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NHC AL021929 · Atlantic basin

Unnamed Hurricane of 1929

September 19, 1929 – October 5, 1929

Hurricane Unnamed 1929 storm peaked at Category 4 with 155 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 2,218 US cities, 74 of them while still at hurricane strength.

Peak strength
Category 4

155 mph

Cities within 75 mi
2,218
At hurricane strength
74

when closest

States
18
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Cities Unnamed 1929 storm passed near, strongest first

Pennsylvania (476)

and 416 more

New York (281)

and 221 more

North Carolina (243)

and 183 more

Maryland (222)

and 162 more

New Jersey (210)

and 150 more

Virginia (200)

and 140 more

South Carolina (162)

and 102 more

Georgia (153)

and 93 more

Florida (105)

and 45 more

Vermont (72)

and 12 more

Delaware (27)

Alabama (20)

New Hampshire (18)

Massachusetts (12)

West Virginia (8)

Maine (7)

District of Columbia (1)

Connecticut (1)

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.