NHC AL091948 · Atlantic basin
Unnamed Hurricane of 1948
October 3, 1948 – October 16, 1948
Data: NOAA NHC HURDAT2 and NOAA SPC tornado and hail reports, through 2025 · Updated
Hurricane Unnamed 1948 storm peaked at Category 3 with 127 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 73 US cities, 73 of them while still at hurricane strength.
The 1948 storm in the record
HURDAT2 tracks the unnamed storm of 1948 (AL091948) from October 3, 1948 to October 16, 1948; its peak was 127 mph (Category 3). HURDAT2 marks 2 landfalls within 50 miles of a US city on this site, the first on October 5 at 104 mph (Category 2), 9 miles from Big Pine Key, FL. Its centre passed within 75 miles of 73 US cities, all in Florida. The strongest pass was 108 mph (Category 2) 21 miles from Key West, FL; the centre came closest to South Miami, FL, less than a mile away.
- Peak strength
- Category 3
- Cities within 75 mi
- 73
- At hurricane strength
- 73
- States
- 1
127 mph
when closest
Cities Unnamed 1948 storm passed near, strongest first
Florida (73)
- Key WestCategory 2 · 21 mi
- Summerland KeyCategory 2 · 12 mi
- Big Pine KeyCategory 2 · 6 mi
- MarathonCategory 2 · 8 mi
- IslamoradaCategory 2 · 21 mi
- TavernierCategory 2 · 21 mi
- Key LargoCategory 2 · 21 mi
- Florida CityCategory 2 · 3 mi
- HomesteadCategory 2 · 3 mi
- Hobe SoundCategory 2 · 56 mi
- StuartCategory 2 · 64 mi
- Palm CityCategory 2 · 68 mi
- Jensen BeachCategory 2 · 68 mi
- Cutler BayCategory 2 · 4 mi
- Palm SpringsCategory 2 · 33 mi
- Palm BeachCategory 2 · 35 mi
- West Palm BeachCategory 2 · 37 mi
- Riviera BeachCategory 2 · 39 mi
- North Palm BeachCategory 2 · 42 mi
- Royal Palm BeachCategory 2 · 43 mi
- Palm Beach GardensCategory 2 · 45 mi
- JupiterCategory 2 · 49 mi
- TequestaCategory 2 · 49 mi
- IndiantownCategory 2 · 70 mi
- Palmetto BayCategory 1 · 2 mi
- Deerfield BeachCategory 1 · 20 mi
- Boca RatonCategory 1 · 24 mi
- Delray BeachCategory 1 · 27 mi
- Boynton BeachCategory 1 · 30 mi
- AtlantisCategory 1 · 30 mi
- Lake WorthCategory 1 · 34 mi
- GreenacresCategory 1 · 35 mi
- WellingtonCategory 1 · 41 mi
- LoxahatcheeCategory 1 · 48 mi
- PahokeeCategory 1 · 68 mi
- South MiamiCategory 1 · overhead
- Coral GablesCategory 1 · overhead
- MiamiCategory 1 · 3 mi
- Sunny Isles BeachCategory 1 · 4 mi
- AventuraCategory 1 · 5 mi
- Key BiscayneCategory 1 · 6 mi
- Hallandale BeachCategory 1 · 6 mi
- HollywoodCategory 1 · 9 mi
- DoralCategory 1 · 9 mi
- Dania BeachCategory 1 · 9 mi
- Wilton ManorsCategory 1 · 13 mi
- Fort LauderdaleCategory 1 · 14 mi
- Oakland ParkCategory 1 · 15 mi
- DavieCategory 1 · 15 mi
- Lauderdale LakesCategory 1 · 17 mi
- Pompano BeachCategory 1 · 17 mi
- PlantationCategory 1 · 18 mi
- LauderhillCategory 1 · 19 mi
- North LauderdaleCategory 1 · 20 mi
- SunriseCategory 1 · 21 mi
- MargateCategory 1 · 21 mi
- Coconut CreekCategory 1 · 22 mi
- TamaracCategory 1 · 22 mi
- Coral SpringsCategory 1 · 25 mi
- Belle GladeCategory 1 · 62 mi
and 13 more
Other storms of the 1948 season
- Unnamed (AL021948)Tropical storm · 84 cities
- Unnamed (AL051948)Category 1 · 212 cities
- Unnamed (AL081948)Category 4 · 106 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.