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Storm 2 of 1916 1916

Category 3 hurricane · Atlantic · June 28 to July 10, 1916

Storm 2 of 1916's 120 mph landfall in Alabama on July 5, 1916 ranks tied for the strongest of the 19 storms with a landfall record there. With a peak of 120 mph, the storm ranked tied for the second-strongest of the 15 storms of the 1916 season. The storm produced 7% of the season's accumulated cyclone energy.

Track of Storm 2 of 1916 from the best-track record, coloured by strength20°N30°N100°W90°W80°W70°WBirminghamChattanoogaJacksonAlabama, 120 mphPeak 120 mphFirst recordDepressionTropical stormCategory 1Category 2Category 300 and 12 UTCLandfall

Strength over time

Maximum sustained wind of Storm 2 of 1916 over time, in mphTSCat 1Cat 2Cat 3Cat 404080120160Jun 29Jul 1Jul 3Jul 5Jul 7Jul 9mph
  1. First record (tropical depression) 150 miles east of San Andrés, Colombia
  2. Tropical storm 205 miles east-northeast of La Ceiba, Atlántida, Honduras
  3. Hurricane 60 miles southeast of Isla Mujeres, Quintana Roo, Mexico
  4. Major hurricane 115 miles south-southwest of Pensacola, Florida
  5. Peak 55 miles south of Mobile, Alabama; lowest pressure 950 mb
  6. Landfall Alabama
  7. Last record (tropical depression) 15 miles west-northwest of Chattanooga, Tennessee

Against every Atlantic storm since 1851

Peak sustained wind120 mph · tied 221st of 1,98830 mph190 mph
Lowest central pressure950 mb · tied 175th of 1,277882 mb1016 mb
Accumulated cyclone energy10.7 · tied 487th of 1,7520.173.6
Days as a tropical or subtropical cyclone12.2 days · tied 123rd of 1,9880.0 days31.8 days

In the 1916 season

04080120160this storm

Storm 2 of 15 in 1916, hurricane 1 of 10; it formed after Storm 1 of 1916 and before Storm 3 of 1916. 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
Gadsden, Alabama1 mi30 mphJuly 9
Hattiesburg, Mississippi10 mi75 mphJuly 6
Laurel, Mississippi12 mi70 mphJuly 6
Jackson, Mississippi13 mi50 mphJuly 6
Tuscaloosa, Alabama15 mi45 mphJuly 8
Chattanooga, Tennessee16 mi25 mphJuly 10
Birmingham, Alabama22 mi40 mphJuly 8
Biloxi, Mississippi27 mi110 mphJuly 5

Every storm within 50 miles of Birmingham, Alabama

Similar landfalls in Alabama

Storms whose strongest landfall record in Alabama came closest to this one's 120 mph:

  • Ivan (2004)120 mph, September 16, 2004
  • Storm 7 of 1926115 mph, September 20, 1926
  • Sally (2020)110 mph, September 16, 2020
  • Baker (1950)85 mph, August 31, 1950

All 19 storms with a landfall record in Alabama

Also peaked at 120 mph

Of 57 storms from other Atlantic seasons, the nearest in time:

  • Storm 3 of 1915no pressure recorded, no landfall record
  • Storm 3 of 1917no pressure recorded, no landfall record
  • Storm 1 of 1918955 mb, landfall in Louisiana
  • Storm 2 of 1922960 mb, no landfall record