NHC AL081970 · Atlantic basin
Unnamed Hurricane of 1970
August 7, 1970 – August 24, 1970
Data: NOAA NHC HURDAT2 and NOAA SPC tornado and hail reports, through 2025 · Updated
Hurricane Unnamed 1970 storm peaked at Category 1 with 81 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 104 US cities, 0 of them while still at hurricane strength.
The 1970 storm in the record
HURDAT2 tracks the unnamed storm of 1970 (AL081970) from August 7, 1970 to August 24, 1970; its peak was 81 mph (Category 1). HURDAT2 marks 2 landfalls within 50 miles of a US city on this site, the first on August 17 at 58 mph (tropical storm), 4 miles from Morehead City, NC. Its centre passed within 75 miles of 104 US cities, in 2 states, most in North Carolina (95). The strongest pass was 63 mph (tropical storm) 21 miles from Nags Head, NC; the centre came closest to Beaufort, NC, 1 mile away.
- Peak strength
- Category 1
- Cities within 75 mi
- 104
- At hurricane strength
- 0
- States
- 2
81 mph
when closest
Cities Unnamed 1970 storm passed near, strongest first
North Carolina (95)
- Nags HeadTropical storm · 21 mi
- ManteoTropical storm · 23 mi
- Kill Devil HillsTropical storm · 29 mi
- Kitty HawkTropical storm · 36 mi
- GrandyTropical storm · 47 mi
- CurrituckTropical storm · 61 mi
- Elizabeth CityTropical storm · 63 mi
- CamdenTropical storm · 63 mi
- MoyockTropical storm · 70 mi
- South MillsTropical storm · 74 mi
- ColumbiaTropical storm · 42 mi
- HertfordTropical storm · 63 mi
- EdentonTropical storm · 67 mi
- RoperTropical storm · 55 mi
- PlymouthTropical storm · 59 mi
- WindsorTropical storm · 75 mi
- BelhavenTropical storm · 38 mi
- PinetownTropical storm · 49 mi
- JamesvilleTropical storm · 61 mi
- WilliamstonTropical storm · 71 mi
- BayboroTropical storm · 24 mi
- AuroraTropical storm · 33 mi
- ChocowinityTropical storm · 53 mi
- WashingtonTropical storm · 55 mi
- GrimeslandTropical storm · 60 mi
- BeaufortTropical storm · overhead
- Morehead CityTropical storm · 4 mi
- Atlantic BeachTropical storm · 4 mi
- NewportTropical storm · 11 mi
- OrientalTropical storm · 16 mi
- HavelockTropical storm · 16 mi
- Cherry PointTropical storm · 18 mi
- GrantsboroTropical storm · 25 mi
- MaysvilleTropical storm · 31 mi
- New BernTropical storm · 34 mi
- VanceboroTropical storm · 47 mi
- TrentonTropical storm · 48 mi
- Cove CityTropical storm · 49 mi
- GriftonTropical storm · 61 mi
- KinstonTropical storm · 64 mi
- AydenTropical storm · 65 mi
- WintervilleTropical storm · 68 mi
- GreenvilleTropical storm · 70 mi
- HookertonTropical storm · 70 mi
- La GrangeTropical storm · 74 mi
- Emerald IsleTropical storm · 13 mi
- SwansboroTropical storm · 18 mi
- HubertTropical storm · 23 mi
- Camp LejeuneTropical storm · 26 mi
- Midway ParkTropical storm · 29 mi
- Tarawa TerraceTropical storm · 32 mi
- JacksonvilleTropical storm · 35 mi
- RichlandsTropical storm · 47 mi
- BeulavilleTropical storm · 57 mi
- Pink HillTropical storm · 60 mi
- Deep RunTropical storm · 62 mi
- KenansvilleTropical storm · 68 mi
- Seven SpringsTropical storm · 74 mi
- WarsawTropical storm · 75 mi
- Sneads FerryTropical storm · 25 mi
and 35 more
South Carolina (9)
- Little RiverTropical storm · 55 mi
- North Myrtle BeachTropical storm · 55 mi
- LongsTropical storm · 61 mi
- LorisTropical storm · 73 mi
- ConwayTropical storm · 75 mi
- Surfside BeachTropical storm · 66 mi
- Myrtle BeachTropical storm · 66 mi
- Murrells InletTropical storm · 67 mi
- Pawleys IslandTropical storm · 69 mi
Other storms of the 1970 season
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.