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NHC AL061938 · Atlantic basin

Unnamed Hurricane of 1938

September 9, 1938 – September 23, 1938

Hurricane Unnamed 1938 storm peaked at Category 5 with 161 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 1,094 US cities, 967 of them while still at hurricane strength.

Peak strength
Category 5

161 mph

Cities within 75 mi
1,094
At hurricane strength
967

when closest

States
7

Cities Unnamed 1938 storm passed near, strongest first

New York (440)

and 380 more

New Jersey (194)

and 134 more

Connecticut (186)

and 126 more

Massachusetts (126)

and 66 more

Vermont (75)

and 15 more

New Hampshire (48)

Rhode Island (25)

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.