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NHC AL071944 · Atlantic basin

Unnamed Hurricane of 1944

September 9, 1944 – September 16, 1944

Hurricane Unnamed 1944 storm peaked at Category 5 with 161 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 1,140 US cities, 918 of them while still at hurricane strength.

Peak strength
Category 5

161 mph

Cities within 75 mi
1,140
At hurricane strength
918

when closest

States
11

Cities Unnamed 1944 storm passed near, strongest first

Massachusetts (311)

and 251 more

New York (217)

and 157 more

Connecticut (173)

and 113 more

New Jersey (143)

and 83 more

Maine (133)

and 73 more

New Hampshire (75)

and 15 more

Rhode Island (49)

North Carolina (11)

Virginia (11)

Delaware (10)

Maryland (7)

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.