Unnamed hurricane (1926)
Unnamed hurricane reached Category 3 in the North Atlantic between August 20, 1926 and August 27, 1926, with a lowest pressure of 955 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.
The storm
- Basin
- North Atlantic
- Dates
- August 20, 1926 to August 27, 1926
- Peak strength
- Category 3, 100 kt (115 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 955 mb (28.20 inHg)
- Landfall
- Yes
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 12.3
- Fastest the center moved
- 18 kt (21 mph)
- Identifier
- AL031926
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) | Where | Position | Wind | Pressure |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 25, 23:00 | Dulac, LA, 28 km away | 29.2N 90.9W | 100 kt (115 mph) | 955 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) | Position | Wind | Pressure | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 20, 12:00 | 12.5N 75.5W | 25 kt | Tropical depression | |
| Aug 20, 18:00 | 13.5N 77.0W | 25 kt | Tropical depression | |
| Aug 21, 00:00 | 14.5N 78.5W | 30 kt | Tropical depression | |
| Aug 21, 06:00 | 15.5N 80.0W | 30 kt | Tropical depression | |
| Aug 21, 12:00 | 16.5N 81.5W | 35 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Aug 21, 18:00 | 17.7N 82.5W | 40 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Aug 22, 00:00 | 19.1N 83.3W | 45 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Aug 22, 06:00 | 20.4N 84.1W | 50 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Aug 22, 12:00 | 21.5N 85.0W | 55 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Aug 22, 18:00 | 22.2N 86.0W | 60 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Aug 23, 00:00 | 22.7N 87.0W | 65 kt | Hurricane | |
| Aug 23, 06:00 | 23.0N 88.0W | 65 kt | Hurricane | |
| Aug 23, 12:00 | 23.5N 88.8W | 70 kt | Hurricane | |
| Aug 23, 18:00 | 24.1N 89.5W | 75 kt | Hurricane | |
| Aug 24, 00:00 | 24.8N 90.1W | 80 kt | Hurricane | |
| Aug 24, 06:00 | 25.4N 90.6W | 85 kt | Hurricane | |
| Aug 24, 12:00 | 26.0N 90.8W | 85 kt | Hurricane | |
| Aug 24, 18:00 | 26.4N 90.8W | 95 kt | Hurricane | |
| Aug 25, 00:00 | 26.8N 90.8W | 100 kt | Hurricane | |
| Aug 25, 06:00 | 27.2N 90.8W | 100 kt | Hurricane | |
| Aug 25, 12:00 | 27.7N 90.8W | 100 kt | Hurricane | |
| Aug 25, 18:00 | 28.5N 90.8W | 100 kt | Hurricane | |
| Aug 25, 23:00 landfall | 29.2N 90.9W | 100 kt | 955 mb | Hurricane |
| Aug 26, 00:00 | 29.3N 90.9W | 95 kt | 955 mb | Hurricane |
| Aug 26, 06:00 | 29.9N 91.0W | 70 kt | 986 mb | Hurricane |
| Aug 26, 12:00 | 30.4N 91.3W | 55 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Aug 26, 18:00 | 30.7N 91.8W | 45 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Aug 27, 00:00 | 30.8N 92.8W | 35 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Aug 27, 06:00 | 31.0N 94.0W | 30 kt | Tropical depression | |
| Aug 27, 12:00 | 31.5N 95.5W | 25 kt | Tropical depression | |
| Aug 27, 18:00 | 32.0N 97.0W | 20 kt | Tropical depression |
Other North Atlantic storms of 1926
- Unnamed hurricaneNorth Atlantic · 1926
- Unnamed hurricaneNorth Atlantic · 1926
- Unnamed hurricaneNorth Atlantic · 1926
- Unnamed hurricaneNorth Atlantic · 1926
- Unnamed tropical stormNorth Atlantic · 1926
- Unnamed hurricaneNorth Atlantic · 1926
- Unnamed hurricaneNorth Atlantic · 1926
- Unnamed tropical stormNorth Atlantic · 1926
- Unnamed hurricaneNorth Atlantic · 1926
- Unnamed tropical stormNorth Atlantic · 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.