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NHC AL031932 · Atlantic basin

Unnamed Hurricane of 1932

August 26, 1932 – September 4, 1932

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

Hurricane Unnamed 1932 storm peaked at Category 1 with 86 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 993 US cities, 56 of them while still at hurricane strength.

The 1932 storm in the record

HURDAT2 tracks the unnamed storm of 1932 (AL031932) from August 26, 1932 to September 4, 1932; its peak was 86 mph (Category 1). HURDAT2 marks 2 landfalls within 50 miles of a US city on this site, the first on August 30 at 63 mph (tropical storm), 13 miles from Key Largo, FL. Its centre passed within 75 miles of 993 US cities, in 8 states, most in Michigan (402) and Indiana (176). The strongest pass was 86 mph (Category 1) 20 miles from Gulf Shores, AL; the centre came closest to Carthage, MS, less than a mile away.

Peak strength
Category 1

86 mph

Cities within 75 mi
993
At hurricane strength
56

when closest

States
8
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Cities Unnamed 1932 storm passed near, strongest first

Florida (89)

and 29 more

Alabama (41)

Mississippi (148)

and 88 more

Louisiana (1)

  • AngieTropical storm · 73 mi

Michigan (402)

and 342 more

Ohio (23)

Indiana (176)

and 116 more

Illinois (113)

and 53 more

Other storms of the 1932 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.