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NHC AL011928 · Atlantic basin

Unnamed Hurricane of 1928

August 3, 1928 – August 13, 1928

Hurricane Unnamed 1928 storm peaked at Category 2 with 104 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 757 US cities, 66 of them while still at hurricane strength.

Peak strength
Category 2

104 mph

Cities within 75 mi
757
At hurricane strength
66

when closest

States
9

Cities Unnamed 1928 storm passed near, strongest first

Florida (292)

and 232 more

Virginia (188)

and 128 more

Maryland (88)

and 28 more

Puerto Rico (61)

and 1 more

Georgia (39)

New Jersey (29)

Delaware (28)

North Carolina (18)

Alabama (14)

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.