The unnamed hurricane of 1947
Oct 8, 1947 to Oct 16, 1947Peak 104 mph966 mb
The unnamed hurricane of 1947 passed within 50 miles of 64 counties in 3 states. It was strongest near Chatham County, GA, as a Category 2 on October 15, 1947.
- Major hurricane
- Hurricane
- Tropical storm
- Post-tropical
Unnamed hurricane · 1947
How it happened
Follow the storm’s path, strength and milestones.
The storm
- Peak strength
- Category 2
- 104 mph, 90 kt
- Lowest pressure
- 966 mb
- Over the whole track
- Counties within 50 miles
- 64
- FL, GA, SC
- Counties within 100 miles
- 104
- FL, GA, 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 |
| Chatham County | GA | 0.0 | Category 2 |
| Mitchell County | GA | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Appling County | GA | 0.0 | Category 1 |
| Wayne County | GA | 0.0 | Category 1 |
| Monroe County | FL | 0.0 | Category 1 |
| Liberty County | GA | 0.0 | Category 2 |
| Long County | GA | 0.0 | Category 1 |
| Worth County | GA | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Broward County | FL | 0.0 | Category 1 |
| Irwin County | GA | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Tift County | GA | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Coffee County | GA | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Colquitt County | GA | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Bacon County | GA | 1.1 | Category 1 |
| Berrien County | GA | 2.4 | Tropical storm |
| Bryan County | GA | 3.7 | Category 2 |
| Jeff Davis County | GA | 5.0 | Tropical storm |
| McIntosh County | GA | 5.4 | Category 2 |
| Ben Hill County | GA | 5.8 | Tropical storm |
| Cook County | GA | 7.9 | Tropical storm |
| Tattnall County | GA | 8.8 | Category 1 |
| Palm Beach County | FL | 9.6 | Category 1 |
| Thomas County | GA | 9.8 | Tropical storm |
| Turner County | GA | 9.9 | Tropical storm |
| Atkinson County | GA | 10.5 | Tropical storm |
| Dougherty County | GA | 11.5 | Tropical storm |
| Telfair County | GA | 11.8 | Tropical storm |
| Pierce County | GA | 13.9 | Category 1 |
| Ware County | GA | 14.0 | Tropical storm |
| Collier County | FL | 14.3 | Category 1 |
| Jasper County | SC | 16.4 | Category 2 |
| Toombs County | GA | 16.5 | Category 1 |
| Wilcox County | GA | 17.8 | Tropical storm |
| Beaufort County | SC | 19.4 | Category 2 |
| Montgomery County | GA | 19.9 | Category 1 |
| Brooks County | GA | 20.6 | Tropical storm |
| Wheeler County | GA | 21.0 | Tropical storm |
| Glynn County | GA | 21.1 | Category 1 |
| Dodge County | GA | 21.7 | Tropical storm |
| Evans County | GA | 21.7 | Category 1 |
| Brantley County | GA | 22.8 | Category 1 |
| Effingham County | GA | 22.9 | Category 2 |
| Lee County | GA | 23.9 | Tropical storm |
| Crisp County | GA | 25.3 | Tropical storm |
| Lowndes County | GA | 27.1 | Tropical storm |
| Lanier County | GA | 27.1 | Tropical storm |
| Bulloch County | GA | 29.0 | Category 1 |
| Clinch County | GA | 29.6 | Tropical storm |
| Pulaski County | GA | 37.7 | Tropical storm |
| Laurens County | GA | 37.9 | Tropical storm |
| Jefferson County | FL | 38.2 | Tropical storm |
| Camden County | GA | 38.9 | Category 1 |
| Candler County | GA | 38.9 | Category 1 |
| Sumter County | GA | 39.1 | Tropical storm |
| Dooly County | GA | 39.2 | Tropical storm |
| Hendry County | FL | 39.5 | Category 1 |
| Emanuel County | GA | 42.4 | Category 1 |
| Martin County | FL | 43.2 | Category 1 |
| Charlton County | GA | 43.2 | Category 1 |
| Treutlen County | GA | 45.5 | Category 1 |
| Echols County | GA | 47.9 | Tropical storm |
| Madison County | FL | 48.0 | Tropical storm |
| Bleckley County | GA | 48.7 | Tropical storm |
| Screven County | GA | 50.4 | Category 2 |
| Colleton County | SC | 50.6 | Category 2 |
| Hampton County | SC | 53.1 | Category 2 |
| Charleston County | SC | 53.4 | Category 2 |
| Houston County | GA | 55.7 | Tropical storm |
| Hamilton County | FL | 56.3 | Tropical storm |
| Macon County | GA | 58.1 | Tropical storm |
| Johnson County | GA | 59.1 | Category 1 |
| Nassau County | FL | 60.9 | Category 1 |
| Jenkins County | GA | 61.9 | Category 1 |
| St. Lucie County | FL | 62.9 | Category 1 |
| Twiggs County | GA | 63.3 | Tropical storm |
| Taylor County | FL | 65.9 | Tropical storm |
| Allendale County | SC | 67.6 | Category 2 |
| Wilkinson County | GA | 68.4 | Tropical storm |
| Glades County | FL | 68.4 | Category 1 |
| Lee County | FL | 68.8 | Category 1 |
| Peach County | GA | 70.1 | Tropical storm |
| Columbia County | FL | 71.7 | Tropical storm |
| Suwannee County | FL | 73.7 | Tropical storm |
| Baker County | FL | 74.7 | Tropical storm |
| Okeechobee County | FL | 75.4 | Category 1 |
| Jefferson County | GA | 75.6 | Category 1 |
| Burke County | GA | 76.6 | Category 1 |
| Dorchester County | SC | 76.7 | Category 2 |
| Washington County | GA | 78.4 | Tropical storm |
| Lafayette County | FL | 78.5 | Tropical storm |
| Berkeley County | SC | 78.9 | Category 2 |
| Bibb County | GA | 79.0 | Tropical storm |
| Duval County | FL | 79.7 | Category 1 |
| Crawford County | GA | 80.2 | Tropical storm |
| Indian River County | FL | 83.2 | Category 1 |
| Bamberg County | SC | 84.8 | Category 2 |
| Jones County | GA | 89.3 | Tropical storm |
| Highlands County | FL | 90.6 | Category 1 |
| Barnwell County | SC | 91.3 | Category 2 |
| Charlotte County | FL | 92.2 | Category 1 |
| Baldwin County | GA | 92.5 | Tropical storm |
| Orangeburg County | SC | 95.3 | Category 2 |
| Hancock County | GA | 99.8 | 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.