NHC AL101949 · Atlantic basin
Unnamed Hurricane of 1949
September 20, 1949 – September 22, 1949
Data: NOAA NHC HURDAT2 and NOAA SPC tornado and hail reports, through 2025 · Updated
Hurricane Unnamed 1949 storm peaked at Category 1 with 81 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 37 US cities, 37 of them while still at hurricane strength.
The 1949 storm in the record
HURDAT2 tracks the unnamed storm of 1949 (AL101949) from September 20, 1949 to September 22, 1949; its peak was 81 mph (Category 1). Its centre passed within 75 miles of 37 US cities, all in Puerto Rico. The strongest pass was 81 mph (Category 1) 43 miles from Boqueron, PR.
- Peak strength
- Category 1
- Cities within 75 mi
- 37
- At hurricane strength
- 37
- States
- 1
81 mph
when closest
Cities Unnamed 1949 storm passed near, strongest first
Puerto Rico (37)
- BoqueronCategory 1 · 43 mi
- EnsenadaCategory 1 · 46 mi
- LajasCategory 1 · 47 mi
- Cabo RojoCategory 1 · 49 mi
- GuanicaCategory 1 · 49 mi
- San GermanCategory 1 · 52 mi
- HormiguerosCategory 1 · 53 mi
- Sabana GrandeCategory 1 · 53 mi
- GuayanillaCategory 1 · 55 mi
- YaucoCategory 1 · 55 mi
- MayaguezCategory 1 · 57 mi
- PenuelasCategory 1 · 58 mi
- PonceCategory 1 · 58 mi
- MerceditaCategory 1 · 59 mi
- MaricaoCategory 1 · 60 mi
- Santa IsabelCategory 1 · 62 mi
- AnascoCategory 1 · 62 mi
- Juana DiazCategory 1 · 62 mi
- RinconCategory 1 · 62 mi
- Coto LaurelCategory 1 · 63 mi
- Las MariasCategory 1 · 63 mi
- AdjuntasCategory 1 · 65 mi
- AguirreCategory 1 · 65 mi
- SalinasCategory 1 · 65 mi
- AguadaCategory 1 · 66 mi
- VillalbaCategory 1 · 68 mi
- GuayamaCategory 1 · 68 mi
- LaresCategory 1 · 69 mi
- San SebastianCategory 1 · 69 mi
- MocaCategory 1 · 69 mi
- CoamoCategory 1 · 69 mi
- JayuyaCategory 1 · 71 mi
- ArroyoCategory 1 · 71 mi
- UtuadoCategory 1 · 72 mi
- AguadillaCategory 1 · 72 mi
- AibonitoCategory 1 · 74 mi
- PatillasCategory 1 · 74 mi
Other storms of the 1949 season
- Unnamed (AL011949)Category 2 · 17 cities
- Unnamed (AL021949)Category 4 · 2,395 cities
- Unnamed (AL041949)Category 3 · 61 cities
- Unnamed (AL051949)Tropical storm · 176 cities
- Unnamed (AL071949)Tropical storm · 86 cities
- Unnamed (AL111949)Category 2 · 195 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.