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NHC AL081932 · Atlantic basin

Unnamed Tropical Storm of 1932

September 18, 1932 – September 21, 1932

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

Tropical Storm Unnamed 1932 storm peaked at Tropical storm with 63 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 247 US cities, 0 of them while still at hurricane strength.

The 1932 storm in the record

HURDAT2 tracks the unnamed storm of 1932 (AL081932) from September 18, 1932 to September 21, 1932; its peak was 63 mph (tropical storm). HURDAT2 marks a landfall within 50 miles of a US city on this site: on September 19 at 63 mph (tropical storm), 24 miles from Delcambre, LA. Its centre passed within 75 miles of 247 US cities, in 3 states, most in Louisiana (136) and Mississippi (105). The strongest pass was 61 mph (tropical storm) 19 miles from Franklin, LA; the centre came closest to Port Gibson, MS, less than a mile away.

Peak strength
Tropical storm

63 mph

Cities within 75 mi
247
At hurricane strength
0

when closest

States
3
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Cities Unnamed 1932 storm passed near, strongest first

Louisiana (136)

and 76 more

Mississippi (105)

and 45 more

Arkansas (6)

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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.