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NHC AL051948 · Atlantic basin

Unnamed Hurricane of 1948

September 1, 1948 – September 6, 1948

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

Hurricane Unnamed 1948 storm peaked at Category 1 with 81 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 212 US cities, 18 of them while still at hurricane strength.

The 1948 storm in the record

HURDAT2 tracks the unnamed storm of 1948 (AL051948) from September 1, 1948 to September 6, 1948; its peak was 81 mph (Category 1). HURDAT2 marks a landfall within 50 miles of a US city on this site: on September 4 at 81 mph (Category 1), 20 miles from Golden Meadow, LA. Its centre passed within 75 miles of 212 US cities, in 3 states, most in Mississippi (112) and Louisiana (89). The strongest pass was 78 mph (Category 1) 16 miles from Chauvin, LA; the centre came closest to Moselle, MS, less than a mile away.

Peak strength
Category 1

81 mph

Cities within 75 mi
212
At hurricane strength
18

when closest

States
3
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Cities Unnamed 1948 storm passed near, strongest first

Louisiana (89)

and 29 more

Mississippi (112)

and 52 more

Alabama (11)

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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.