NHC AL011949 · Atlantic basin
Unnamed Hurricane of 1949
August 21, 1949 – August 30, 1949
Hurricane Unnamed 1949 storm peaked at Category 2 with 109 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 17 US cities, 17 of them while still at hurricane strength.
- Peak strength
- Category 2
- Cities within 75 mi
- 17
- At hurricane strength
- 17
- States
- 1
109 mph
when closest
Cities Unnamed 1949 storm passed near, strongest first
North Carolina (17)
- BeaufortCategory 2 · 45 mi
- Morehead CityCategory 2 · 47 mi
- Atlantic BeachCategory 2 · 48 mi
- NewportCategory 2 · 55 mi
- Nags HeadCategory 2 · 56 mi
- Emerald IsleCategory 2 · 58 mi
- ManteoCategory 2 · 58 mi
- OrientalCategory 2 · 59 mi
- HavelockCategory 2 · 60 mi
- Cherry PointCategory 2 · 62 mi
- SwansboroCategory 2 · 63 mi
- Kill Devil HillsCategory 2 · 63 mi
- BayboroCategory 2 · 67 mi
- GrantsboroCategory 2 · 68 mi
- HubertCategory 2 · 68 mi
- Kitty HawkCategory 2 · 70 mi
- Camp LejeuneCategory 2 · 74 mi
About this record
The track is the National Hurricane Center's best-track record, revised after the season with every observation available. Strength at a city is the sustained wind on the track at the closest point, not the wind that city measured.