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NHC AL061941 · Atlantic basin

Unnamed Tropical Storm of 1941

October 15, 1941 – October 22, 1941

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

Tropical Storm Unnamed 1941 storm peaked at Tropical storm with 52 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 114 US cities, 0 of them while still at hurricane strength.

The 1941 storm in the record

HURDAT2 tracks the unnamed storm of 1941 (AL061941) from October 15, 1941 to October 22, 1941; its peak was 52 mph (tropical storm). HURDAT2 marks a landfall within 50 miles of a US city on this site: on October 20 at 46 mph (tropical storm), 20 miles from Inglis, FL. Its centre passed within 75 miles of 114 US cities, all in Florida. The strongest pass was 48 mph (tropical storm) 55 miles from Indian Shores, FL; the centre came closest to Chiefland, FL, 1 mile away.

Peak strength
Tropical storm

52 mph

Cities within 75 mi
114
At hurricane strength
0

when closest

States
1

Cities Unnamed 1941 storm passed near, strongest first

Florida (114)

and 54 more

Other storms of the 1941 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.