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NHC AL041939 · Atlantic basin

Unnamed Tropical Storm of 1939

September 23, 1939 – September 27, 1939

Tropical Storm Unnamed 1939 storm peaked at Tropical storm with 52 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 149 US cities, 0 of them while still at hurricane strength.

Peak strength
Tropical storm

52 mph

Cities within 75 mi
149
At hurricane strength
0

when closest

States
3

Cities Unnamed 1939 storm passed near, strongest first

Louisiana (70)

and 10 more

Mississippi (52)

Alabama (27)

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.