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NHC AL061932 · Atlantic basin

Unnamed Hurricane of 1932

September 9, 1932 – September 18, 1932

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

Hurricane Unnamed 1932 storm peaked at Category 1 with 75 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 330 US cities, 42 of them while still at hurricane strength.

The 1932 storm in the record

HURDAT2 tracks the unnamed storm of 1932 (AL061932) from September 9, 1932 to September 18, 1932; its peak was 75 mph (Category 1). HURDAT2 marks a landfall within 50 miles of a US city on this site: on September 15 at 58 mph (tropical storm), 16 miles from Perry, FL. Its centre passed within 75 miles of 330 US cities, in 6 states, most in Florida (79) and North Carolina (71). The strongest pass was 75 mph (Category 1) 26 miles from Nantucket, MA; the centre came closest to Live Oak, FL, 2 miles away.

Peak strength
Category 1

75 mph

Cities within 75 mi
330
At hurricane strength
42

when closest

States
6
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Cities Unnamed 1932 storm passed near, strongest first

Massachusetts (42)

Maine (32)

North Carolina (71)

and 11 more

Florida (79)

and 19 more

Georgia (68)

and 8 more

South Carolina (38)

Other storms of the 1932 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.