The 1906 season

Unnamed hurricane (1906)

Unnamed hurricane reached Category 2 in the North Atlantic between June 14, 1906 and June 23, 1906, with a lowest pressure of 979 mb, and made landfall.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Unnamed hurricane, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 1906 season in the same basin behind it, and its wind and pressure hour by hour. Every fix is in the track table below.

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The storm

Basin
North Atlantic
Dates
June 14, 1906 to June 23, 1906
Peak strength
Category 2, 90 kt (104 mph)
Lowest pressure
979 mb (28.91 inHg)
Landfall
Yes
Accumulated cyclone energy
14.5
Identifier
AL021906

Deaths and damage

No source this site reads publishes a machine-readable casualty or damage figure for a storm of this era. The National Hurricane Center’s season tables begin in 1995 and carry deaths and damage only from 2005 in the Atlantic and 2020 in both basins; the US Storm Events record begins in 1996.

Track

Time (UTC)PositionWindPressureStatus
Jun 14, 06:0022.9N 76.4W35 ktTropical storm
Jun 14, 12:0023.0N 77.5W35 ktTropical storm
Jun 14, 18:0023.1N 78.2W35 ktTropical storm
Jun 15, 00:0023.1N 79.0W35 ktTropical storm
Jun 15, 06:0023.2N 79.8W40 ktTropical storm
Jun 15, 12:0023.3N 80.5W40 ktTropical storm
Jun 15, 18:0023.3N 80.8W45 ktTropical storm
Jun 16, 00:0023.3N 81.1W50 ktTropical storm
Jun 16, 06:0023.3N 81.3W55 ktTropical storm
Jun 16, 12:0023.5N 81.5W60 ktTropical storm
Jun 16, 18:0024.0N 81.5W65 ktHurricane
Jun 17, 00:0024.5N 81.3W70 ktHurricane
Jun 17, 03:00 landfall24.7N 81.1W70 ktHurricane
Jun 17, 06:0025.0N 80.9W75 kt979 mbHurricane
Jun 17, 08:00 landfall25.2N 80.7W75 kt979 mbHurricane
Jun 17, 12:0025.7N 80.3W75 ktHurricane
Jun 17, 18:0026.7N 79.0W75 ktHurricane
Jun 18, 00:0028.1N 77.5W80 ktHurricane
Jun 18, 06:0029.5N 76.1W80 ktHurricane
Jun 18, 12:0031.0N 74.7W85 ktHurricane
Jun 18, 18:0032.4N 73.4W85 ktHurricane
Jun 19, 00:0033.8N 72.3W90 ktHurricane
Jun 19, 06:0035.1N 71.2W90 ktHurricane
Jun 19, 12:0036.3N 69.5W90 ktHurricane
Jun 19, 18:0036.7N 68.2W85 ktHurricane
Jun 20, 00:0036.6N 67.2W80 ktHurricane
Jun 20, 06:0036.3N 66.0W75 ktHurricane
Jun 20, 12:0036.0N 65.0W65 ktHurricane
Jun 20, 18:0035.7N 64.6W65 ktHurricane
Jun 21, 00:0035.4N 64.1W55 ktTropical storm
Jun 21, 06:0035.1N 63.6W50 ktTropical storm
Jun 21, 12:0035.0N 63.0W45 ktTropical storm
Jun 21, 18:0035.2N 62.3W45 ktTropical storm
Jun 22, 00:0035.6N 61.6W45 ktTropical storm
Jun 22, 06:0035.8N 60.8W40 ktTropical storm
Jun 22, 12:0036.0N 60.0W40 ktTropical storm
Jun 22, 18:0036.3N 59.0W40 ktTropical storm
Jun 23, 00:0036.5N 57.8W35 ktTropical storm
Jun 23, 06:0036.8N 56.5W35 ktTropical storm
Jun 23, 12:0037.0N 55.1W35 ktTropical storm
Jun 23, 18:0037.3N 53.0W30 ktExtratropical

Other North Atlantic storms of 1906

What this means

A best track is the record a warning agency settles on after the storm, not what it said at the time: position, maximum sustained wind and central pressure every six hours, revised against every observation that came in later. Category is the Saffir-Simpson scale, which runs from Category 1 at 64 kt to Category 5 at 137 kt and reads wind only, so it says nothing about surge or rain. Accumulated cyclone energy adds up the square of the wind through the storm's life, so it counts strength and duration together.

Sources

Storm history from NOAA NCEI’s International Best Track Archive for Climate Stewardship (IBTrACS), which merges the official best track of every warning agency. Live storms, cones, watches and warnings from the National Hurricane Center and the Central Pacific Hurricane Center. Archived radar from NOAA’s Level II archive.

The National Hurricane Center has published no tropical cyclone report for this storm.