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NHC AL011931 · Atlantic basin

Unnamed Tropical Storm of 1931

June 24, 1931 – June 28, 1931

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

Tropical Storm Unnamed 1931 storm peaked at Tropical storm with 52 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 37 US cities, 0 of them while still at hurricane strength.

The 1931 storm in the record

HURDAT2 tracks the unnamed storm of 1931 (AL011931) from June 24, 1931 to June 28, 1931; its peak was 52 mph (tropical storm). HURDAT2 marks a landfall within 50 miles of a US city on this site: on June 27 at 46 mph (tropical storm), 28 miles from Rio Hondo, TX. Its centre passed within 75 miles of 37 US cities, all in Texas. The strongest pass was 46 mph (tropical storm) 27 miles from South Padre Island, TX; the centre came closest to Raymondville, TX, 17 miles away.

Peak strength
Tropical storm

52 mph

Cities within 75 mi
37
At hurricane strength
0

when closest

States
1

Cities Unnamed 1931 storm passed near, strongest first

Texas (37)

Other storms of the 1931 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.