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NHC AL081924 · Atlantic basin

Unnamed Hurricane of 1924

September 27, 1924 – October 1, 1924

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

Hurricane Unnamed 1924 storm peaked at Category 1 with 75 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 2,106 US cities, 91 of them while still at hurricane strength.

The 1924 storm in the record

HURDAT2 tracks the unnamed storm of 1924 (AL081924) from September 27, 1924 to October 1, 1924; its peak was 75 mph (Category 1). HURDAT2 marks a landfall within 50 miles of a US city on this site: on September 29 at 63 mph (tropical storm), 22 miles from Perry, FL. Its centre passed within 75 miles of 2,106 US cities, in 15 states, most in New Jersey (455) and New York (424). The strongest pass was 75 mph (Category 1) less than a mile from New Church, VA; the centre came closest to Katonah, NY, less than a mile away.

Peak strength
Category 1

75 mph

Cities within 75 mi
2,106
At hurricane strength
91

when closest

States
15
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Cities Unnamed 1924 storm passed near, strongest first

Virginia (79)

and 19 more

Maryland (66)

and 6 more

Delaware (37)

New Jersey (455)

and 395 more

North Carolina (222)

and 162 more

Pennsylvania (172)

and 112 more

New York (424)

and 364 more

Connecticut (177)

and 117 more

South Carolina (148)

and 88 more

Massachusetts (118)

and 58 more

Georgia (119)

and 59 more

Florida (42)

New Hampshire (28)

Vermont (18)

Rhode Island (1)

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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.