NHC AL011927 · Atlantic basin
Unnamed Hurricane of 1927
August 18, 1927 – August 29, 1927
Data: NOAA NHC HURDAT2 and NOAA SPC tornado and hail reports, through 2025 · Updated
Hurricane Unnamed 1927 storm peaked at Category 3 with 127 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 1 US cities, 1 of them while still at hurricane strength.
The 1927 storm in the record
HURDAT2 tracks the unnamed storm of 1927 (AL011927) from August 18, 1927 to August 29, 1927; its peak was 127 mph (Category 3). Its centre passed within 75 miles of 1 US city, all in Massachusetts. The strongest pass was 104 mph (Category 2) 65 miles from Nantucket, MA.
- Peak strength
- Category 3
- Cities within 75 mi
- 1
- At hurricane strength
- 1
- States
- 1
127 mph
when closest
Cities Unnamed 1927 storm passed near, strongest first
Massachusetts (1)
- NantucketCategory 2 · 65 mi
Other storms of the 1927 season
- Unnamed (AL051927)Tropical storm · 304 cities
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.