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NHC AL021939 · Atlantic basin

Unnamed Hurricane of 1939

August 7, 1939 – August 19, 1939

Hurricane Unnamed 1939 storm peaked at Category 1 with 75 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 359 US cities, 86 of them while still at hurricane strength.

Peak strength
Category 1

75 mph

Cities within 75 mi
359
At hurricane strength
86

when closest

States
3

Cities Unnamed 1939 storm passed near, strongest first

Florida (277)

and 217 more

Alabama (69)

and 9 more

Mississippi (13)

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.