NHC AL041940 · Atlantic basin
Unnamed Hurricane of 1940
August 26, 1940 – September 3, 1940
Hurricane Unnamed 1940 storm peaked at Category 2 with 109 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 13 US cities, 10 of them while still at hurricane strength.
- Peak strength
- Category 2
- Cities within 75 mi
- 13
- At hurricane strength
- 10
- States
- 2
109 mph
when closest
Cities Unnamed 1940 storm passed near, strongest first
Massachusetts (10)
- NantucketCategory 1 · 56 mi
- ChathamCategory 1 · 65 mi
- HarwichCategory 1 · 69 mi
- Dennis PortCategory 1 · 71 mi
- BrewsterCategory 1 · 72 mi
- South DennisCategory 1 · 74 mi
- South YarmouthCategory 1 · 74 mi
- OrleansCategory 1 · 68 mi
- EasthamCategory 1 · 71 mi
- WellfleetCategory 1 · 75 mi
Maine (3)
- MachiasTropical storm · 69 mi
- BaileyvilleTropical storm · 72 mi
- CalaisTropical storm · 65 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.