Unnamed hurricane (1926)
Unnamed hurricane reached Category 4 in the North Atlantic between September 11, 1926 and September 22, 1926, with a lowest pressure of 930 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
- September 11, 1926 to September 22, 1926
- Peak strength
- Category 4, 130 kt (150 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 930 mb (27.46 inHg)
- Landfall
- Yes
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 40.2
- Fastest the center moved
- 17 kt (20 mph)
- Identifier
- AL071926
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.
Landfalls
| Time (UTC) | Where | Position | Wind | Pressure |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 18, 12:00 | Cutler, FL, 2 km away | 25.6N 80.3W | 125 kt (144 mph) | 930 mb |
| Sep 20, 22:00 | Perdido Beach, AL, 5 km away | 30.3N 87.5W | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 11, 12:00 | 15.4N 46.0W | 55 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Sep 11, 18:00 | 15.7N 47.1W | 60 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Sep 12, 00:00 | 16.1N 48.2W | 60 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Sep 12, 06:00 | 16.4N 49.4W | 60 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Sep 12, 12:00 | 16.7N 50.6W | 65 kt | Hurricane | |
| Sep 12, 18:00 | 17.0N 51.9W | 70 kt | Hurricane | |
| Sep 13, 00:00 | 17.3N 53.3W | 70 kt | Hurricane | |
| Sep 13, 06:00 | 17.5N 54.7W | 75 kt | Hurricane | |
| Sep 13, 12:00 | 17.8N 56.0W | 75 kt | Hurricane | |
| Sep 13, 18:00 | 18.1N 57.3W | 80 kt | Hurricane | |
| Sep 14, 00:00 | 18.4N 58.6W | 85 kt | Hurricane | |
| Sep 14, 06:00 | 18.8N 59.9W | 85 kt | Hurricane | |
| Sep 14, 12:00 | 19.1N 61.1W | 90 kt | Hurricane | |
| Sep 14, 18:00 | 19.4N 62.2W | 90 kt | Hurricane | |
| Sep 15, 00:00 | 19.6N 63.0W | 95 kt | Hurricane | |
| Sep 15, 06:00 | 19.8N 63.6W | 100 kt | Hurricane | |
| Sep 15, 12:00 | 20.1N 64.2W | 100 kt | Hurricane | |
| Sep 15, 18:00 | 20.5N 65.0W | 105 kt | Hurricane | |
| Sep 16, 00:00 | 20.7N 66.0W | 110 kt | Hurricane | |
| Sep 16, 06:00 | 20.9N 67.0W | 120 kt | Hurricane | |
| Sep 16, 12:00 | 21.0N 68.0W | 125 kt | Hurricane | |
| Sep 16, 18:00 | 21.3N 69.3W | 130 kt | Hurricane | |
| Sep 17, 00:00 | 21.7N 71.0W | 130 kt | Hurricane | |
| Sep 17, 06:00 | 22.1N 72.7W | 130 kt | Hurricane | |
| Sep 17, 12:00 | 22.5N 74.3W | 125 kt | Hurricane | |
| Sep 17, 18:00 | 23.2N 75.8W | 125 kt | Hurricane | |
| Sep 18, 00:00 | 24.2N 77.3W | 125 kt | Hurricane | |
| Sep 18, 06:00 | 25.0N 78.8W | 125 kt | Hurricane | |
| Sep 18, 12:00 landfall | 25.6N 80.3W | 125 kt | 930 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 18, 18:00 | 26.2N 81.6W | 90 kt | 950 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 19, 00:00 | 26.8N 82.5W | 100 kt | Hurricane | |
| Sep 19, 06:00 | 27.3N 83.3W | 105 kt | Hurricane | |
| Sep 19, 12:00 | 27.8N 84.1W | 105 kt | Hurricane | |
| Sep 19, 18:00 | 28.4N 84.8W | 105 kt | Hurricane | |
| Sep 20, 00:00 | 29.0N 85.5W | 110 kt | Hurricane | |
| Sep 20, 06:00 | 29.6N 86.2W | 110 kt | Hurricane | |
| Sep 20, 12:00 | 30.1N 86.8W | 105 kt | Hurricane | |
| Sep 20, 18:00 | 30.3N 87.3W | 100 kt | Hurricane | |
| Sep 20, 22:00 landfall | 30.3N 87.5W | 100 kt | 955 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 21, 00:00 | 30.3N 87.7W | 80 kt | 955 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 21, 06:00 | 30.3N 88.1W | 65 kt | 969 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 21, 12:00 | 30.3N 88.6W | 60 kt | 983 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 21, 18:00 | 30.4N 89.4W | 50 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Sep 22, 00:00 | 30.5N 90.5W | 40 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Sep 22, 06:00 | 30.6N 91.7W | 30 kt | Tropical depression | |
| Sep 22, 12:00 | 30.7N 92.9W | 25 kt | Tropical depression |
Other North Atlantic storms of 1926
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- Unnamed tropical stormNorth 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.