NHC AL021943 · Atlantic basin
Unnamed Tropical Storm of 1943
August 13, 1943 – August 19, 1943
Data: NOAA NHC HURDAT2 and NOAA SPC tornado and hail reports, through 2025 · Updated
Tropical Storm Unnamed 1943 storm peaked at Tropical storm with 58 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 27 US cities, 0 of them while still at hurricane strength.
The 1943 storm in the record
HURDAT2 tracks the unnamed storm of 1943 (AL021943) from August 13, 1943 to August 19, 1943; its peak was 58 mph (tropical storm). Its centre passed within 75 miles of 27 US cities, all in Puerto Rico. The strongest pass was 47 mph (tropical storm) 71 miles from Vega Alta, PR; the centre came closest to Fajardo, PR, 53 miles away.
- Peak strength
- Tropical storm
- Cities within 75 mi
- 27
- At hurricane strength
- 0
- States
- 1
58 mph
when closest
Cities Unnamed 1943 storm passed near, strongest first
Puerto Rico (27)
- Vega AltaTropical storm · 71 mi
- Vega BajaTropical storm · 72 mi
- FajardoTropical storm · 53 mi
- LuquilloTropical storm · 53 mi
- LoizaTropical storm · 54 mi
- Rio GrandeTropical storm · 56 mi
- CeibaTropical storm · 56 mi
- ViequesTropical storm · 56 mi
- CanovanasTropical storm · 59 mi
- CarolinaTropical storm · 60 mi
- NaguaboTropical storm · 61 mi
- San JuanTropical storm · 62 mi
- CatanoTropical storm · 63 mi
- Trujillo AltoTropical storm · 64 mi
- Punta SantiagoTropical storm · 65 mi
- Toa BajaTropical storm · 66 mi
- GuaynaboTropical storm · 66 mi
- JuncosTropical storm · 67 mi
- GuraboTropical storm · 68 mi
- DoradoTropical storm · 68 mi
- Las PiedrasTropical storm · 68 mi
- BayamonTropical storm · 68 mi
- HumacaoTropical storm · 69 mi
- Toa AltaTropical storm · 71 mi
- CaguasTropical storm · 72 mi
- San LorenzoTropical storm · 73 mi
- Aguas BuenasTropical storm · 74 mi
Other storms of the 1943 season
- Unnamed (AL011943)Category 2 · 201 cities
- Unnamed (AL061943)Category 2 · 35 cities
- Unnamed (AL071943)Tropical storm · 563 cities
- Unnamed (AL091943)Category 2 · 34 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.