Hurricane Four|
 Surface weather analysis of the storm nearing Puerto Rico |
| Formed | September 6, 1928 (1928-09-06) |
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| Dissipated | September 21, 1928 (1928-09-21) |
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| (Extratropical after September 19) |
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| Highest winds | 1-minute sustained: 160 mph (260 km/h)
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| Lowest pressure | ≤ 929 mbar (hPa); 27.43 inHg |
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| Fatalities | 4,000+ |
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| Damage | $100 million (1928 USD, $1.4 billion in 2017) |
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| Areas affected | Lesser Antilles, Guadeloupe, Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico, Bahamas, Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, United States East Coast, Atlantic Canada |
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| Part of the 1928 Atlantic hurricane season |
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The 1928 Okeechobee hurricane, also called the San Felipe hurricane, was a very bad tropical cyclone. Almost 4,100 people died in the northeast Caribbean, Puerto Rico and southeast Florida to North Carolina. This hurricane had wind close to Category 5 level when it hit Puerto Rico, when it was also a large hurricane. Over 2,500 people died in the United States, making the storm one of the deadliest natural disasters in U.S. history at that time. It struck Florida at Category 4 levels.
