NHC AL091943 · Atlantic basin
Unnamed Hurricane of 1943
October 11, 1943 – October 17, 1943
Data: NOAA NHC HURDAT2 and NOAA SPC tornado and hail reports, through 2025 · Updated
Hurricane Unnamed 1943 storm peaked at Category 2 with 109 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 34 US cities, 34 of them while still at hurricane strength.
The 1943 storm in the record
HURDAT2 tracks the unnamed storm of 1943 (AL091943) from October 11, 1943 to October 17, 1943; its peak was 109 mph (Category 2). Its centre passed within 75 miles of 34 US cities, all in Puerto Rico. The strongest pass was 92 mph (Category 1) 33 miles from Boqueron, PR.
- Peak strength
- Category 2
- Cities within 75 mi
- 34
- At hurricane strength
- 34
- States
- 1
109 mph
when closest
Cities Unnamed 1943 storm passed near, strongest first
Puerto Rico (34)
- BoqueronCategory 1 · 33 mi
- Cabo RojoCategory 1 · 36 mi
- RinconCategory 1 · 37 mi
- HormiguerosCategory 1 · 39 mi
- MayaguezCategory 1 · 40 mi
- LajasCategory 1 · 41 mi
- AguadaCategory 1 · 41 mi
- AnascoCategory 1 · 42 mi
- San GermanCategory 1 · 43 mi
- EnsenadaCategory 1 · 46 mi
- AguadillaCategory 1 · 46 mi
- MocaCategory 1 · 48 mi
- Sabana GrandeCategory 1 · 48 mi
- GuanicaCategory 1 · 49 mi
- San AntonioCategory 1 · 50 mi
- MaricaoCategory 1 · 50 mi
- Las MariasCategory 1 · 51 mi
- San SebastianCategory 1 · 53 mi
- YaucoCategory 1 · 54 mi
- IsabelaCategory 1 · 54 mi
- GuayanillaCategory 1 · 57 mi
- LaresCategory 1 · 58 mi
- QuebradillasCategory 1 · 58 mi
- PenuelasCategory 1 · 61 mi
- CamuyCategory 1 · 63 mi
- AdjuntasCategory 1 · 63 mi
- HatilloCategory 1 · 66 mi
- PonceCategory 1 · 67 mi
- UtuadoCategory 1 · 68 mi
- MerceditaCategory 1 · 70 mi
- Coto LaurelCategory 1 · 72 mi
- AreciboCategory 1 · 73 mi
- JayuyaCategory 1 · 73 mi
- Juana DiazCategory 1 · 74 mi
Other storms of the 1943 season
- Unnamed (AL011943)Category 2 · 201 cities
- Unnamed (AL021943)Tropical storm · 27 cities
- Unnamed (AL061943)Category 2 · 35 cities
- Unnamed (AL071943)Tropical storm · 563 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.