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NHC AL031938 · Atlantic basin

Unnamed Hurricane of 1938

August 10, 1938 – August 15, 1938

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

Hurricane Unnamed 1938 storm peaked at Category 2 with 98 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 86 US cities, 2 of them while still at hurricane strength.

The 1938 storm in the record

HURDAT2 tracks the unnamed storm of 1938 (AL031938) from August 10, 1938 to August 15, 1938; its peak was 98 mph (Category 2). HURDAT2 marks a landfall within 50 miles of a US city on this site: on August 15 at 75 mph (Category 1), 29 miles from Sulphur, LA. Its centre passed within 75 miles of 86 US cities, in 2 states, most in Louisiana (54). The strongest pass was 75 mph (Category 1) 66 miles from Kaplan, LA; the centre came closest to Merryville, LA, 1 mile away.

Peak strength
Category 2

98 mph

Cities within 75 mi
86
At hurricane strength
2

when closest

States
2
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Cities Unnamed 1938 storm passed near, strongest first

Louisiana (54)

Texas (32)

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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.