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NHC AL011928 · Atlantic basin

Unnamed Hurricane of 1928

August 3, 1928 – August 13, 1928

Data: NOAA NHC HURDAT2 and NOAA SPC tornado and hail reports, through 2025 · Updated

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.

The 1928 storm in the record

HURDAT2 tracks the unnamed storm of 1928 (AL011928) from August 3, 1928 to August 13, 1928; its peak was 104 mph (Category 2). HURDAT2 marks 2 landfalls within 50 miles of a US city on this site, the first on August 8 at 98 mph (Category 2), 4 miles from Jensen Beach, FL. Its centre passed within 75 miles of 757 US cities, in 9 states and territories, most in Florida (292) and Virginia (188). The strongest pass was 104 mph (Category 2) 20 miles from Palm Beach, FL; the centre came closest to Westover, MD, less than a mile away.

Peak strength
Category 2

104 mph

Cities within 75 mi
757
At hurricane strength
66

when closest

States
9
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Cities Unnamed 1928 storm passed near, strongest first

Florida (292)

and 232 more

New Jersey (29)

Maryland (88)

and 28 more

Delaware (28)

Virginia (188)

and 128 more

North Carolina (18)

Puerto Rico (61)

and 1 more

Georgia (39)

Alabama (14)

Other storms of the 1928 season

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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.