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NHC AL031952 · Atlantic basin

Unnamed Tropical Storm of 1952

August 27, 1952 – August 28, 1952

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

Tropical Storm Unnamed 1952 storm peaked at Tropical storm with 52 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 186 US cities, 0 of them while still at hurricane strength.

The 1952 storm in the record

HURDAT2 tracks the unnamed storm of 1952 (AL031952) from August 27, 1952 to August 28, 1952; its peak was 52 mph (tropical storm). HURDAT2 marks a landfall within 50 miles of a US city on this site: on August 28 at 52 mph (tropical storm), 9 miles from North Myrtle Beach, SC. Its centre passed within 75 miles of 186 US cities, in 2 states, most in North Carolina (106). The strongest pass was 52 mph (tropical storm) 7 miles from North Myrtle Beach, SC; the centre came closest to Mullins, SC, less than a mile away.

Peak strength
Tropical storm

52 mph

Cities within 75 mi
186
At hurricane strength
0

when closest

States
2
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Cities Unnamed 1952 storm passed near, strongest first

North Carolina (106)

and 46 more

South Carolina (80)

and 20 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.