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NHC AL071945 · Atlantic basin

Unnamed Tropical Storm of 1945

September 3, 1945 – September 6, 1945

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

Tropical Storm Unnamed 1945 storm peaked at Tropical storm with 40 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 65 US cities, 0 of them while still at hurricane strength.

The 1945 storm in the record

HURDAT2 tracks the unnamed storm of 1945 (AL071945) from September 3, 1945 to September 6, 1945; its peak was 40 mph (tropical storm). HURDAT2 marks a landfall within 50 miles of a US city on this site: on September 5 at 40 mph (tropical storm), 3 miles from St James City, FL. Its centre passed within 75 miles of 65 US cities, all in Florida. The strongest pass was 40 mph (tropical storm) 1 mile from Sanibel, FL.

Peak strength
Tropical storm

40 mph

Cities within 75 mi
65
At hurricane strength
0

when closest

States
1

Cities Unnamed 1945 storm passed near, strongest first

Florida (65)

and 5 more

Other storms of the 1945 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.