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NHC AL031935 · Atlantic basin

Unnamed Hurricane of 1935 — the Florida Keys Labor Day Hurricane

August 29, 1935 – September 10, 1935

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

Hurricane Unnamed 1935 storm peaked at Category 5 with 184 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 835 US cities, 210 of them while still at hurricane strength.

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The Florida Keys Labor Day Hurricane in the record

HURDAT2 tracks the Florida Keys Labor Day Hurricane of 1935 for 12 days, from August 29, 1935 to September 10, 1935. Its first position, at 23.3°N 68.8°W, records it as a tropical depression; its last, at 57.0°N 39.0°W, as an extratropical cyclone. It reached tropical-storm strength on August 31, hurricane strength on September 1 and major-hurricane strength on September 2. Its peak was 184 mph (160 knots), Category 5, on September 3, and its lowest central pressure was 892 millibars on September 3. It spent about 7 days at hurricane strength. HURDAT2 marks 2 landfalls within 50 miles of a US city on this site; they were on September 3 at 184 mph (Category 5), 13 miles from Islamorada, FL; on September 4 at 98 mph (Category 2), 17 miles from Cross City, FL. Its centre passed within 75 miles of 835 US cities, in 7 states, most in North Carolina (261) and South Carolina (162), between September 3 and September 6. The strongest pass was 184 mph (Category 5) 13 miles from Islamorada, FL; the centre came closest to Rembert, SC, less than a mile away. 210 of the cities had it at hurricane strength at the closest point, 102 at major-hurricane strength. It reached more US cities than 87% of the 737 storms on this site, and more than any other storm of 1935 on this site.

HURDAT2 lists this storm as AL031935 without a name; "Florida Keys Labor Day Hurricane of 1935" is the name the National Hurricane Center uses on its Hurricanes in History page.

Peak strength
Category 5

184 mph

Cities within 75 mi
835
At hurricane strength
210

when closest

States
7
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Cities Unnamed 1935 storm passed near, strongest first

Florida (161)

and 101 more

Georgia (134)

and 74 more

Maryland (15)

Delaware (8)

Virginia (94)

and 34 more

North Carolina (261)

and 201 more

South Carolina (162)

and 102 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.