The unnamed hurricane of 1946
Oct 5, 1946 to Oct 14, 1946Peak 98 mph977 mb
The unnamed hurricane of 1946 passed within 50 miles of 92 counties in 3 states. It was strongest near Monroe County, FL, as a Category 1 on October 7, 1946.
- Major hurricane
- Hurricane
- Tropical storm
- Post-tropical
Unnamed hurricane · 1946
How it happened
Follow the storm’s path, strength and milestones.
The storm
- Peak strength
- Category 2
- 98 mph, 85 kt
- Lowest pressure
- 977 mb
- Over the whole track
- Counties within 50 miles
- 92
- FL, GA, SC
- Counties within 100 miles
- 138
- 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.
| Hernando County | FL | 0.0 | Category 1 |
| Union County | FL | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Charlton County | GA | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Hillsborough County | FL | 0.0 | Category 1 |
| Marion County | FL | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Brantley County | GA | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Wayne County | GA | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Pasco County | FL | 0.0 | Category 1 |
| Burke County | GA | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Aiken County | SC | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Alachua County | FL | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Citrus County | FL | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Screven County | GA | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Lexington County | SC | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Long County | GA | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Bulloch County | GA | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Manatee County | FL | 0.0 | Category 1 |
| Barnwell County | SC | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Bradford County | FL | 2.3 | Tropical storm |
| Baker County | FL | 2.7 | Tropical storm |
| Evans County | GA | 3.0 | Tropical storm |
| Pinellas County | FL | 3.1 | Category 1 |
| Ware County | GA | 3.2 | Tropical storm |
| Tattnall County | GA | 3.5 | Tropical storm |
| Liberty County | GA | 3.8 | Tropical storm |
| Pierce County | GA | 4.2 | Tropical storm |
| Bryan County | GA | 4.5 | Tropical storm |
| Nassau County | FL | 4.7 | Tropical storm |
| Allendale County | SC | 5.0 | Tropical storm |
| Camden County | GA | 5.9 | Tropical storm |
| Sumter County | FL | 7.4 | Tropical storm |
| Jenkins County | GA | 7.9 | Tropical storm |
| Sarasota County | FL | 8.1 | Category 1 |
| Levy County | FL | 8.2 | Tropical storm |
| Effingham County | GA | 8.9 | Tropical storm |
| Saluda County | SC | 10.3 | Tropical storm |
| Orangeburg County | SC | 12.0 | Tropical storm |
| Edgefield County | SC | 12.4 | Tropical storm |
| Candler County | GA | 12.4 | Tropical storm |
| Appling County | GA | 12.5 | Tropical storm |
| Richmond County | GA | 13.1 | Tropical storm |
| Duval County | FL | 13.1 | Tropical storm |
| Columbia County | FL | 13.7 | Tropical storm |
| Clay County | FL | 13.8 | Tropical storm |
| Putnam County | FL | 14.7 | Tropical storm |
| Hampton County | SC | 15.1 | Tropical storm |
| McIntosh County | GA | 15.7 | Tropical storm |
| Glynn County | GA | 16.0 | Tropical storm |
| Clinch County | GA | 18.2 | Tropical storm |
| Emanuel County | GA | 19.0 | Tropical storm |
| Bacon County | GA | 19.1 | Tropical storm |
| Bamberg County | SC | 21.3 | Tropical storm |
| Toombs County | GA | 23.0 | Tropical storm |
| Gilchrist County | FL | 23.3 | Tropical storm |
| Chatham County | GA | 23.5 | Tropical storm |
| Jasper County | SC | 24.6 | Tropical storm |
| Columbia County | GA | 24.9 | Tropical storm |
| Polk County | FL | 25.9 | Category 1 |
| Echols County | GA | 27.1 | Tropical storm |
| Hamilton County | FL | 28.7 | Tropical storm |
| Lake County | FL | 29.0 | Tropical storm |
| McCormick County | SC | 30.0 | Tropical storm |
| Charlotte County | FL | 31.2 | Category 1 |
| Suwannee County | FL | 32.0 | Tropical storm |
| St. Johns County | FL | 32.5 | Tropical storm |
| Colleton County | SC | 32.9 | Tropical storm |
| Monroe County | FL | 32.9 | Category 1 |
| Hardee County | FL | 33.1 | Category 1 |
| Greenwood County | SC | 33.2 | Tropical storm |
| Jeff Davis County | GA | 33.8 | Tropical storm |
| Jefferson County | GA | 34.9 | Tropical storm |
| DeSoto County | FL | 35.2 | Category 1 |
| Lafayette County | FL | 36.4 | Tropical storm |
| Dixie County | FL | 37.2 | Tropical storm |
| Atkinson County | GA | 37.6 | Tropical storm |
| Coffee County | GA | 37.9 | Tropical storm |
| Lincoln County | GA | 37.9 | Tropical storm |
| Montgomery County | GA | 38.2 | Tropical storm |
| Treutlen County | GA | 38.7 | Tropical storm |
| McDuffie County | GA | 39.1 | Tropical storm |
| Volusia County | FL | 41.3 | Tropical storm |
| Lee County | FL | 41.3 | Category 1 |
| Wheeler County | GA | 41.5 | Tropical storm |
| Beaufort County | SC | 42.6 | Tropical storm |
| Johnson County | GA | 44.1 | Tropical storm |
| Warren County | GA | 44.3 | Tropical storm |
| Glascock County | GA | 46.8 | Tropical storm |
| Flagler County | FL | 46.9 | Tropical storm |
| Telfair County | GA | 47.6 | Tropical storm |
| Dorchester County | SC | 48.8 | Tropical storm |
| Orange County | FL | 49.2 | Tropical storm |
| Washington County | GA | 49.3 | Tropical storm |
| Wilkes County | GA | 51.5 | Tropical storm |
| Lanier County | GA | 51.9 | Tropical storm |
| Osceola County | FL | 52.8 | Category 1 |
| Abbeville County | SC | 52.9 | Tropical storm |
| Laurens County | GA | 54.0 | Tropical storm |
| Lowndes County | GA | 54.7 | Tropical storm |
| Berrien County | GA | 59.5 | Tropical storm |
| Madison County | FL | 59.9 | Tropical storm |
| Taylor County | FL | 61.4 | Tropical storm |
| Seminole County | FL | 61.5 | Tropical storm |
| Highlands County | FL | 62.5 | Category 1 |
| Taliaferro County | GA | 62.6 | Tropical storm |
| Dodge County | GA | 63.2 | Tropical storm |
| Elbert County | GA | 63.7 | Tropical storm |
| Irwin County | GA | 64.3 | Tropical storm |
| Ben Hill County | GA | 64.3 | Tropical storm |
| Hancock County | GA | 64.6 | Tropical storm |
| Brooks County | GA | 69.4 | Tropical storm |
| Charleston County | SC | 70.8 | Tropical storm |
| Glades County | FL | 71.4 | Category 1 |
| Cook County | GA | 72.1 | Tropical storm |
| Wilkinson County | GA | 73.6 | Tropical storm |
| Collier County | FL | 74.1 | Category 1 |
| Oglethorpe County | GA | 75.2 | Tropical storm |
| Wilcox County | GA | 76.3 | Tropical storm |
| Greene County | GA | 78.5 | Tropical storm |
| Hendry County | FL | 80.1 | Category 1 |
| Baldwin County | GA | 80.9 | Tropical storm |
| Tift County | GA | 81.2 | Tropical storm |
| Bleckley County | GA | 81.4 | Tropical storm |
| Hart County | GA | 84.5 | Tropical storm |
| Okeechobee County | FL | 85.0 | Category 1 |
| Jefferson County | FL | 86.2 | Tropical storm |
| Pulaski County | GA | 87.0 | Tropical storm |
| Madison County | GA | 87.5 | Tropical storm |
| Colquitt County | GA | 87.7 | Tropical storm |
| Putnam County | GA | 88.1 | Tropical storm |
| Twiggs County | GA | 88.9 | Tropical storm |
| Brevard County | FL | 89.5 | Tropical storm |
| Turner County | GA | 90.7 | Tropical storm |
| Thomas County | GA | 95.1 | Tropical storm |
| Morgan County | GA | 96.2 | Tropical storm |
| Worth County | GA | 97.3 | Tropical storm |
| Oconee County | GA | 98.3 | Tropical storm |
| Jones County | GA | 98.3 | Tropical storm |
| Clarke County | GA | 98.4 | 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.