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NHC AL071934 · Atlantic basin

Unnamed Hurricane of 1934

September 5, 1934 – September 10, 1934

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

Hurricane Unnamed 1934 storm peaked at Category 2 with 104 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 1,487 US cities, 351 of them while still at hurricane strength.

The 1934 storm in the record

HURDAT2 tracks the unnamed storm of 1934 (AL071934) from September 5, 1934 to September 10, 1934; its peak was 104 mph (Category 2). HURDAT2 marks 2 landfalls within 50 miles of a US city on this site, the first on September 9 at 75 mph (Category 1), 4 miles from Blue Point, NY. Its centre passed within 75 miles of 1,487 US cities, in 12 states, most in New York (329) and Massachusetts (304). The strongest pass was 91 mph (Category 1) 61 miles from Beaufort, NC; the centre came closest to Patchogue, NY, less than a mile away.

Peak strength
Category 2

104 mph

Cities within 75 mi
1,487
At hurricane strength
351

when closest

States
12
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Cities Unnamed 1934 storm passed near, strongest first

North Carolina (13)

Virginia (1)

Delaware (9)

Maryland (4)

New Jersey (298)

and 238 more

New York (329)

and 269 more

Connecticut (186)

and 126 more

Massachusetts (304)

and 244 more

Rhode Island (49)

New Hampshire (142)

and 82 more

Vermont (24)

Maine (128)

and 68 more

Other storms of the 1934 season

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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.