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NHC AL081948 · Atlantic basin

Unnamed Hurricane of 1948

September 18, 1948 – September 26, 1948

Hurricane Unnamed 1948 storm peaked at Category 4 with 132 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 106 US cities, 106 of them while still at hurricane strength.

Peak strength
Category 4

132 mph

Cities within 75 mi
106
At hurricane strength
106

when closest

States
1

Cities Unnamed 1948 storm passed near, strongest first

Florida (106)

and 46 more

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.