NHC AL091942 · Atlantic basin
Unnamed Tropical Storm of 1942
October 10, 1942 – October 13, 1942
Data: NOAA NHC HURDAT2 and NOAA SPC tornado and hail reports, through 2025 · Updated
Tropical Storm Unnamed 1942 storm peaked at Tropical storm with 52 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 53 US cities, 0 of them while still at hurricane strength.
The 1942 storm in the record
HURDAT2 tracks the unnamed storm of 1942 (AL091942) from October 10, 1942 to October 13, 1942; its peak was 52 mph (tropical storm). Its centre passed within 75 miles of 53 US cities, all in North Carolina. The strongest pass was 46 mph (tropical storm) 31 miles from Manteo, NC; the centre came closest to Belhaven, NC, 17 miles away.
- Peak strength
- Tropical storm
- Cities within 75 mi
- 53
- At hurricane strength
- 0
- States
- 1
52 mph
when closest
Cities Unnamed 1942 storm passed near, strongest first
North Carolina (53)
- ManteoTropical storm · 31 mi
- Nags HeadTropical storm · 33 mi
- Kill Devil HillsTropical storm · 38 mi
- BeaufortTropical storm · 58 mi
- Morehead CityTropical storm · 65 mi
- Atlantic BeachTropical storm · 68 mi
- Kitty HawkTropical storm · 43 mi
- GrandyTropical storm · 49 mi
- BelhavenTropical storm · 17 mi
- ColumbiaTropical storm · 20 mi
- PlymouthTropical storm · 29 mi
- PinetownTropical storm · 30 mi
- AuroraTropical storm · 34 mi
- JamesvilleTropical storm · 35 mi
- BayboroTropical storm · 38 mi
- EdentonTropical storm · 38 mi
- HertfordTropical storm · 39 mi
- WashingtonTropical storm · 41 mi
- OrientalTropical storm · 45 mi
- ChocowinityTropical storm · 45 mi
- WindsorTropical storm · 46 mi
- WilliamstonTropical storm · 46 mi
- GrantsboroTropical storm · 48 mi
- Elizabeth CityTropical storm · 48 mi
- GrimeslandTropical storm · 51 mi
- CamdenTropical storm · 52 mi
- VanceboroTropical storm · 52 mi
- New BernTropical storm · 55 mi
- RobersonvilleTropical storm · 56 mi
- Cherry PointTropical storm · 59 mi
- GreenvilleTropical storm · 59 mi
- HavelockTropical storm · 60 mi
- South MillsTropical storm · 60 mi
- CurrituckTropical storm · 60 mi
- AhoskieTropical storm · 61 mi
- WintervilleTropical storm · 62 mi
- BethelTropical storm · 62 mi
- AulanderTropical storm · 62 mi
- MoyockTropical storm · 63 mi
- AydenTropical storm · 63 mi
- Cove CityTropical storm · 64 mi
- GriftonTropical storm · 65 mi
- NewportTropical storm · 66 mi
- GatesTropical storm · 68 mi
- MaysvilleTropical storm · 72 mi
- Scotland NeckTropical storm · 72 mi
- FarmvilleTropical storm · 72 mi
- TarboroTropical storm · 73 mi
- MurfreesboroTropical storm · 73 mi
- HookertonTropical storm · 73 mi
- TrentonTropical storm · 74 mi
- RoperTropical storm · 25 mi
- ColerainTropical storm · 50 mi
Other storms of the 1942 season
- Unnamed (AL021942)Category 1 · 138 cities
- Unnamed (AL031942)Category 3 · 145 cities
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.