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NHC AL031944 · Atlantic basin

Unnamed Hurricane of 1944

July 30, 1944 – August 4, 1944

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

Hurricane Unnamed 1944 storm peaked at Category 1 with 81 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 1,031 US cities, 14 of them while still at hurricane strength.

The 1944 storm in the record

HURDAT2 tracks the unnamed storm of 1944 (AL031944) from July 30, 1944 to August 4, 1944; its peak was 81 mph (Category 1). HURDAT2 marks a landfall within 50 miles of a US city on this site: on August 1 at 81 mph (Category 1), 2 miles from Oak Island, NC. Its centre passed within 75 miles of 1,031 US cities, in 10 states and territories, most in North Carolina (216) and Virginia (199). The strongest pass was 81 mph (Category 1) 50 miles from Myrtle Beach, SC; the centre came closest to Cambridge, MD, less than a mile away.

Peak strength
Category 1

81 mph

Cities within 75 mi
1,031
At hurricane strength
14

when closest

States
10
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Cities Unnamed 1944 storm passed near, strongest first

South Carolina (23)

North Carolina (216)

and 156 more

Virginia (199)

and 139 more

New Jersey (191)

and 131 more

Maryland (188)

and 128 more

New York (97)

and 37 more

Pennsylvania (78)

and 18 more

Delaware (37)

District of Columbia (1)

Massachusetts (1)

Other storms of the 1944 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.