The 1926 season

Unnamed hurricane (1926)

Unnamed hurricane reached Category 4 in the North Atlantic between July 22, 1926 and August 2, 1926, with a lowest pressure of 967 mb, and made landfall.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Unnamed hurricane, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 1926 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
July 22, 1926 to August 2, 1926
Peak strength
Category 4, 120 kt (138 mph)
Lowest pressure
967 mb (28.56 inHg)
Landfall
Yes
Accumulated cyclone energy
21.9
Fastest the center moved
19 kt (22 mph)
Identifier
AL011926

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.

Landfall

Time (UTC)WherePositionWindPressure
Jul 28, 10:00Edgewater, FL, 10 km away29.0N 80.8W90 kt (104 mph)967 mb

Landfall points the US agencies flagged in the best track. The nearest town is named from the site’s gazetteer, not from the report.

Track

Time (UTC)PositionWindPressureStatus
Jul 22, 06:0012.8N 56.5W35 ktTropical storm
Jul 22, 12:0013.5N 58.0W40 ktTropical storm
Jul 22, 18:0014.2N 59.6W50 ktTropical storm
Jul 23, 00:0014.9N 61.3W60 ktTropical storm
Jul 23, 06:0015.6N 62.9W70 ktHurricane
Jul 23, 12:0016.3N 64.5W80 ktHurricane
Jul 23, 18:0017.1N 65.8W90 ktHurricane
Jul 24, 00:0017.9N 67.1W90 ktHurricane
Jul 24, 06:0018.7N 68.2W85 ktHurricane
Jul 24, 12:0019.5N 69.3W80 ktHurricane
Jul 24, 18:0020.2N 70.3W75 ktHurricane
Jul 25, 00:0021.0N 71.3W85 ktHurricane
Jul 25, 06:0021.8N 72.4W95 ktHurricane
Jul 25, 12:0022.5N 73.5W105 ktHurricane
Jul 25, 18:0023.1N 74.4W115 ktHurricane
Jul 26, 00:0023.7N 75.3W120 ktHurricane
Jul 26, 06:0024.3N 76.2W120 ktHurricane
Jul 26, 12:0024.8N 77.0W115 ktHurricane
Jul 26, 18:0025.2N 77.6W110 ktHurricane
Jul 27, 00:0025.6N 78.1W105 ktHurricane
Jul 27, 06:0025.9N 78.5W95 ktHurricane
Jul 27, 12:0026.3N 79.0W95 ktHurricane
Jul 27, 18:0026.9N 79.5W95 ktHurricane
Jul 28, 00:0027.7N 80.0W90 ktHurricane
Jul 28, 06:0028.5N 80.5W90 kt967 mbHurricane
Jul 28, 10:00 landfall29.0N 80.8W90 kt967 mbHurricane
Jul 28, 12:0029.2N 81.1W75 ktHurricane
Jul 28, 18:0029.8N 81.8W55 ktTropical storm
Jul 29, 00:0030.5N 82.6W50 ktTropical storm
Jul 29, 06:0031.3N 83.5W40 ktTropical storm
Jul 29, 12:0032.0N 84.5W35 ktTropical storm
Jul 29, 18:0032.4N 85.5W30 ktTropical depression
Jul 30, 00:0032.7N 86.6W30 ktTropical depression
Jul 30, 06:0032.9N 87.8W25 ktTropical depression
Jul 30, 12:0033.0N 88.8W25 ktTropical depression
Jul 30, 18:0033.2N 89.6W25 ktTropical depression
Jul 31, 00:0033.5N 90.1W25 ktTropical depression
Jul 31, 06:0033.9N 90.4W25 ktTropical depression
Jul 31, 12:0034.5N 90.5W25 ktTropical depression
Jul 31, 18:0035.5N 90.0W25 ktTropical depression
Aug 1, 00:0037.0N 88.7W25 ktExtratropical
Aug 1, 06:0038.4N 87.1W25 ktExtratropical
Aug 1, 12:0039.5N 85.5W25 ktExtratropical
Aug 1, 18:0040.6N 83.9W25 ktExtratropical
Aug 2, 00:0041.8N 82.2W25 ktExtratropical
Aug 2, 06:0042.9N 80.6W25 ktExtratropical
Aug 2, 12:0044.0N 78.8W25 ktExtratropical

Other North Atlantic storms of 1926

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.