NHC AL051934 · Atlantic basin
Unnamed Hurricane of 1934
August 26, 1934 – September 1, 1934
Data: NOAA NHC HURDAT2 and NOAA SPC tornado and hail reports, through 2025 · Updated
Hurricane Unnamed 1934 storm peaked at Category 1 with 81 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 71 US cities, 71 of them while still at hurricane strength.
The 1934 storm in the record
HURDAT2 tracks the unnamed storm of 1934 (AL051934) from August 26, 1934 to September 1, 1934; its peak was 81 mph (Category 1). Its centre passed within 75 miles of 71 US cities, in 2 states, most in Texas (68). The strongest pass was 81 mph (Category 1) 16 miles from Galveston, TX.
- Peak strength
- Category 1
- Cities within 75 mi
- 71
- At hurricane strength
- 71
- States
- 2
81 mph
when closest
Cities Unnamed 1934 storm passed near, strongest first
Texas (68)
- GalvestonCategory 1 · 16 mi
- FreeportCategory 1 · 16 mi
- Crystal BeachCategory 1 · 22 mi
- CluteCategory 1 · 22 mi
- Lake JacksonCategory 1 · 23 mi
- HitchcockCategory 1 · 24 mi
- La MarqueCategory 1 · 25 mi
- Texas CityCategory 1 · 26 mi
- BrazoriaCategory 1 · 27 mi
- Santa FeCategory 1 · 28 mi
- DanburyCategory 1 · 29 mi
- AngletonCategory 1 · 30 mi
- DickinsonCategory 1 · 33 mi
- BacliffCategory 1 · 34 mi
- SweenyCategory 1 · 35 mi
- AlvinCategory 1 · 35 mi
- League CityCategory 1 · 36 mi
- KemahCategory 1 · 37 mi
- AnahuacCategory 1 · 37 mi
- West ColumbiaCategory 1 · 38 mi
- SeabrookCategory 1 · 40 mi
- WebsterCategory 1 · 40 mi
- FriendswoodCategory 1 · 40 mi
- Bay CityCategory 1 · 42 mi
- Van VleckCategory 1 · 43 mi
- WinnieCategory 1 · 43 mi
- ManvelCategory 1 · 44 mi
- RosharonCategory 1 · 44 mi
- PearlandCategory 1 · 45 mi
- La PorteCategory 1 · 45 mi
- Deer ParkCategory 1 · 49 mi
- Port ArthurCategory 1 · 49 mi
- BaytownCategory 1 · 49 mi
- FresnoCategory 1 · 50 mi
- PasadenaCategory 1 · 50 mi
- South HoustonCategory 1 · 50 mi
- GrovesCategory 1 · 52 mi
- BolingCategory 1 · 53 mi
- NederlandCategory 1 · 53 mi
- Port NechesCategory 1 · 54 mi
- PalaciosCategory 1 · 54 mi
- Galena ParkCategory 1 · 55 mi
- ChannelviewCategory 1 · 55 mi
- Missouri CityCategory 1 · 55 mi
- HighlandsCategory 1 · 55 mi
- Bridge CityCategory 1 · 57 mi
- NeedvilleCategory 1 · 57 mi
- StaffordCategory 1 · 59 mi
- BellaireCategory 1 · 59 mi
- Sugar LandCategory 1 · 60 mi
- BeaumontCategory 1 · 60 mi
- CrosbyCategory 1 · 62 mi
- HoustonCategory 1 · 63 mi
- WhartonCategory 1 · 63 mi
- LibertyCategory 1 · 64 mi
- OrangeCategory 1 · 64 mi
- RosenbergCategory 1 · 65 mi
- DaytonCategory 1 · 65 mi
- VidorCategory 1 · 65 mi
- Sour LakeCategory 1 · 66 mi
and 8 more
Other storms of the 1934 season
- Unnamed (AL011934)Category 2 · 2,573 cities
- Unnamed (AL031934)Category 1 · 70 cities
- Unnamed (AL061934)Tropical storm · 65 cities
- Unnamed (AL071934)Category 2 · 1,487 cities
- Unnamed (AL111934)Tropical storm · 73 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.