Skip to content

NHC AL061940 · Atlantic basin

Unnamed Tropical Storm of 1940

September 18, 1940 – September 25, 1940

Tropical Storm Unnamed 1940 storm peaked at Tropical storm with 52 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 135 US cities, 0 of them while still at hurricane strength.

Peak strength
Tropical storm

52 mph

Cities within 75 mi
135
At hurricane strength
0

when closest

States
2

Cities Unnamed 1940 storm passed near, strongest first

Texas (76)

and 16 more

Louisiana (59)

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.