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NHC AL071938 · Atlantic basin

Unnamed Tropical Storm of 1938

October 10, 1938 – October 17, 1938

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

Tropical Storm Unnamed 1938 storm peaked at Tropical storm with 58 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 75 US cities, 0 of them while still at hurricane strength.

The 1938 storm in the record

HURDAT2 tracks the unnamed storm of 1938 (AL071938) from October 10, 1938 to October 17, 1938; its peak was 58 mph (tropical storm). HURDAT2 marks a landfall within 50 miles of a US city on this site: on October 17 at 46 mph (tropical storm), 3 miles from Galveston, TX. Its centre passed within 75 miles of 75 US cities, all in Texas. The strongest pass was 46 mph (tropical storm) 2 miles from Galveston, TX; the centre came closest to La Marque, TX, 1 mile away.

Peak strength
Tropical storm

58 mph

Cities within 75 mi
75
At hurricane strength
0

when closest

States
1
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Cities Unnamed 1938 storm passed near, strongest first

Texas (75)

and 15 more

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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.