NHC AL041940 · Atlantic basin
Unnamed Hurricane of 1940
August 26, 1940 – September 3, 1940
Data: NOAA NHC HURDAT2 and NOAA SPC tornado and hail reports, through 2025 · Updated
Hurricane Unnamed 1940 storm peaked at Category 2 with 109 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 13 US cities, 10 of them while still at hurricane strength.
The 1940 storm in the record
HURDAT2 tracks the unnamed storm of 1940 (AL041940) from August 26, 1940 to September 3, 1940; its peak was 109 mph (Category 2). Its centre passed within 75 miles of 13 US cities, in 2 states, most in Massachusetts (10). The strongest pass was 85 mph (Category 1) 56 miles from Nantucket, MA.
- Peak strength
- Category 2
- Cities within 75 mi
- 13
- At hurricane strength
- 10
- States
- 2
109 mph
when closest
Cities Unnamed 1940 storm passed near, strongest first
Massachusetts (10)
- NantucketCategory 1 · 56 mi
- ChathamCategory 1 · 65 mi
- HarwichCategory 1 · 69 mi
- Dennis PortCategory 1 · 71 mi
- BrewsterCategory 1 · 72 mi
- South DennisCategory 1 · 74 mi
- South YarmouthCategory 1 · 74 mi
- OrleansCategory 1 · 68 mi
- EasthamCategory 1 · 71 mi
- WellfleetCategory 1 · 75 mi
Maine (3)
- MachiasTropical storm · 69 mi
- BaileyvilleTropical storm · 72 mi
- CalaisTropical storm · 65 mi
Other storms of the 1940 season
- Unnamed (AL021940)Category 2 · 212 cities
- Unnamed (AL031940)Category 2 · 260 cities
- Unnamed (AL061940)Tropical storm · 135 cities
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.