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NHC AL021941 · Atlantic basin

Unnamed Hurricane of 1941

September 17, 1941 – September 27, 1941

Hurricane Unnamed 1941 storm peaked at Category 3 with 127 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 1,300 US cities, 64 of them while still at hurricane strength.

Peak strength
Category 3

127 mph

Cities within 75 mi
1,300
At hurricane strength
64

when closest

States
9

Cities Unnamed 1941 storm passed near, strongest first

Michigan (326)

and 266 more

Illinois (296)

and 236 more

Texas (214)

and 154 more

Indiana (184)

and 124 more

Arkansas (148)

and 88 more

Missouri (75)

and 15 more

Louisiana (43)

Kentucky (8)

Tennessee (6)

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.