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NHC AL021946 · Atlantic basin

Unnamed Hurricane of 1946

July 5, 1946 – July 10, 1946

Hurricane Unnamed 1946 storm peaked at Category 1 with 81 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 193 US cities, 0 of them while still at hurricane strength.

Peak strength
Category 1

81 mph

Cities within 75 mi
193
At hurricane strength
0

when closest

States
3

Cities Unnamed 1946 storm passed near, strongest first

North Carolina (153)

and 93 more

South Carolina (39)

Virginia (1)

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.