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Storm 7 of 1926 1926

Category 4 hurricane · Atlantic · September 11 to September 22, 1926

Storm 7 of 1926's 115 mph landfall in Alabama on September 20, 1926 ranks the third-strongest of the 19 storms with a landfall record there. With a peak of 150 mph, the storm ranked tied for the strongest of the 11 storms of the 1926 season. The storm produced 18% of the season's accumulated cyclone energy.

Track of Storm 7 of 1926 from the best-track record, coloured by strength20°N30°N90°W80°W70°W60°W50°WFlorida, 145 mphAlabama, 115 mphPeak 150 mphFirst recordDepressionTropical stormCategory 1Category 2Category 3Category 400 and 12 UTCLandfall

Strength over time

Maximum sustained wind of Storm 7 of 1926 over time, in mphTSCat 1Cat 2Cat 3Cat 4Cat 504080120160Sep 12Sep 14Sep 16Sep 18Sep 20Sep 22mph
  1. First record (tropical storm) 905 miles northeast of Paramaribo, Suriname
  2. Hurricane 650 miles east-northeast of Bridgetown, Saint Michael, Barbados
  3. Major hurricane 160 miles north-northeast of Christiansted, the US Virgin Islands
  4. Peak 140 miles north-northeast of Nagua, María Trinidad Sánchez, the Dominican Republic; lowest pressure 930 mb
  5. Landfall Florida: Category 4, 145 mph, 930 mb
  6. Landfall Alabama
  7. Last record (tropical depression) 40 miles north-northeast of Lake Charles, Louisiana

Against every Atlantic storm since 1851

Peak sustained wind150 mph · tied 57th of 1,98830 mph190 mph
Lowest central pressure930 mb · tied 60th of 1,277882 mb1016 mb
Accumulated cyclone energy40.2 · 38th of 1,7520.173.6
Days as a tropical or subtropical cyclone11.0 days · tied 180th of 1,9880.0 days31.8 days

In the 1926 season

04080120160this storm

Storm 7 of 11 in 1926, hurricane 6 of 8; it formed after Storm 6 of 1926 and before Storm 8 of 1926. 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
Gulfport, Mississippi0 mi65 mphSeptember 21
Biloxi, Mississippi4 mi65 mphSeptember 21
Baton Rouge, Louisiana6 mi40 mphSeptember 22
Coral Gables, Florida7 mi145 mphSeptember 18
Cape Coral, Florida8 mi110 mphSeptember 18
Pensacola, Florida10 mi115 mphSeptember 20
Naples, Florida10 mi105 mphSeptember 18
Slidell, Louisiana11 mi50 mphSeptember 21

Every storm within 50 miles of Baton Rouge, Louisiana

Similar landfalls in Florida

Storms whose strongest landfall record in Florida came closest to this one's 145 mph:

All 229 storms with a landfall record in Florida

Also peaked at 150 mph

Of 26 storms from other Atlantic seasons, the nearest in time:

  • Storm 2 of 1932935 mb, landfall in Texas
  • Storm 2 of 1919927 mb, landfall in Texas
  • Storm 4 of 1917928 mb, landfall in Florida
  • Storm 5 of 1910924 mb, landfall in Florida