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NHC AL021949 · Atlantic basin

Unnamed Hurricane of 1949

August 23, 1949 – September 1, 1949

Hurricane Unnamed 1949 storm peaked at Category 4 with 132 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 2,396 US cities, 364 of them while still at hurricane strength.

Peak strength
Category 4

132 mph

Cities within 75 mi
2,396
At hurricane strength
364

when closest

States
18
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Cities Unnamed 1949 storm passed near, strongest first

Pennsylvania (436)

and 376 more

Florida (303)

and 243 more

New York (270)

and 210 more

Virginia (254)

and 194 more

North Carolina (223)

and 163 more

Georgia (197)

and 137 more

Maryland (185)

and 125 more

South Carolina (112)

and 52 more

New Hampshire (90)

and 30 more

Maine (90)

and 30 more

Vermont (74)

and 14 more

New Jersey (71)

and 11 more

Massachusetts (39)

West Virginia (37)

Tennessee (7)

Connecticut (6)

BC (1)

District of Columbia (1)

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.