NHC AL051948 · Atlantic basin
Unnamed Hurricane of 1948
September 1, 1948 – September 6, 1948
Hurricane Unnamed 1948 storm peaked at Category 1 with 81 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 212 US cities, 18 of them while still at hurricane strength.
- Peak strength
- Category 1
- Cities within 75 mi
- 212
- At hurricane strength
- 18
- States
- 3
81 mph
when closest
Cities Unnamed 1948 storm passed near, strongest first
Mississippi (112)
- Bay St LouisTropical storm · 21 mi
- WavelandTropical storm · 23 mi
- PicayuneTropical storm · 1 mi
- KilnTropical storm · 16 mi
- DiamondheadTropical storm · 21 mi
- Pass ChristianTropical storm · 27 mi
- Long BeachTropical storm · 33 mi
- CarriereTropical storm · 2 mi
- GulfportTropical storm · 35 mi
- BiloxiTropical storm · 43 mi
- DibervilleTropical storm · 45 mi
- Ocean SpringsTropical storm · 53 mi
- PoplarvilleTropical storm · 1 mi
- SaucierTropical storm · 29 mi
- MagnoliaTropical storm · 58 mi
- GautierTropical storm · 60 mi
- PascagoulaTropical storm · 67 mi
- Mc HenryTropical storm · 24 mi
- PerkinstonTropical storm · 27 mi
- VancleaveTropical storm · 50 mi
- MccombTropical storm · 60 mi
- Moss PointTropical storm · 66 mi
- Sandy HookTropical storm · 24 mi
- TylertownTropical storm · 40 mi
- SummitTropical storm · 62 mi
- LumbertonTropical storm · 3 mi
- WigginsTropical storm · 16 mi
- FoxworthTropical storm · 31 mi
- BrooklynTropical storm · 18 mi
- LucedaleTropical storm · 51 mi
- PurvisTropical storm · 2 mi
- ColumbiaTropical storm · 25 mi
- BeaumontTropical storm · 27 mi
- JayessTropical storm · 48 mi
- Bogue ChittoTropical storm · 66 mi
- HattiesburgTropical storm · 1 mi
- PetalTropical storm · 6 mi
- SumrallTropical storm · 15 mi
- LeakesvilleTropical storm · 45 mi
- MonticelloTropical storm · 48 mi
- BrookhavenTropical storm · 67 mi
- MoselleTropical storm · overhead
- SeminaryTropical storm · 10 mi
- BassfieldTropical storm · 24 mi
- RichtonTropical storm · 28 mi
- PrentissTropical storm · 34 mi
- Silver CreekTropical storm · 42 mi
- WessonTropical storm · 66 mi
- EllisvilleTropical storm · 4 mi
- OvettTropical storm · 14 mi
- CollinsTropical storm · 17 mi
- NewhebronTropical storm · 42 mi
- State LineTropical storm · 46 mi
- HazlehurstTropical storm · 70 mi
- LaurelTropical storm · 7 mi
- Mount OliveTropical storm · 24 mi
- BuckatunnaTropical storm · 43 mi
- TaylorsvilleTropical storm · 11 mi
- MizeTropical storm · 20 mi
- MageeTropical storm · 30 mi
and 52 more
Louisiana (89)
- ChauvinCategory 1 · 16 mi
- BerwickCategory 1 · 58 mi
- PattersonCategory 1 · 63 mi
- Golden MeadowCategory 1 · 8 mi
- MontegutCategory 1 · 12 mi
- Morgan CityCategory 1 · 56 mi
- GallianoCategory 1 · overhead
- LaroseCategory 1 · 12 mi
- HoumaCategory 1 · 28 mi
- SchrieverCategory 1 · 38 mi
- Cut OffCategory 1 · 6 mi
- LockportCategory 1 · 17 mi
- RacelandCategory 1 · 26 mi
- GrayCategory 1 · 34 mi
- ThibodauxCategory 1 · 40 mi
- Pierre PartCategory 1 · 64 mi
- NapoleonvilleCategory 1 · 54 mi
- Belle RoseCategory 1 · 61 mi
- LafitteTropical storm · 3 mi
- Des AllemandsTropical storm · 21 mi
- Port SulphurTropical storm · 23 mi
- BurasTropical storm · 44 mi
- DonaldsonvilleTropical storm · 59 mi
- White CastleTropical storm · 69 mi
- LulingTropical storm · 19 mi
- BoutteTropical storm · 20 mi
- VacherieTropical storm · 40 mi
- GramercyTropical storm · 41 mi
- LutcherTropical storm · 42 mi
- PaulinaTropical storm · 43 mi
- GeismarTropical storm · 63 mi
- Belle ChasseTropical storm · 2 mi
- HarveyTropical storm · 3 mi
- MarreroTropical storm · 5 mi
- WestwegoTropical storm · 10 mi
- Saint RoseTropical storm · 18 mi
- DestrehanTropical storm · 22 mi
- HahnvilleTropical storm · 24 mi
- NorcoTropical storm · 25 mi
- La PlaceTropical storm · 31 mi
- ReserveTropical storm · 35 mi
- Saint AmantTropical storm · 53 mi
- SorrentoTropical storm · 54 mi
- GonzalesTropical storm · 59 mi
- Saint GabrielTropical storm · 69 mi
- GretnaTropical storm · 2 mi
- VioletTropical storm · 6 mi
- Saint BernardTropical storm · 11 mi
- MetairieTropical storm · 12 mi
- HarahanTropical storm · 13 mi
- KennerTropical storm · 17 mi
- ChalmetteTropical storm · overhead
- ArabiTropical storm · 2 mi
- MerauxTropical storm · 3 mi
- New OrleansTropical storm · 5 mi
- MaurepasTropical storm · 50 mi
- PrairievilleTropical storm · 63 mi
- Baton RougeTropical storm · 75 mi
- SpringfieldTropical storm · 45 mi
- LivingstonTropical storm · 56 mi
and 29 more
Alabama (11)
- WilmerTropical storm · 65 mi
- SemmesTropical storm · 71 mi
- CitronelleTropical storm · 66 mi
- ChunchulaTropical storm · 72 mi
- McintoshTropical storm · 74 mi
- ChatomTropical storm · 60 mi
- MillryTropical storm · 53 mi
- ButlerTropical storm · 53 mi
- YorkTropical storm · 48 mi
- LivingstonTropical storm · 57 mi
- DemopolisTropical storm · 73 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.