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NHC AL031937 · Atlantic basin

Unnamed Tropical Storm of 1937

August 24, 1937 – September 2, 1937

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

Tropical Storm Unnamed 1937 storm peaked at Tropical storm with 69 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 286 US cities, 0 of them while still at hurricane strength.

The 1937 storm in the record

HURDAT2 tracks the unnamed storm of 1937 (AL031937) from August 24, 1937 to September 2, 1937; its peak was 69 mph (tropical storm). HURDAT2 marks a landfall within 50 miles of a US city on this site: on August 30 at 69 mph (tropical storm), 6 miles from New Smyrna Beach, FL. Its centre passed within 75 miles of 286 US cities, in 3 states, most in Florida (226) and Alabama (39). The strongest pass was 69 mph (tropical storm) 6 miles from New Smyrna Beach, FL; the centre came closest to Crawfordville, FL, less than a mile away.

Peak strength
Tropical storm

69 mph

Cities within 75 mi
286
At hurricane strength
0

when closest

States
3
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Cities Unnamed 1937 storm passed near, strongest first

Florida (226)

and 166 more

Georgia (21)

Alabama (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.