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NHC AL031944 · Atlantic basin

Unnamed Hurricane of 1944

July 30, 1944 – August 4, 1944

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.

Peak strength
Category 1

81 mph

Cities within 75 mi
1,031
At hurricane strength
14

when closest

States
10

Cities Unnamed 1944 storm passed near, strongest first

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)

South Carolina (23)

District of Columbia (1)

Massachusetts (1)

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.