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NHC AL101937 · Atlantic basin

Unnamed Tropical Storm of 1937

October 2, 1937 – October 4, 1937

Data: NOAA NHC HURDAT2 and NOAA SPC tornado and hail reports, through 2025 · Updated

Tropical Storm Unnamed 1937 storm peaked at Tropical storm with 46 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 64 US cities, 0 of them while still at hurricane strength.

The 1937 storm in the record

HURDAT2 tracks the unnamed storm of 1937 (AL101937) from October 2, 1937 to October 4, 1937; its peak was 46 mph (tropical storm). HURDAT2 marks 2 landfalls within 50 miles of a US city on this site, the first on October 3 at 40 mph (tropical storm), 31 miles from Erath, LA. Its centre passed within 75 miles of 64 US cities, all in Louisiana. The strongest pass was 40 mph (tropical storm) 21 miles from Youngsville, LA; the centre came closest to Delcambre, LA, 1 mile away.

Peak strength
Tropical storm

46 mph

Cities within 75 mi
64
At hurricane strength
0

when closest

States
1
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Cities Unnamed 1937 storm passed near, strongest first

Louisiana (64)

and 4 more

Other storms of the 1937 season

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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.