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NHC AL051941 · Atlantic basin

Unnamed Hurricane of 1941

October 3, 1941 – October 13, 1941

Hurricane Unnamed 1941 storm peaked at Category 3 with 121 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 457 US cities, 163 of them while still at hurricane strength.

Peak strength
Category 3

121 mph

Cities within 75 mi
457
At hurricane strength
163

when closest

States
5

Cities Unnamed 1941 storm passed near, strongest first

Florida (172)

and 112 more

Georgia (161)

and 101 more

South Carolina (112)

and 52 more

Alabama (10)

North Carolina (2)

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.