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NHC AL061946 · Atlantic basin

Unnamed Hurricane of 1946

October 5, 1946 – October 14, 1946

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

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.

The 1946 storm in the record

HURDAT2 tracks the unnamed storm of 1946 (AL061946) from October 5, 1946 to October 14, 1946; its peak was 98 mph (Category 2). HURDAT2 marks a landfall within 50 miles of a US city on this site: on October 8 at 86 mph (Category 1), 4 miles from Bradenton, FL. Its centre passed within 75 miles of 481 US cities, in 4 states, most in Florida (228) and South Carolina (140). The strongest pass was 87 mph (Category 1) 51 miles from Bokeelia, FL; the centre came closest to Raiford, FL, 1 mile away.

Peak strength
Category 2

98 mph

Cities within 75 mi
481
At hurricane strength
129

when closest

States
4
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Cities Unnamed 1946 storm passed near, strongest first

Florida (228)

and 168 more

Georgia (103)

and 43 more

South Carolina (140)

and 80 more

North Carolina (10)

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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.