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NHC AL061923 · Atlantic basin

Unnamed Hurricane of 1923

October 12, 1923 – October 17, 1923

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

Hurricane Unnamed 1923 storm peaked at Category 1 with 81 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 425 US cities, 36 of them while still at hurricane strength.

The 1923 storm in the record

HURDAT2 tracks the unnamed storm of 1923 (AL061923) from October 12, 1923 to October 17, 1923; its peak was 81 mph (Category 1). HURDAT2 marks a landfall within 50 miles of a US city on this site: on October 16 at 81 mph (Category 1), 26 miles from Chauvin, LA. Its centre passed within 75 miles of 425 US cities, in 4 states, most in Louisiana (155) and Arkansas (115). The strongest pass was 79 mph (Category 1) 46 miles from Golden Meadow, LA; the centre came closest to Augusta, AR, less than a mile away.

Peak strength
Category 1

81 mph

Cities within 75 mi
425
At hurricane strength
36

when closest

States
4
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Cities Unnamed 1923 storm passed near, strongest first

Louisiana (155)

and 95 more

Mississippi (85)

and 25 more

Arkansas (115)

and 55 more

Missouri (70)

and 10 more

Other storms of the 1923 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.