The 1906 season

Unnamed hurricane (1906)

Unnamed hurricane reached Category 1 in the North Atlantic between September 3, 1906 and September 18, 1906, with a lowest pressure of 977 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
September 3, 1906 to September 18, 1906
Peak strength
Category 1, 80 kt (92 mph)
Lowest pressure
977 mb (28.85 inHg)
Landfall
Yes
Accumulated cyclone energy
20.4
Identifier
AL051906

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
Sep 3, 12:0010.2N 33.0W35 ktTropical storm
Sep 3, 18:0010.3N 33.7W35 ktTropical storm
Sep 4, 00:0010.3N 34.2W35 ktTropical storm
Sep 4, 06:0010.4N 34.9W35 ktTropical storm
Sep 4, 12:0010.5N 35.7W35 ktTropical storm
Sep 4, 18:0010.6N 36.6W35 ktTropical storm
Sep 5, 00:0010.9N 37.6W35 ktTropical storm
Sep 5, 06:0011.2N 38.5W35 ktTropical storm
Sep 5, 12:0011.6N 39.5W35 ktTropical storm
Sep 5, 18:0012.0N 40.5W35 ktTropical storm
Sep 6, 00:0012.4N 41.4W35 ktTropical storm
Sep 6, 06:0012.8N 42.3W35 ktTropical storm
Sep 6, 12:0013.2N 43.2W35 ktTropical storm
Sep 6, 18:0013.7N 44.2W35 ktTropical storm
Sep 7, 00:0014.1N 44.9W40 ktTropical storm
Sep 7, 06:0014.6N 45.6W40 ktTropical storm
Sep 7, 12:0015.1N 46.2W40 ktTropical storm
Sep 7, 18:0015.3N 46.6W40 ktTropical storm
Sep 8, 00:0015.5N 47.1W40 ktTropical storm
Sep 8, 06:0015.7N 47.5W40 ktTropical storm
Sep 8, 12:0016.0N 48.0W40 ktTropical storm
Sep 8, 18:0016.4N 48.4W40 ktTropical storm
Sep 9, 00:0016.9N 48.8W45 ktTropical storm
Sep 9, 06:0017.5N 49.1W45 ktTropical storm
Sep 9, 12:0018.0N 49.3W45 ktTropical storm
Sep 9, 18:0018.4N 49.6W45 ktTropical storm
Sep 10, 00:0018.8N 49.9W50 ktTropical storm
Sep 10, 06:0019.3N 50.3W50 ktTropical storm
Sep 10, 12:0019.7N 50.7W50 ktTropical storm
Sep 10, 18:0020.2N 51.3W50 ktTropical storm
Sep 11, 00:0020.6N 52.1W55 ktTropical storm
Sep 11, 06:0020.8N 53.0W55 ktTropical storm
Sep 11, 12:0021.0N 54.0W55 ktTropical storm
Sep 11, 18:0021.4N 55.3W55 ktTropical storm
Sep 12, 00:0021.8N 56.5W60 ktTropical storm
Sep 12, 06:0022.2N 57.7W60 ktTropical storm
Sep 12, 12:0022.7N 59.0W65 ktHurricane
Sep 12, 18:0023.0N 60.2W65 ktHurricane
Sep 13, 00:0023.2N 61.2W70 ktHurricane
Sep 13, 06:0023.6N 62.3W70 ktHurricane
Sep 13, 12:0024.3N 63.3W75 ktHurricane
Sep 13, 18:0025.3N 64.1W75 ktHurricane
Sep 14, 00:0026.6N 64.7W80 ktHurricane
Sep 14, 06:0027.9N 65.5W80 ktHurricane
Sep 14, 12:0029.0N 66.3W80 ktHurricane
Sep 14, 18:0029.5N 66.7W80 ktHurricane
Sep 15, 00:0029.9N 67.1W80 ktHurricane
Sep 15, 06:0030.2N 67.5W80 ktHurricane
Sep 15, 12:0030.5N 68.0W80 ktHurricane
Sep 15, 18:0030.9N 68.5W80 ktHurricane
Sep 16, 00:0031.2N 69.0W80 ktHurricane
Sep 16, 06:0031.5N 69.7W80 ktHurricane
Sep 16, 12:0031.7N 70.7W80 ktHurricane
Sep 16, 18:0032.0N 72.0W80 ktHurricane
Sep 17, 00:0032.0N 73.4W80 ktHurricane
Sep 17, 06:0032.1N 75.1W80 ktHurricane
Sep 17, 12:0032.3N 76.7W80 ktHurricane
Sep 17, 18:0032.9N 78.2W80 kt977 mbHurricane
Sep 17, 22:00 landfall33.3N 79.2W80 kt977 mbHurricane
Sep 18, 00:0033.5N 79.8W60 ktTropical storm
Sep 18, 06:0034.3N 81.5W40 ktTropical storm
Sep 18, 12:0035.0N 83.0W30 ktTropical depression
Sep 18, 18:0035.5N 84.5W30 ktTropical depression

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.