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NHC AL041947 · Atlantic basin

Unnamed Hurricane of 1947

September 4, 1947 – September 21, 1947

Hurricane Unnamed 1947 storm peaked at Category 4 with 144 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 477 US cities, 252 of them while still at hurricane strength.

Peak strength
Category 4

144 mph

Cities within 75 mi
477
At hurricane strength
252

when closest

States
4

Cities Unnamed 1947 storm passed near, strongest first

Louisiana (216)

and 156 more

Texas (132)

and 72 more

Florida (105)

and 45 more

Mississippi (24)

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.