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Storm 10 of 1924 1924

Category 5 hurricane · Atlantic · October 14 to October 23, 1924

Storm 10 of 1924 reached Category 5 with 165 mph winds, one of 44 Atlantic storms to do so since 1851. No other storm of the 1924 Atlantic season matched the storm's 165 mph peak; the season had 11 storms. The storm generated 25% of the season's accumulated cyclone energy, more than any other 1924 storm.

Track of Storm 10 of 1924 from the best-track record, coloured by strength15°N20°N25°N30°N85°W80°W75°W70°W65°WFlorida, 90 mphPeak 165 mphFirst recordNot tropicalDepressionTropical stormCategory 1Category 2Category 3Category 4Category 500 and 12 UTCLandfall

Strength over time

Maximum sustained wind of Storm 10 of 1924 over time, in mphTSCat 1Cat 2Cat 3Cat 4Cat 504080120160200Oct 15Oct 16Oct 17Oct 18Oct 19Oct 20Oct 21Oct 22Oct 23mph
  1. First record (tropical depression) 115 miles north of Bilwi, Atlántico Norte, Nicaragua
  2. Tropical storm 190 miles northeast of La Ceiba, Atlántida, Honduras
  3. Hurricane 135 miles southeast of Cozumel, Quintana Roo, Mexico
  4. Major hurricane 150 miles south-southeast of Cozumel, Quintana Roo, Mexico
  5. Peak 100 miles southwest of Pinar del Rio, Cuba; lowest pressure 910 mb
  6. Landfall Florida
  7. No longer tropical (extratropical low) 90 miles south of Hamilton, Bermuda
  8. Last record 90 miles south of Hamilton, Bermuda

Against every Atlantic storm since 1851

Peak sustained wind165 mph · tied 21st of 1,98830 mph190 mph
Lowest central pressure910 mb · tied 13th of 1,277882 mb1016 mb
Accumulated cyclone energy25.0 · 158th of 1,7520.173.6
Days as a tropical or subtropical cyclone9.2 days · tied 317th of 1,9880.0 days31.8 days

More from the record

The storm made landfall in Florida as a Category 1 hurricane on October 21, 1924, with 90 mph winds.

In the 1924 season

04080120160200this storm

Storm 10 of 11 in 1924, hurricane 4 of 5; it formed after Storm 9 of 1924 and before Storm 11 of 1924. See the season.

Places the center passed

The center came within 50 miles of at least 8 towns or cities of 10,000 people or more while the system was tropical. Distances are to the interpolated track line, not the storm's edge.

PlaceClosestWind thenDate
Fort Lauderdale, Florida10 mi70 mphOctober 21
Freeport, the Bahamas11 mi70 mphOctober 21
Miami Beach, Florida13 mi70 mphOctober 21
Miami, Florida13 mi70 mphOctober 21
Coral Gables, Florida18 mi75 mphOctober 21
Coral Springs, Florida20 mi70 mphOctober 21
Naples, Florida23 mi90 mphOctober 21
Homestead, Florida33 mi75 mphOctober 21

Every storm within 50 miles of Miami, Florida

Similar landfalls in Florida

Storms whose strongest landfall record in Florida came closest to this one's 90 mph:

  • Flossy (1956)90 mph, September 25, 1956
  • Florence (1953)90 mph, September 26, 1953
  • Storm 9 of 194790 mph, October 12, 1947
  • Storm 4 of 191590 mph, September 4, 1915

All 229 storms with a landfall record in Florida

Also peaked at 165 mph

Of 6 storms from other Atlantic seasons, the nearest in time: