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NHC AL041939 · Atlantic basin

Unnamed Tropical Storm of 1939

September 23, 1939 – September 27, 1939

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

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.

The 1939 storm in the record

HURDAT2 tracks the unnamed storm of 1939 (AL041939) from September 23, 1939 to September 27, 1939; its peak was 52 mph (tropical storm). HURDAT2 marks a landfall within 50 miles of a US city on this site: on September 26 at 52 mph (tropical storm), 12 miles from Golden Meadow, LA. Its centre passed within 75 miles of 149 US cities, in 3 states, most in Louisiana (70) and Mississippi (52). The strongest pass was 52 mph (tropical storm) 5 miles from Port Sulphur, LA; the centre came closest to Saucier, MS, 1 mile away.

Peak strength
Tropical storm

52 mph

Cities within 75 mi
149
At hurricane strength
0

when closest

States
3
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Cities Unnamed 1939 storm passed near, strongest first

Louisiana (70)

and 10 more

Mississippi (52)

Alabama (27)

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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.