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NHC AL071946 · Atlantic basin

Unnamed Tropical Storm of 1946

October 31, 1946 – November 3, 1946

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

Tropical Storm Unnamed 1946 storm peaked at Tropical storm with 46 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 77 US cities, 0 of them while still at hurricane strength.

The 1946 storm in the record

HURDAT2 tracks the unnamed storm of 1946 (AL071946) from October 31, 1946 to November 3, 1946; its peak was 46 mph (tropical storm). HURDAT2 marks a landfall within 50 miles of a US city on this site: on November 1 at 46 mph (tropical storm), 2 miles from Palm Springs, FL. Its centre passed within 75 miles of 77 US cities, all in Florida. The strongest pass was 46 mph (tropical storm) less than a mile from Atlantis, FL; the centre came closest to Royal Palm Beach, FL, less than a mile away.

Peak strength
Tropical storm

46 mph

Cities within 75 mi
77
At hurricane strength
0

when closest

States
1
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Cities Unnamed 1946 storm passed near, strongest first

Florida (77)

and 17 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.