NHC AL051944 · Atlantic basin
Unnamed Tropical Storm of 1944
August 18, 1944 – August 23, 1944
Data: NOAA NHC HURDAT2 and NOAA SPC tornado and hail reports, through 2025 · Updated
Tropical Storm Unnamed 1944 storm peaked at Tropical storm with 58 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 15 US cities, 0 of them while still at hurricane strength.
The 1944 storm in the record
HURDAT2 tracks the unnamed storm of 1944 (AL051944) from August 18, 1944 to August 23, 1944; its peak was 58 mph (tropical storm). Its centre passed within 75 miles of 15 US cities, all in Texas. The strongest pass was 51 mph (tropical storm) 68 miles from Brownsville, TX; the centre came closest to Hidalgo, TX, 62 miles away.
- Peak strength
- Tropical storm
- Cities within 75 mi
- 15
- At hurricane strength
- 0
- States
- 1
58 mph
when closest
Cities Unnamed 1944 storm passed near, strongest first
Texas (15)
- BrownsvilleTropical storm · 68 mi
- OlmitoTropical storm · 72 mi
- La FeriaTropical storm · 74 mi
- ProgresoTropical storm · 67 mi
- MercedesTropical storm · 73 mi
- DonnaTropical storm · 70 mi
- AlamoTropical storm · 69 mi
- San JuanTropical storm · 69 mi
- HidalgoTropical storm · 62 mi
- PharrTropical storm · 69 mi
- McallenTropical storm · 70 mi
- Sullivan CityTropical storm · 68 mi
- MissionTropical storm · 69 mi
- La JoyaTropical storm · 66 mi
- PenitasTropical storm · 67 mi
Other storms of the 1944 season
- Unnamed (AL031944)Category 1 · 1,031 cities
- Unnamed (AL061944)Tropical storm · 116 cities
- Unnamed (AL071944)Category 5 · 1,140 cities
- Unnamed (AL131944)Category 4 · 1,129 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.