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NHC AL061940 · Atlantic basin

Unnamed Tropical Storm of 1940

September 18, 1940 – September 25, 1940

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

Tropical Storm Unnamed 1940 storm peaked at Tropical storm with 52 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 135 US cities, 0 of them while still at hurricane strength.

The 1940 storm in the record

HURDAT2 tracks the unnamed storm of 1940 (AL061940) from September 18, 1940 to September 25, 1940; its peak was 52 mph (tropical storm). HURDAT2 marks a landfall within 50 miles of a US city on this site: on September 24 at 46 mph (tropical storm), 29 miles from Sulphur, LA. Its centre passed within 75 miles of 135 US cities, in 2 states, most in Texas (76). The strongest pass was 46 mph (tropical storm) 14 miles from Galveston, TX; the centre came closest to Welsh, LA, 1 mile away.

Peak strength
Tropical storm

52 mph

Cities within 75 mi
135
At hurricane strength
0

when closest

States
2
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Cities Unnamed 1940 storm passed near, strongest first

Texas (76)

and 16 more

Louisiana (59)

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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.