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NHC AL061933 · Atlantic basin

Unnamed Hurricane of 1933

August 13, 1933 – August 28, 1933

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

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.

The 1933 storm in the record

HURDAT2 tracks the unnamed storm of 1933 (AL061933) from August 13, 1933 to August 28, 1933; its peak was 138 mph (Category 4). HURDAT2 marks 2 landfalls within 50 miles of a US city on this site, the first on August 23 at 92 mph (Category 1), 9 miles from Nags Head, NC. Its centre passed within 75 miles of 1,018 US cities, in 8 states and territories, most in Pennsylvania (384) and Maryland (223). The strongest pass was 90 mph (Category 1) less than a mile from Manteo, NC; the centre came closest to Lorton, VA, less than a mile away.

Peak strength
Category 4

138 mph

Cities within 75 mi
1,018
At hurricane strength
83

when closest

States
8
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Cities Unnamed 1933 storm passed near, strongest first

North Carolina (28)

Virginia (179)

and 119 more

Maryland (223)

and 163 more

District of Columbia (1)

West Virginia (15)

Pennsylvania (384)

and 324 more

Delaware (3)

New York (185)

and 125 more

Other storms of the 1933 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.