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NHC AL021938 · Atlantic basin

Unnamed Tropical Storm of 1938

August 8, 1938 – August 9, 1938

Tropical Storm Unnamed 1938 storm peaked at Tropical storm with 69 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 76 US cities, 0 of them while still at hurricane strength.

Peak strength
Tropical storm

69 mph

Cities within 75 mi
76
At hurricane strength
0

when closest

States
1

Cities Unnamed 1938 storm passed near, strongest first

Puerto Rico (76)

and 16 more

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.