The unnamed tropical storm of 1956
Oct 14, 1956 to Oct 19, 1956Peak 63 mph996 mb
The unnamed tropical storm of 1956 passed within 50 miles of 24 counties in 2 states. It was strongest near Palm Beach County, FL, as a tropical storm on October 16, 1956.
- Major hurricane
- Hurricane
- Tropical storm
- Post-tropical
Unnamed storm · 1956
How it happened
Follow the storm’s path, strength and milestones.
The storm
- Peak strength
- Tropical storm
- 63 mph, 55 kt
- Lowest pressure
- 996 mb
- Over the whole track
- Counties within 50 miles
- 24
- FL, SC
- Counties within 100 miles
- 56
- FL, GA, SC
- Landfalls recorded
- 1
- Anywhere on the track
Every county it passed
Closest approach to each county boundary, with the storm’s strength at that moment.
| Brevard County | FL | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Miami-Dade County | FL | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Okeechobee County | FL | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Palm Beach County | FL | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Broward County | FL | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Indian River County | FL | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Monroe County | FL | 0.5 | Tropical storm |
| Martin County | FL | 0.9 | Tropical storm |
| St. Lucie County | FL | 1.4 | Tropical storm |
| Volusia County | FL | 8.0 | Tropical storm |
| Glades County | FL | 10.9 | Tropical storm |
| Osceola County | FL | 11.0 | Tropical storm |
| Orange County | FL | 11.0 | Tropical storm |
| Hendry County | FL | 12.1 | Tropical storm |
| Collier County | FL | 14.2 | Tropical storm |
| Highlands County | FL | 16.0 | Tropical storm |
| Seminole County | FL | 20.2 | Tropical storm |
| Polk County | FL | 27.3 | Tropical storm |
| Flagler County | FL | 33.5 | Tropical storm |
| Horry County | SC | 38.6 | Tropical storm |
| Lake County | FL | 43.6 | Tropical storm |
| St. Johns County | FL | 44.4 | Tropical storm |
| Georgetown County | SC | 46.2 | Tropical storm |
| Charleston County | SC | 47.7 | Tropical storm |
| Putnam County | FL | 52.1 | Tropical storm |
| Hardee County | FL | 53.0 | Tropical storm |
| DeSoto County | FL | 53.0 | Tropical storm |
| Charlotte County | FL | 53.4 | Tropical storm |
| Lee County | FL | 54.1 | Tropical storm |
| Berkeley County | SC | 59.6 | Tropical storm |
| Marion County | FL | 61.7 | Tropical storm |
| Marion County | SC | 64.1 | Tropical storm |
| Duval County | FL | 65.0 | Tropical storm |
| Clay County | FL | 69.0 | Tropical storm |
| Williamsburg County | SC | 71.7 | Tropical storm |
| Florence County | SC | 73.7 | Tropical storm |
| Nassau County | FL | 73.8 | Tropical storm |
| Colleton County | SC | 75.5 | Tropical storm |
| Sumter County | FL | 76.9 | Tropical storm |
| Beaufort County | SC | 77.6 | Tropical storm |
| Camden County | GA | 79.2 | Tropical storm |
| Dorchester County | SC | 80.7 | Tropical storm |
| Pasco County | FL | 82.6 | Tropical storm |
| Hillsborough County | FL | 82.6 | Tropical storm |
| Manatee County | FL | 83.2 | Tropical storm |
| Sarasota County | FL | 83.6 | Tropical storm |
| Hernando County | FL | 83.7 | Tropical storm |
| Glynn County | GA | 84.3 | Tropical storm |
| Chatham County | GA | 85.2 | Tropical storm |
| McIntosh County | GA | 85.7 | Tropical storm |
| Liberty County | GA | 86.6 | Tropical storm |
| Jasper County | SC | 88.9 | Tropical storm |
| Alachua County | FL | 89.3 | Tropical storm |
| Bryan County | GA | 90.8 | Tropical storm |
| Citrus County | FL | 92.3 | Tropical storm |
| Bradford County | FL | 93.7 | 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.