The unnamed hurricane of 1944
Oct 12, 1944 to Oct 24, 1944Peak 144 mph937 mb
The unnamed hurricane of 1944 passed within 50 miles of 66 counties in 3 states. It was strongest near Monroe County, FL, as a Category 3 on October 18, 1944.
- Major hurricane
- Hurricane
- Tropical storm
- Post-tropical
Unnamed hurricane · 1944
How it happened
Follow the storm’s path, strength and milestones.
The storm
- Peak strength
- Category 4
- 144 mph, 125 kt
- Lowest pressure
- 937 mb
- Over the whole track
- Counties within 50 miles
- 66
- FL, GA, SC
- Counties within 100 miles
- 112
- FL, GA, SC
- 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.
| Duval County | FL | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Chatham County | GA | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Hillsborough County | FL | 0.0 | Category 2 |
| Sumter County | FL | 0.0 | Category 1 |
| Marion County | FL | 0.0 | Category 1 |
| Orangeburg County | SC | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Camden County | GA | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Pasco County | FL | 0.0 | Category 1 |
| Glynn County | GA | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Bryan County | GA | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| McIntosh County | GA | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Putnam County | FL | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Colleton County | SC | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Sarasota County | FL | 0.0 | Category 2 |
| Jasper County | SC | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Manatee County | FL | 0.0 | Category 2 |
| St. Johns County | FL | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Hampton County | SC | 0.9 | Tropical storm |
| Nassau County | FL | 0.9 | Tropical storm |
| Calhoun County | SC | 1.8 | Tropical storm |
| Clay County | FL | 2.3 | Tropical storm |
| Monroe County | FL | 2.5 | Category 3 |
| Liberty County | GA | 3.5 | Tropical storm |
| Beaufort County | SC | 4.1 | Tropical storm |
| Polk County | FL | 4.6 | Category 1 |
| Effingham County | GA | 4.9 | Tropical storm |
| Dorchester County | SC | 5.9 | Tropical storm |
| Hernando County | FL | 6.1 | Category 1 |
| Lake County | FL | 6.5 | Category 1 |
| Bamberg County | SC | 7.9 | Tropical storm |
| Volusia County | FL | 9.2 | Category 1 |
| Citrus County | FL | 12.8 | Category 1 |
| Charlotte County | FL | 14.2 | Category 2 |
| Long County | GA | 14.9 | Tropical storm |
| Flagler County | FL | 15.1 | Tropical storm |
| Alachua County | FL | 15.3 | Category 1 |
| Wayne County | GA | 17.1 | Tropical storm |
| Hardee County | FL | 17.6 | Category 2 |
| Berkeley County | SC | 17.6 | Tropical storm |
| Pinellas County | FL | 17.9 | Category 2 |
| Allendale County | SC | 19.3 | Tropical storm |
| Bradford County | FL | 20.0 | Tropical storm |
| Orange County | FL | 20.2 | Category 1 |
| Lee County | FL | 21.6 | Category 2 |
| Bulloch County | GA | 21.6 | Tropical storm |
| Brantley County | GA | 21.6 | Tropical storm |
| Charleston County | SC | 23.0 | Tropical storm |
| DeSoto County | FL | 23.4 | Category 2 |
| Charlton County | GA | 24.7 | Tropical storm |
| Baker County | FL | 25.1 | Tropical storm |
| Barnwell County | SC | 26.1 | Tropical storm |
| Screven County | GA | 26.4 | Tropical storm |
| Osceola County | FL | 27.2 | Category 1 |
| Union County | FL | 30.0 | Tropical storm |
| Levy County | FL | 31.4 | Category 1 |
| Seminole County | FL | 32.5 | Category 1 |
| Evans County | GA | 34.8 | Tropical storm |
| Pierce County | GA | 35.8 | Tropical storm |
| Aiken County | SC | 36.7 | Tropical storm |
| Tattnall County | GA | 37.0 | Tropical storm |
| Ware County | GA | 38.7 | Tropical storm |
| Burke County | GA | 43.6 | Tropical storm |
| Highlands County | FL | 46.6 | Category 1 |
| Appling County | GA | 47.5 | Tropical storm |
| Columbia County | FL | 48.4 | Tropical storm |
| Collier County | FL | 48.8 | Category 2 |
| Candler County | GA | 51.9 | Tropical storm |
| Jenkins County | GA | 51.9 | Tropical storm |
| Clinch County | GA | 52.0 | Tropical storm |
| Gilchrist County | FL | 52.0 | Category 1 |
| Bacon County | GA | 53.4 | Tropical storm |
| Glades County | FL | 58.8 | Category 2 |
| Emanuel County | GA | 60.1 | Tropical storm |
| Brevard County | FL | 60.3 | Category 1 |
| Toombs County | GA | 60.3 | Tropical storm |
| Echols County | GA | 61.9 | Tropical storm |
| Hamilton County | FL | 63.1 | Tropical storm |
| Richmond County | GA | 64.1 | Tropical storm |
| Hendry County | FL | 64.4 | Category 2 |
| Suwannee County | FL | 64.6 | Tropical storm |
| Edgefield County | SC | 65.6 | Tropical storm |
| Dixie County | FL | 68.7 | Category 1 |
| Okeechobee County | FL | 69.4 | Category 1 |
| Lafayette County | FL | 69.7 | Tropical storm |
| Jeff Davis County | GA | 70.4 | Tropical storm |
| Atkinson County | GA | 72.8 | Tropical storm |
| Coffee County | GA | 73.1 | Tropical storm |
| Montgomery County | GA | 75.5 | Tropical storm |
| Treutlen County | GA | 78.5 | Tropical storm |
| Wheeler County | GA | 78.9 | Tropical storm |
| Columbia County | GA | 80.9 | Tropical storm |
| Jefferson County | GA | 81.8 | Tropical storm |
| Indian River County | FL | 82.6 | Category 1 |
| Telfair County | GA | 84.0 | Tropical storm |
| McCormick County | SC | 86.2 | Tropical storm |
| Johnson County | GA | 87.0 | Tropical storm |
| Lanier County | GA | 87.8 | Tropical storm |
| Lowndes County | GA | 90.5 | Tropical storm |
| McDuffie County | GA | 91.7 | Tropical storm |
| Washington County | GA | 93.2 | Tropical storm |
| Laurens County | GA | 93.6 | Tropical storm |
| Madison County | FL | 94.0 | Tropical storm |
| Lincoln County | GA | 94.0 | Tropical storm |
| Taylor County | FL | 94.4 | Tropical storm |
| Berrien County | GA | 94.8 | Tropical storm |
| Warren County | GA | 95.7 | Tropical storm |
| Glascock County | GA | 97.5 | Tropical storm |
| Irwin County | GA | 99.7 | Tropical storm |
| Ben Hill County | GA | 99.7 | Tropical storm |
| St. Lucie County | FL | 99.8 | Category 1 |
| Palm Beach County | FL | 100.0 | Category 2 |
| Martin County | FL | 100.0 | Category 2 |
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.