NHC AL021938 · Atlantic basin
Unnamed Tropical Storm of 1938
August 8, 1938 – August 9, 1938
Data: NOAA NHC HURDAT2 and NOAA SPC tornado and hail reports, through 2025 · Updated
Tropical Storm Unnamed 1938 storm peaked at Tropical storm with 69 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 76 US cities, 0 of them while still at hurricane strength.
The 1938 storm in the record
HURDAT2 tracks the unnamed storm of 1938 (AL021938) from August 8, 1938 to August 9, 1938; its peak was 69 mph (tropical storm). Its centre passed within 75 miles of 76 US cities, all in Puerto Rico. The strongest pass was 61 mph (tropical storm) 60 miles from Vieques, PR; the centre came closest to Loiza, PR, 43 miles away.
- Peak strength
- Tropical storm
- Cities within 75 mi
- 76
- At hurricane strength
- 0
- States
- 1
69 mph
when closest
Cities Unnamed 1938 storm passed near, strongest first
Puerto Rico (76)
- ViequesTropical storm · 60 mi
- LuquilloTropical storm · 46 mi
- Rio GrandeTropical storm · 46 mi
- FajardoTropical storm · 48 mi
- CeibaTropical storm · 53 mi
- NaguaboTropical storm · 56 mi
- Las PiedrasTropical storm · 59 mi
- Punta SantiagoTropical storm · 60 mi
- HumacaoTropical storm · 61 mi
- YabucoaTropical storm · 67 mi
- MaunaboTropical storm · 71 mi
- LoizaTropical storm · 43 mi
- CatanoTropical storm · 44 mi
- Toa BajaTropical storm · 45 mi
- San JuanTropical storm · 46 mi
- CarolinaTropical storm · 46 mi
- CanovanasTropical storm · 48 mi
- GuaynaboTropical storm · 49 mi
- BayamonTropical storm · 49 mi
- Trujillo AltoTropical storm · 49 mi
- GuraboTropical storm · 55 mi
- JuncosTropical storm · 57 mi
- Aguas BuenasTropical storm · 57 mi
- CaguasTropical storm · 57 mi
- ComerioTropical storm · 59 mi
- San LorenzoTropical storm · 62 mi
- CidraTropical storm · 63 mi
- CayeyTropical storm · 66 mi
- PatillasTropical storm · 71 mi
- ArroyoTropical storm · 74 mi
- DoradoTropical storm · 45 mi
- Vega BajaTropical storm · 46 mi
- Vega AltaTropical storm · 47 mi
- ManatiTropical storm · 47 mi
- Toa AltaTropical storm · 50 mi
- MorovisTropical storm · 54 mi
- CorozalTropical storm · 55 mi
- NaranjitoTropical storm · 55 mi
- CialesTropical storm · 55 mi
- OrocovisTropical storm · 61 mi
- BarranquitasTropical storm · 61 mi
- AibonitoTropical storm · 66 mi
- VillalbaTropical storm · 68 mi
- CoamoTropical storm · 70 mi
- Juana DiazTropical storm · 74 mi
- BarcelonetaTropical storm · 45 mi
- GarrochalesTropical storm · 45 mi
- AreciboTropical storm · 47 mi
- HatilloTropical storm · 48 mi
- CamuyTropical storm · 48 mi
- Sabana HoyosTropical storm · 49 mi
- FloridaTropical storm · 52 mi
- LaresTropical storm · 58 mi
- UtuadoTropical storm · 59 mi
- JayuyaTropical storm · 62 mi
- AdjuntasTropical storm · 65 mi
- Coto LaurelTropical storm · 72 mi
- YaucoTropical storm · 73 mi
- PenuelasTropical storm · 74 mi
- GuayanillaTropical storm · 75 mi
and 16 more
Other storms of the 1938 season
- Unnamed (AL031938)Category 2 · 86 cities
- Unnamed (AL061938)Category 5 · 1,094 cities
- Unnamed (AL071938)Tropical storm · 75 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.