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NHC AL021941 · Atlantic basin

Unnamed Hurricane of 1941

September 17, 1941 – September 27, 1941

Data: NOAA NHC HURDAT2 and NOAA SPC tornado and hail reports, through 2025 · Updated

Hurricane Unnamed 1941 storm peaked at Category 3 with 127 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 1,300 US cities, 64 of them while still at hurricane strength.

The 1941 storm in the record

HURDAT2 tracks the unnamed storm of 1941 (AL021941) from September 17, 1941 to September 27, 1941; its peak was 127 mph (Category 3). HURDAT2 marks a landfall within 50 miles of a US city on this site: on September 23 at 127 mph (Category 3), 15 miles from Brazoria, TX. Its centre passed within 75 miles of 1,300 US cities, in 9 states, most in Michigan (326) and Illinois (296). The strongest pass was 127 mph (Category 3) 38 miles from Palacios, TX; the centre came closest to Shenandoah, TX, less than a mile away.

Peak strength
Category 3

127 mph

Cities within 75 mi
1,300
At hurricane strength
64

when closest

States
9
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Cities Unnamed 1941 storm passed near, strongest first

Texas (214)

and 154 more

Michigan (326)

and 266 more

Indiana (184)

and 124 more

Illinois (296)

and 236 more

Louisiana (43)

Arkansas (148)

and 88 more

Missouri (75)

and 15 more

Kentucky (8)

Tennessee (6)

Other storms of the 1941 season

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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.