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NHC AL071943 · Atlantic basin

Unnamed Tropical Storm of 1943

September 28, 1943 – October 2, 1943

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

Tropical Storm Unnamed 1943 storm peaked at Tropical storm with 63 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 563 US cities, 0 of them while still at hurricane strength.

The 1943 storm in the record

HURDAT2 tracks the unnamed storm of 1943 (AL071943) from September 28, 1943 to October 2, 1943; its peak was 63 mph (tropical storm). HURDAT2 marks a landfall within 50 miles of a US city on this site: on October 1 at 63 mph (tropical storm), 2 miles from Accomac, VA. Its centre passed within 75 miles of 563 US cities, in 7 states and territories, most in Maryland (230) and Pennsylvania (158). The strongest pass was 63 mph (tropical storm) 2 miles from Accomac, VA; the centre came closest to Owings Mills, MD, less than a mile away.

Peak strength
Tropical storm

63 mph

Cities within 75 mi
563
At hurricane strength
0

when closest

States
7
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Cities Unnamed 1943 storm passed near, strongest first

Virginia (121)

and 61 more

Maryland (230)

and 170 more

Delaware (37)

District of Columbia (1)

West Virginia (13)

New Jersey (3)

Pennsylvania (158)

and 98 more

Other storms of the 1943 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.