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NHC AL031936 · Atlantic basin

Unnamed Hurricane of 1936

June 26, 1936 – June 28, 1936

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

Hurricane Unnamed 1936 storm peaked at Category 1 with 81 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 73 US cities, 8 of them while still at hurricane strength.

The 1936 storm in the record

HURDAT2 tracks the unnamed storm of 1936 (AL031936) from June 26, 1936 to June 28, 1936; its peak was 81 mph (Category 1). HURDAT2 marks a landfall within 50 miles of a US city on this site: on June 27 at 81 mph (Category 1), 7 miles from Port Aransas, TX. Its centre passed within 75 miles of 73 US cities, all in Texas. The strongest pass was 81 mph (Category 1) 7 miles from Port Aransas, TX; the centre came closest to Beeville, TX, less than a mile away.

Peak strength
Category 1

81 mph

Cities within 75 mi
73
At hurricane strength
8

when closest

States
1
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Cities Unnamed 1936 storm passed near, strongest first

Texas (73)

and 13 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.