NHC AL021932 · Atlantic basin
Unnamed Hurricane of 1932
August 12, 1932 – August 15, 1932
Data: NOAA NHC HURDAT2 and NOAA SPC tornado and hail reports, through 2025 · Updated
Hurricane Unnamed 1932 storm peaked at Category 4 with 150 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 190 US cities, 80 of them while still at hurricane strength.
The 1932 storm in the record
HURDAT2 tracks the unnamed storm of 1932 (AL021932) for 4 days, from August 12, 1932 to August 15, 1932. Its first position, at 22.0°N 90.3°W, records it as a tropical storm; its last, at 34.5°N 100.3°W, as a tropical depression. Its peak was 150 mph (130 knots), Category 4, on August 14, and its lowest central pressure was 935 millibars on August 14. It spent about 30 hours at hurricane strength. HURDAT2 marks a landfall within 50 miles of a US city on this site: on August 14 at 150 mph (Category 4), 9 miles from Freeport, TX. Its centre passed within 75 miles of 190 US cities, all in Texas, between August 14 and August 14. The strongest pass was 150 mph (Category 4) 26 miles from Hitchcock, TX; the centre came closest to Nolanville, TX, less than a mile away. 80 of the cities had it at hurricane strength at the closest point, 25 at major-hurricane strength. It reached more US cities than 57% of the 737 storms on this site, and ranks 5th of the 6 storms of 1932 here.
- Peak strength
- Category 4
- Cities within 75 mi
- 190
- At hurricane strength
- 80
- States
- 1
150 mph
when closest
Cities Unnamed 1932 storm passed near, strongest first
Texas (190)
- HitchcockCategory 4 · 26 mi
- La MarqueCategory 4 · 29 mi
- Texas CityCategory 4 · 31 mi
- AnahuacCategory 4 · 57 mi
- WinnieCategory 4 · 74 mi
- GalvestonCategory 4 · 29 mi
- BacliffCategory 4 · 37 mi
- Crystal BeachCategory 4 · 43 mi
- DickinsonCategory 4 · 34 mi
- Santa FeCategory 4 · 26 mi
- KemahCategory 4 · 39 mi
- BaytownCategory 4 · 55 mi
- SeabrookCategory 4 · 41 mi
- League CityCategory 4 · 35 mi
- FreeportCategory 4 · 5 mi
- La PorteCategory 4 · 46 mi
- WebsterCategory 4 · 36 mi
- CluteCategory 3 · 2 mi
- FriendswoodCategory 3 · 33 mi
- AlvinCategory 3 · 26 mi
- DanburyCategory 3 · 12 mi
- Lake JacksonCategory 3 · 3 mi
- AngletonCategory 3 · 6 mi
- BrazoriaCategory 3 · 8 mi
- SweenyCategory 3 · 11 mi
- West ColumbiaCategory 2 · 4 mi
- Deer ParkCategory 2 · 46 mi
- ManvelCategory 2 · 26 mi
- PasadenaCategory 2 · 43 mi
- RosharonCategory 2 · 19 mi
- Bay CityCategory 2 · 25 mi
- PearlandCategory 2 · 31 mi
- South HoustonCategory 2 · 40 mi
- HighlandsCategory 2 · 55 mi
- Van VleckCategory 2 · 19 mi
- ChannelviewCategory 2 · 51 mi
- DaytonCategory 2 · 73 mi
- Galena ParkCategory 2 · 44 mi
- PalaciosCategory 2 · 48 mi
- FresnoCategory 2 · 24 mi
- CrosbyCategory 2 · 60 mi
- Missouri CityCategory 2 · 23 mi
- BolingCategory 2 · 9 mi
- BellaireCategory 2 · 33 mi
- HuffmanCategory 2 · 65 mi
- StaffordCategory 2 · 25 mi
- HumbleCategory 2 · 57 mi
- NeedvilleCategory 2 · 3 mi
- Sugar LandCategory 2 · 21 mi
- HoustonCategory 2 · 38 mi
- KingwoodCategory 2 · 62 mi
- Port LavacaCategory 2 · 71 mi
- RosenbergCategory 1 · 11 mi
- RichmondCategory 1 · 15 mi
- PorterCategory 1 · 62 mi
- New CaneyCategory 1 · 68 mi
- WhartonCategory 1 · 12 mi
- SplendoraCategory 1 · 71 mi
- BeasleyCategory 1 · 3 mi
- El CampoCategory 1 · 25 mi
and 130 more
Other storms of the 1932 season
- Unnamed (AL031932)Category 1 · 993 cities
- Unnamed (AL061932)Category 1 · 330 cities
- Unnamed (AL081932)Tropical storm · 247 cities
- Unnamed (AL091932)Category 4 · 86 cities
- Unnamed (AL111932)Tropical storm · 834 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.