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NHC AL021942 · Atlantic basin

Unnamed Hurricane of 1942

August 17, 1942 – August 23, 1942

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

Hurricane Unnamed 1942 storm peaked at Category 1 with 81 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 138 US cities, 9 of them while still at hurricane strength.

The 1942 storm in the record

HURDAT2 tracks the unnamed storm of 1942 (AL021942) from August 17, 1942 to August 23, 1942; its peak was 81 mph (Category 1). HURDAT2 marks a landfall within 50 miles of a US city on this site: on August 21 at 75 mph (Category 1), 7 miles from Crystal Beach, TX. Its centre passed within 75 miles of 138 US cities, all in Texas. The strongest pass was 76 mph (Category 1) 48 miles from Port Arthur, TX; the centre came closest to Willis, TX, 1 mile away.

Peak strength
Category 1

81 mph

Cities within 75 mi
138
At hurricane strength
9

when closest

States
1
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Cities Unnamed 1942 storm passed near, strongest first

Texas (138)

and 78 more

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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.