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NHC AL021930 · Atlantic basin

Unnamed Hurricane of 1930

August 29, 1930 – September 17, 1930

Hurricane Unnamed 1930 storm peaked at Category 4 with 155 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 272 US cities, 95 of them while still at hurricane strength.

Peak strength
Category 4

155 mph

Cities within 75 mi
272
At hurricane strength
95

when closest

States
3

Cities Unnamed 1930 storm passed near, strongest first

Florida (177)

and 117 more

Puerto Rico (75)

and 15 more

North Carolina (20)

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.