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NHC AL011934 · Atlantic basin

Unnamed Hurricane of 1934

June 4, 1934 – June 21, 1934

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

Hurricane Unnamed 1934 storm peaked at Category 2 with 98 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 2,573 US cities, 94 of them while still at hurricane strength.

The 1934 storm in the record

HURDAT2 tracks the unnamed storm of 1934 (AL011934) from June 4, 1934 to June 21, 1934; its peak was 98 mph (Category 2). HURDAT2 marks a landfall within 50 miles of a US city on this site: on June 16 at 98 mph (Category 2), 11 miles from Franklin, LA. Its centre passed within 75 miles of 2,573 US cities, in 19 states and territories, most in New Jersey (454) and Pennsylvania (337). The strongest pass was 98 mph (Category 2) 59 miles from Houma, LA; the centre came closest to Water Mill, NY, less than a mile away.

Peak strength
Category 2

98 mph

Cities within 75 mi
2,573
At hurricane strength
94

when closest

States
19
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Cities Unnamed 1934 storm passed near, strongest first

Louisiana (142)

and 82 more

Mississippi (165)

and 105 more

Maine (1)

Massachusetts (231)

and 171 more

New Jersey (454)

and 394 more

Pennsylvania (337)

and 277 more

New York (294)

and 234 more

Maryland (222)

and 162 more

Virginia (193)

and 133 more

Connecticut (178)

and 118 more

West Virginia (132)

and 72 more

Rhode Island (49)

Delaware (27)

District of Columbia (1)

Arkansas (6)

Ohio (6)

Tennessee (71)

and 11 more

Kentucky (34)

Alabama (30)

Other storms of the 1934 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.