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NHC AL051937 · Atlantic basin

Unnamed Tropical Storm of 1937

September 10, 1937 – September 12, 1937

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

Tropical Storm Unnamed 1937 storm peaked at Tropical storm with 69 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 2 US cities, 0 of them while still at hurricane strength.

The 1937 storm in the record

HURDAT2 tracks the unnamed storm of 1937 (AL051937) from September 10, 1937 to September 12, 1937; its peak was 69 mph (tropical storm). Its centre passed within 75 miles of 2 US cities, all in Massachusetts. The strongest pass was 69 mph (tropical storm) 62 miles from Nantucket, MA.

Peak strength
Tropical storm

69 mph

Cities within 75 mi
2
At hurricane strength
0

when closest

States
1

Cities Unnamed 1937 storm passed near, strongest first

Massachusetts (2)

Other storms of the 1937 season

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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.