NHC AL071931 · Atlantic basin
Unnamed Hurricane of 1931
September 8, 1931 – September 16, 1931
Data: NOAA NHC HURDAT2 and NOAA SPC tornado and hail reports, through 2025 · Updated
Hurricane Unnamed 1931 storm peaked at Category 2 with 98 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 86 US cities, 86 of them while still at hurricane strength.
The 1931 storm in the record
HURDAT2 tracks the unnamed storm of 1931 (AL071931) from September 8, 1931 to September 16, 1931; its peak was 98 mph (Category 2). Its centre passed within 75 miles of 86 US cities, all in Puerto Rico. The strongest pass was 86 mph (Category 1) 26 miles from Vieques, PR; the centre came closest to San Antonio, PR, less than a mile away.
- Peak strength
- Category 2
- Cities within 75 mi
- 86
- At hurricane strength
- 86
- States
- 1
98 mph
when closest
Cities Unnamed 1931 storm passed near, strongest first
Puerto Rico (86)
- ViequesCategory 1 · 26 mi
- LuquilloCategory 1 · 10 mi
- FajardoCategory 1 · 12 mi
- CeibaCategory 1 · 17 mi
- NaguaboCategory 1 · 19 mi
- Punta SantiagoCategory 1 · 23 mi
- LoizaCategory 1 · 5 mi
- CarolinaCategory 1 · 8 mi
- Rio GrandeCategory 1 · 9 mi
- CanovanasCategory 1 · 10 mi
- GuraboCategory 1 · 17 mi
- JuncosCategory 1 · 19 mi
- Las PiedrasCategory 1 · 22 mi
- San LorenzoCategory 1 · 24 mi
- HumacaoCategory 1 · 24 mi
- YabucoaCategory 1 · 30 mi
- MaunaboCategory 1 · 34 mi
- CatanoCategory 1 · 4 mi
- Toa BajaCategory 1 · 5 mi
- San JuanCategory 1 · 7 mi
- BayamonCategory 1 · 9 mi
- GuaynaboCategory 1 · 9 mi
- Toa AltaCategory 1 · 9 mi
- Trujillo AltoCategory 1 · 11 mi
- Aguas BuenasCategory 1 · 18 mi
- CaguasCategory 1 · 19 mi
- ComerioCategory 1 · 19 mi
- CidraCategory 1 · 23 mi
- CayeyCategory 1 · 27 mi
- PatillasCategory 1 · 33 mi
- ArroyoCategory 1 · 35 mi
- GuayamaCategory 1 · 36 mi
- AguirreCategory 1 · 37 mi
- DoradoCategory 1 · 4 mi
- Vega BajaCategory 1 · 4 mi
- Vega AltaCategory 1 · 6 mi
- MorovisCategory 1 · 13 mi
- CorozalCategory 1 · 14 mi
- NaranjitoCategory 1 · 14 mi
- OrocovisCategory 1 · 20 mi
- BarranquitasCategory 1 · 20 mi
- AibonitoCategory 1 · 26 mi
- CoamoCategory 1 · 28 mi
- SalinasCategory 1 · 35 mi
- Santa IsabelCategory 1 · 35 mi
- GarrochalesCategory 1 · 3 mi
- BarcelonetaCategory 1 · 3 mi
- AreciboCategory 1 · 4 mi
- ManatiCategory 1 · 5 mi
- Sabana HoyosCategory 1 · 7 mi
- FloridaCategory 1 · 9 mi
- CialesCategory 1 · 13 mi
- UtuadoCategory 1 · 16 mi
- JayuyaCategory 1 · 20 mi
- VillalbaCategory 1 · 26 mi
- Coto LaurelCategory 1 · 30 mi
- PenuelasCategory 1 · 31 mi
- Juana DiazCategory 1 · 32 mi
- PonceCategory 1 · 33 mi
- MerceditaCategory 1 · 34 mi
and 26 more
Other storms of the 1931 season
- Unnamed (AL011931)Tropical storm · 37 cities
- Unnamed (AL021931)Tropical storm · 167 cities
- Unnamed (AL041931)Tropical storm · 51 cities
- Unnamed (AL051931)Tropical storm · 3 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.