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NHC AL131944 · Atlantic basin

Unnamed Hurricane of 1944

October 12, 1944 – October 24, 1944

Hurricane Unnamed 1944 storm peaked at Category 4 with 144 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 1,129 US cities, 194 of them while still at hurricane strength.

Peak strength
Category 4

144 mph

Cities within 75 mi
1,129
At hurricane strength
194

when closest

States
12

Cities Unnamed 1944 storm passed near, strongest first

North Carolina (249)

and 189 more

Florida (242)

and 182 more

South Carolina (170)

and 110 more

Virginia (118)

and 58 more

New Jersey (78)

and 18 more

Massachusetts (69)

and 9 more

Georgia (53)

New York (49)

Maryland (45)

Delaware (28)

Rhode Island (23)

Connecticut (5)

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.