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NHC AL091948 · Atlantic basin

Unnamed Hurricane of 1948

October 3, 1948 – October 16, 1948

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.

Peak strength
Category 3

127 mph

Cities within 75 mi
73
At hurricane strength
73

when closest

States
1

Cities Unnamed 1948 storm passed near, strongest first

Florida (73)

and 13 more

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.