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NHC AL021931 · Atlantic basin

Unnamed Tropical Storm of 1931

July 11, 1931 – July 17, 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 69 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 167 US cities, 0 of them while still at hurricane strength.

The 1931 storm in the record

HURDAT2 tracks the unnamed storm of 1931 (AL021931) from July 11, 1931 to July 17, 1931; its peak was 69 mph (tropical storm). HURDAT2 marks a landfall within 50 miles of a US city on this site: on July 15 at 58 mph (tropical storm), 26 miles from Chauvin, LA. Its centre passed within 75 miles of 167 US cities, in 2 states, most in Louisiana (154). The strongest pass was 58 mph (tropical storm) 46 miles from Golden Meadow, LA; the centre came closest to Pierre Part, LA, 1 mile away.

Peak strength
Tropical storm

69 mph

Cities within 75 mi
167
At hurricane strength
0

when closest

States
2
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Cities Unnamed 1931 storm passed near, strongest first

Louisiana (154)

and 94 more

Mississippi (13)

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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.