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NHC AL051936 · Atlantic basin

Unnamed Hurricane of 1936

July 27, 1936 – August 1, 1936

Hurricane Unnamed 1936 storm peaked at Category 2 with 104 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 202 US cities, 59 of them while still at hurricane strength.

Peak strength
Category 2

104 mph

Cities within 75 mi
202
At hurricane strength
59

when closest

States
3

Cities Unnamed 1936 storm passed near, strongest first

Florida (122)

and 62 more

Alabama (69)

and 9 more

Mississippi (11)

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.