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NHC AL091945 · Atlantic basin

Unnamed Hurricane of 1945

September 12, 1945 – September 20, 1945

Hurricane Unnamed 1945 storm peaked at Category 4 with 132 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 1,120 US cities, 293 of them while still at hurricane strength.

Peak strength
Category 4

132 mph

Cities within 75 mi
1,120
At hurricane strength
293

when closest

States
8

Cities Unnamed 1945 storm passed near, strongest first

Florida (309)

and 249 more

North Carolina (230)

and 170 more

Virginia (225)

and 165 more

South Carolina (156)

and 96 more

Maryland (151)

and 91 more

Georgia (47)

District of Columbia (1)

West Virginia (1)

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.