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NHC AL041936 · Atlantic basin

Unnamed Tropical Storm of 1936

July 26, 1936 – July 28, 1936

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

Tropical Storm Unnamed 1936 storm peaked at Tropical storm with 46 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 129 US cities, 0 of them while still at hurricane strength.

The 1936 storm in the record

HURDAT2 tracks the unnamed storm of 1936 (AL041936) from July 26, 1936 to July 28, 1936; its peak was 46 mph (tropical storm). HURDAT2 marks a landfall within 50 miles of a US city on this site: on July 27 at 46 mph (tropical storm), 12 miles from Golden Meadow, LA. Its centre passed within 75 miles of 129 US cities, in 2 states, most in Louisiana (100). The strongest pass was 46 mph (tropical storm) 3 miles from Golden Meadow, LA; the centre came closest to Harahan, LA, less than a mile away.

Peak strength
Tropical storm

46 mph

Cities within 75 mi
129
At hurricane strength
0

when closest

States
2
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Cities Unnamed 1936 storm passed near, strongest first

Louisiana (100)

and 40 more

Mississippi (29)

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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.