NHC AL061943 · Atlantic basin
Unnamed Hurricane of 1943
September 15, 1943 – September 20, 1943
Data: NOAA NHC HURDAT2 and NOAA SPC tornado and hail reports, through 2025 · Updated
Hurricane Unnamed 1943 storm peaked at Category 2 with 98 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 35 US cities, 0 of them while still at hurricane strength.
The 1943 storm in the record
HURDAT2 tracks the unnamed storm of 1943 (AL061943) from September 15, 1943 to September 20, 1943; its peak was 98 mph (Category 2). Its centre passed within 75 miles of 35 US cities, all in Louisiana. The strongest pass was 40 mph (tropical storm) 37 miles from Erath, LA.
- Peak strength
- Category 2
- Cities within 75 mi
- 35
- At hurricane strength
- 0
- States
- 1
98 mph
when closest
Cities Unnamed 1943 storm passed near, strongest first
Louisiana (35)
- ErathTropical storm · 37 mi
- DelcambreTropical storm · 38 mi
- FranklinTropical storm · 38 mi
- AbbevilleTropical storm · 39 mi
- JeaneretteTropical storm · 40 mi
- New IberiaTropical storm · 42 mi
- KaplanTropical storm · 45 mi
- PattersonTropical storm · 46 mi
- YoungsvilleTropical storm · 49 mi
- MauriceTropical storm · 49 mi
- BerwickTropical storm · 50 mi
- BroussardTropical storm · 51 mi
- GueydanTropical storm · 53 mi
- Saint MartinvilleTropical storm · 53 mi
- Morgan CityTropical storm · 53 mi
- LafayetteTropical storm · 56 mi
- DusonTropical storm · 56 mi
- ScottTropical storm · 59 mi
- MorseTropical storm · 60 mi
- RayneTropical storm · 60 mi
- Pierre PartTropical storm · 60 mi
- CrowleyTropical storm · 61 mi
- Breaux BridgeTropical storm · 63 mi
- CarencroTropical storm · 64 mi
- Lake ArthurTropical storm · 64 mi
- NapoleonvilleTropical storm · 69 mi
- SunsetTropical storm · 69 mi
- ArnaudvilleTropical storm · 70 mi
- Belle RoseTropical storm · 70 mi
- JenningsTropical storm · 70 mi
- IotaTropical storm · 71 mi
- Church PointTropical storm · 71 mi
- White CastleTropical storm · 72 mi
- SchrieverTropical storm · 73 mi
- PlaquemineTropical storm · 75 mi
Other storms of the 1943 season
- Unnamed (AL011943)Category 2 · 201 cities
- Unnamed (AL021943)Tropical storm · 27 cities
- Unnamed (AL071943)Tropical storm · 563 cities
- Unnamed (AL091943)Category 2 · 34 cities
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.