NHC AL011949 · Atlantic basin
Unnamed Hurricane of 1949
August 21, 1949 – August 30, 1949
Data: NOAA NHC HURDAT2 and NOAA SPC tornado and hail reports, through 2025 · Updated
Hurricane Unnamed 1949 storm peaked at Category 2 with 109 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 17 US cities, 17 of them while still at hurricane strength.
The 1949 storm in the record
HURDAT2 tracks the unnamed storm of 1949 (AL011949) from August 21, 1949 to August 30, 1949; its peak was 109 mph (Category 2). Its centre passed within 75 miles of 17 US cities, all in North Carolina. The strongest pass was 104 mph (Category 2) 45 miles from Beaufort, NC.
- Peak strength
- Category 2
- Cities within 75 mi
- 17
- At hurricane strength
- 17
- States
- 1
109 mph
when closest
Cities Unnamed 1949 storm passed near, strongest first
North Carolina (17)
- BeaufortCategory 2 · 45 mi
- Morehead CityCategory 2 · 47 mi
- Atlantic BeachCategory 2 · 48 mi
- NewportCategory 2 · 55 mi
- Nags HeadCategory 2 · 56 mi
- Emerald IsleCategory 2 · 58 mi
- ManteoCategory 2 · 58 mi
- OrientalCategory 2 · 59 mi
- HavelockCategory 2 · 60 mi
- Cherry PointCategory 2 · 62 mi
- SwansboroCategory 2 · 63 mi
- Kill Devil HillsCategory 2 · 63 mi
- BayboroCategory 2 · 67 mi
- HubertCategory 2 · 68 mi
- GrantsboroCategory 2 · 68 mi
- Kitty HawkCategory 2 · 70 mi
- Camp LejeuneCategory 2 · 74 mi
Other storms of the 1949 season
- Unnamed (AL021949)Category 4 · 2,395 cities
- Unnamed (AL041949)Category 3 · 61 cities
- Unnamed (AL051949)Tropical storm · 176 cities
- Unnamed (AL071949)Tropical storm · 86 cities
- Unnamed (AL101949)Category 1 · 37 cities
- Unnamed (AL111949)Category 2 · 195 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.