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NHC AL021946 · Atlantic basin

Unnamed Hurricane of 1946

July 5, 1946 – July 10, 1946

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

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.

The 1946 storm in the record

HURDAT2 tracks the unnamed storm of 1946 (AL021946) from July 5, 1946 to July 10, 1946; its peak was 81 mph (Category 1). HURDAT2 marks a landfall within 50 miles of a US city on this site: on July 6 at 52 mph (tropical storm), 4 miles from Oak Island, NC. Its centre passed within 75 miles of 193 US cities, in 3 states, most in North Carolina (153) and South Carolina (39). The strongest pass was 53 mph (tropical storm) 75 miles from Virginia Beach, VA; the centre came closest to Leland, NC, less than a mile away.

Peak strength
Category 1

81 mph

Cities within 75 mi
193
At hurricane strength
0

when closest

States
3
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Cities Unnamed 1946 storm passed near, strongest first

Virginia (1)

North Carolina (153)

and 93 more

South Carolina (39)

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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.