The unnamed hurricane of 1948
Sep 18, 1948 to Sep 26, 1948Peak 132 mph940 mb
The unnamed hurricane of 1948 passed within 50 miles of 15 counties in FL. It was strongest near Collier County, FL, as a Category 4 on September 22, 1948.
- Major hurricane
- Hurricane
- Tropical storm
- Post-tropical
Unnamed hurricane · 1948
How it happened
Follow the storm’s path, strength and milestones.
The storm
- Peak strength
- Category 4
- 132 mph, 115 kt
- Lowest pressure
- 940 mb
- Over the whole track
- Counties within 50 miles
- 15
- FL
- Counties within 100 miles
- 22
- FL
- Landfalls recorded
- 4
- Anywhere on the track
Every county it passed
Closest approach to each county boundary, with the storm’s strength at that moment.
| Collier County | FL | 0.0 | Category 4 |
| Palm Beach County | FL | 0.0 | Category 2 |
| Monroe County | FL | 0.0 | Category 3 |
| Hendry County | FL | 0.0 | Category 2 |
| Martin County | FL | 0.0 | Category 1 |
| Broward County | FL | 3.2 | Category 2 |
| St. Lucie County | FL | 5.0 | Category 1 |
| Miami-Dade County | FL | 17.7 | Category 3 |
| Glades County | FL | 18.7 | Category 2 |
| Okeechobee County | FL | 20.7 | Category 1 |
| Indian River County | FL | 22.4 | Category 1 |
| Lee County | FL | 35.4 | Category 3 |
| Highlands County | FL | 36.9 | Category 1 |
| Brevard County | FL | 43.9 | Category 1 |
| Charlotte County | FL | 49.4 | Category 2 |
| Osceola County | FL | 52.0 | Category 1 |
| DeSoto County | FL | 59.8 | Category 2 |
| Polk County | FL | 64.9 | Category 1 |
| Hardee County | FL | 73.0 | Category 2 |
| Sarasota County | FL | 84.5 | Category 2 |
| Orange County | FL | 86.1 | Category 1 |
| Manatee County | FL | 91.5 | 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.