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NHC AL061946 · Atlantic basin

Unnamed Hurricane of 1946

October 5, 1946 – October 14, 1946

Hurricane Unnamed 1946 storm peaked at Category 2 with 98 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 481 US cities, 129 of them while still at hurricane strength.

Peak strength
Category 2

98 mph

Cities within 75 mi
481
At hurricane strength
129

when closest

States
4

Cities Unnamed 1946 storm passed near, strongest first

Florida (228)

and 168 more

South Carolina (140)

and 80 more

Georgia (103)

and 43 more

North Carolina (10)

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.