterfield County | SC | 95.0 | Tropical storm |
| Henry County | GA | 95.1 | Tropical storm |
| Pike County | AL | 95.3 | Tropical storm |
| Robeson County | NC | 95.7 | Tropical storm |
| Lake County | FL | 95.8 | Category 1 |
| Fairfield County | SC | 96.2 | Tropical storm |
| Oglethorpe County | GA | 96.7 | Tropical storm |
| Greenwood County | SC | 97.0 | Tropical storm |
| Columbia County | FL | 97.1 | Tropical storm |
| Macon County | AL | 97.2 | Tropical storm |
| Gilchrist County | FL | 97.7 | Category 1 |
| Osceola County | FL | 98.0 | Tropical storm |
| Marion County | FL | 98.7 | Category 1 |
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.