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NHC AL061933 · Atlantic basin

Unnamed Hurricane of 1933

August 13, 1933 – August 28, 1933

Hurricane Unnamed 1933 storm peaked at Category 4 with 138 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 1,018 US cities, 83 of them while still at hurricane strength.

Peak strength
Category 4

138 mph

Cities within 75 mi
1,018
At hurricane strength
83

when closest

States
8

Cities Unnamed 1933 storm passed near, strongest first

Pennsylvania (384)

and 324 more

Maryland (223)

and 163 more

New York (185)

and 125 more

Virginia (179)

and 119 more

North Carolina (28)

West Virginia (15)

Delaware (3)

District of Columbia (1)

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.