NHC AL061944 · Atlantic basin
Unnamed Tropical Storm of 1944
September 9, 1944 – September 11, 1944
Data: NOAA NHC HURDAT2 and NOAA SPC tornado and hail reports, through 2025 · Updated
Tropical Storm Unnamed 1944 storm peaked at Tropical storm with 63 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 116 US cities, 0 of them while still at hurricane strength.
The 1944 storm in the record
HURDAT2 tracks the unnamed storm of 1944 (AL061944) from September 9, 1944 to September 11, 1944; its peak was 63 mph (tropical storm). HURDAT2 marks 2 landfalls within 50 miles of a US city on this site, the first on September 10 at 63 mph (tropical storm), 8 miles from Buras, LA. Its centre passed within 75 miles of 116 US cities, in 4 states, most in Alabama (39) and Louisiana (39). The strongest pass was 63 mph (tropical storm) 8 miles from Buras, LA; the centre came closest to Atmore, AL, less than a mile away.
- Peak strength
- Tropical storm
- Cities within 75 mi
- 116
- At hurricane strength
- 0
- States
- 4
63 mph
when closest
Cities Unnamed 1944 storm passed near, strongest first
Louisiana (39)
- BurasTropical storm · 8 mi
- Port SulphurTropical storm · 28 mi
- Belle ChasseTropical storm · 51 mi
- ChalmetteTropical storm · 55 mi
- GretnaTropical storm · 56 mi
- HarveyTropical storm · 57 mi
- ArabiTropical storm · 57 mi
- MarreroTropical storm · 58 mi
- New OrleansTropical storm · 61 mi
- WestwegoTropical storm · 63 mi
- HarahanTropical storm · 66 mi
- MetairieTropical storm · 67 mi
- KennerTropical storm · 71 mi
- Saint RoseTropical storm · 71 mi
- Golden MeadowTropical storm · 26 mi
- GallianoTropical storm · 38 mi
- Cut OffTropical storm · 44 mi
- Saint BernardTropical storm · 45 mi
- LafitteTropical storm · 47 mi
- LaroseTropical storm · 47 mi
- VioletTropical storm · 50 mi
- MerauxTropical storm · 53 mi
- LockportTropical storm · 54 mi
- Des AllemandsTropical storm · 65 mi
- LulingTropical storm · 69 mi
- BoutteTropical storm · 69 mi
- DestrehanTropical storm · 73 mi
- HahnvilleTropical storm · 74 mi
- ChauvinTropical storm · 42 mi
- MontegutTropical storm · 43 mi
- HoumaTropical storm · 57 mi
- SlidellTropical storm · 62 mi
- RacelandTropical storm · 63 mi
- GrayTropical storm · 65 mi
- Pearl RiverTropical storm · 68 mi
- SchrieverTropical storm · 68 mi
- LacombeTropical storm · 72 mi
- ThibodauxTropical storm · 73 mi
- Morgan CityTropical storm · 75 mi
Mississippi (28)
- Long BeachTropical storm · 40 mi
- Pass ChristianTropical storm · 45 mi
- WavelandTropical storm · 46 mi
- Bay St LouisTropical storm · 48 mi
- DiamondheadTropical storm · 50 mi
- KilnTropical storm · 55 mi
- PicayuneTropical storm · 70 mi
- CarriereTropical storm · 75 mi
- Ocean SpringsTropical storm · 25 mi
- DibervilleTropical storm · 33 mi
- BiloxiTropical storm · 34 mi
- GulfportTropical storm · 40 mi
- SaucierTropical storm · 50 mi
- PerkinstonTropical storm · 54 mi
- Mc HenryTropical storm · 56 mi
- PascagoulaTropical storm · 13 mi
- GautierTropical storm · 20 mi
- Moss PointTropical storm · 16 mi
- VancleaveTropical storm · 32 mi
- WigginsTropical storm · 65 mi
- LucedaleTropical storm · 31 mi
- LeakesvilleTropical storm · 44 mi
- BeaumontTropical storm · 58 mi
- RichtonTropical storm · 64 mi
- BrooklynTropical storm · 64 mi
- State LineTropical storm · 55 mi
- BuckatunnaTropical storm · 64 mi
- WaynesboroTropical storm · 74 mi
Alabama (39)
- CodenTropical storm · 4 mi
- IrvingtonTropical storm · 2 mi
- Grand BayTropical storm · 7 mi
- Gulf ShoresTropical storm · 32 mi
- TheodoreTropical storm · overhead
- Orange BeachTropical storm · 41 mi
- FoleyTropical storm · 30 mi
- FairhopeTropical storm · 17 mi
- MobileTropical storm · 2 mi
- PrichardTropical storm · 1 mi
- ChickasawTropical storm · 3 mi
- WhistlerTropical storm · 3 mi
- Eight MileTropical storm · 7 mi
- SemmesTropical storm · 11 mi
- WilmerTropical storm · 17 mi
- FlomatonTropical storm · 56 mi
- Frisco CityTropical storm · 65 mi
- BrewtonTropical storm · 66 mi
- Grove HillTropical storm · 72 mi
- MonroevilleTropical storm · 72 mi
- SatsumaTropical storm · 7 mi
- SaralandTropical storm · 7 mi
- Spanish FortTropical storm · 8 mi
- DaphneTropical storm · 12 mi
- ChunchulaTropical storm · 18 mi
- SilverhillTropical storm · 21 mi
- SummerdaleTropical storm · 26 mi
- CitronelleTropical storm · 27 mi
- LoxleyTropical storm · 16 mi
- Mount VernonTropical storm · 19 mi
- RobertsdaleTropical storm · 23 mi
- ElbertaTropical storm · 37 mi
- LillianTropical storm · 40 mi
- Bay MinetteTropical storm · 2 mi
- McintoshTropical storm · 29 mi
- ChatomTropical storm · 48 mi
- MillryTropical storm · 60 mi
- JacksonTropical storm · 37 mi
- AtmoreTropical storm · overhead
Florida (10)
- JayTropical storm · 59 mi
- CantonmentTropical storm · 33 mi
- PensacolaTropical storm · 43 mi
- Mc DavidTropical storm · 12 mi
- MolinoTropical storm · 24 mi
- PaceTropical storm · 37 mi
- CenturyTropical storm · 13 mi
- MiltonTropical storm · 41 mi
- Gulf BreezeTropical storm · 43 mi
- NavarreTropical storm · 57 mi
Other storms of the 1944 season
- Unnamed (AL031944)Category 1 · 1,031 cities
- Unnamed (AL051944)Tropical storm · 15 cities
- Unnamed (AL071944)Category 5 · 1,140 cities
- Unnamed (AL131944)Category 4 · 1,129 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.