The unnamed hurricane of 1945
Jun 20, 1945 to Jul 4, 1945Peak 98 mph
The unnamed hurricane of 1945 passed within 50 miles of 42 counties in 3 states. It was strongest near Hernando County, FL, as a Category 1 on June 24, 1945.
- Major hurricane
- Hurricane
- Tropical storm
- Post-tropical
Unnamed hurricane · 1945
How it happened
Follow the storm’s path, strength and milestones.
The storm
- Peak strength
- Category 2
- 98 mph, 85 kt
- Counties within 50 miles
- 42
- FL, NC, SC
- Counties within 100 miles
- 111
- FL, GA, MD, NC, SC, VA
- 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.
| Marion County | FL | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Sumter County | FL | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Carteret County | NC | 0.0 | Category 1 |
| Putnam County | FL | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Flagler County | FL | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Citrus County | FL | 0.0 | Category 1 |
| Lake County | FL | 1.6 | Tropical storm |
| Volusia County | FL | 2.0 | Tropical storm |
| Dare County | NC | 2.2 | Category 1 |
| St. Johns County | FL | 2.8 | Tropical storm |
| Hernando County | FL | 3.6 | Category 1 |
| Hyde County | NC | 5.9 | Category 1 |
| Pasco County | FL | 11.6 | Category 1 |
| Craven County | NC | 12.8 | Category 1 |
| Pamlico County | NC | 16.3 | Category 1 |
| Tyrrell County | NC | 19.2 | Category 1 |
| Onslow County | NC | 20.0 | Category 1 |
| Levy County | FL | 20.3 | Tropical storm |
| Brunswick County | NC | 22.3 | Category 1 |
| Alachua County | FL | 25.1 | Tropical storm |
| Currituck County | NC | 25.2 | Category 1 |
| Jones County | NC | 25.6 | Category 1 |
| New Hanover County | NC | 25.7 | Category 1 |
| Clay County | FL | 25.9 | Tropical storm |
| Orange County | FL | 26.0 | Tropical storm |
| Beaufort County | NC | 26.1 | Category 1 |
| Pender County | NC | 29.1 | Category 1 |
| Hillsborough County | FL | 29.6 | Category 1 |
| Pinellas County | FL | 29.6 | Category 1 |
| Seminole County | FL | 32.3 | Tropical storm |
| Duval County | FL | 33.5 | Tropical storm |
| Camden County | NC | 34.2 | Category 1 |
| Washington County | NC | 35.1 | Category 1 |
| Polk County | FL | 38.1 | Tropical storm |
| Bradford County | FL | 38.8 | Tropical storm |
| Pasquotank County | NC | 39.5 | Category 1 |
| Perquimans County | NC | 44.1 | Category 1 |
| Georgetown County | SC | 47.9 | Category 1 |
| Duplin County | NC | 48.6 | Category 1 |
| Horry County | SC | 49.1 | Category 1 |
| Osceola County | FL | 49.5 | Tropical storm |
| Charleston County | SC | 50.0 | Category 1 |
| Virginia Beach city | VA | 50.1 | Category 1 |
| Dixie County | FL | 51.2 | Category 1 |
| Chowan County | NC | 51.2 | Category 1 |
| Columbus County | NC | 51.9 | Category 1 |
| Nassau County | FL | 52.7 | Tropical storm |
| Brevard County | FL | 53.0 | Tropical storm |
| Gilchrist County | FL | 54.3 | Tropical storm |
| Martin County | NC | 55.6 | Category 1 |
| Pitt County | NC | 57.0 | Category 1 |
| Bertie County | NC | 57.4 | Category 1 |
| Bladen County | NC | 59.1 | Category 1 |
| Baker County | FL | 60.1 | Tropical storm |
| Lenoir County | NC | 60.4 | Category 1 |
| Chesapeake city | VA | 61.1 | Category 1 |
| Camden County | GA | 61.2 | Tropical storm |
| Union County | FL | 61.3 | Tropical storm |
| Berkeley County | SC | 61.8 | Category 1 |
| Sampson County | NC | 66.4 | Category 1 |
| Manatee County | FL | 66.5 | Category 1 |
| Gates County | NC | 66.6 | Category 1 |
| Columbia County | FL | 68.0 | Tropical storm |
| Greene County | NC | 70.5 | Category 1 |
| Marion County | SC | 71.1 | Category 1 |
| Charlton County | GA | 71.4 | Tropical storm |
| Hertford County | NC | 72.4 | Category 1 |
| Glynn County | GA | 74.1 | Tropical storm |
| Wayne County | NC | 75.1 | Category 1 |
| Suffolk city | VA | 75.8 | Category 1 |
| Williamsburg County | SC | 76.0 | Category 1 |
| Norfolk city | VA | 76.6 | Category 1 |
| Hardee County | FL | 76.7 | Category 1 |
| Lafayette County | FL | 77.5 | Tropical storm |
| Colleton County | SC | 77.8 | Category 1 |
| Northampton County | VA | 77.8 | Category 1 |
| Taylor County | FL | 78.9 | Category 1 |
| Portsmouth city | VA | 79.1 | Category 1 |
| McIntosh County | GA | 79.9 | Category 1 |
| Suwannee County | FL | 80.1 | Tropical storm |
| Beaufort County | SC | 80.1 | Category 1 |
| Florence County | SC | 80.7 | Category 1 |
| Edgecombe County | NC | 81.8 | Category 1 |
| Dorchester County | SC | 82.5 | Category 1 |
| Sarasota County | FL | 83.7 | Category 1 |
| Accomack County | VA | 84.6 | Category 1 |
| Liberty County | GA | 85.7 | Category 1 |
| Chatham County | GA | 86.8 | Category 1 |
| Hampton city | VA | 88.2 | Category 1 |
| Ware County | GA | 88.4 | Tropical storm |
| Halifax County | NC | 88.9 | Category 1 |
| Wilson County | NC | 89.3 | Category 1 |
| Cumberland County | NC | 90.2 | Category 1 |
| Robeson County | NC | 90.3 | Category 1 |
| Jasper County | SC | 90.5 | Category 1 |
| Dillon County | SC | 91.4 | Category 1 |
| Newport News city | VA | 91.5 | Category 1 |
| Bryan County | GA | 91.5 | Category 1 |
| Worcester County | MD | 92.7 | Category 1 |
| Highlands County | FL | 93.0 | Tropical storm |
| Isle of Wight County | VA | 93.0 | Category 1 |
| Northampton County | NC | 93.3 | Category 1 |
| Poquoson city | VA | 94.0 | Category 1 |
| Southampton County | VA | 94.2 | Category 1 |
| DeSoto County | FL | 95.6 | Category 1 |
| Hamilton County | FL | 95.9 | Tropical storm |
| Brantley County | GA | 96.2 | Tropical storm |
| Johnston County | NC | 96.6 | Category 1 |
| Clinch County | GA | 97.3 | Tropical storm |
| York County | VA | 97.6 | Category 1 |
| Franklin city | VA | 98.0 | 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.