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NHC AL111932 · Atlantic basin

Unnamed Tropical Storm of 1932

October 7, 1932 – October 18, 1932

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

Tropical Storm Unnamed 1932 storm peaked at Tropical storm with 69 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 834 US cities, 0 of them while still at hurricane strength.

The 1932 storm in the record

HURDAT2 tracks the unnamed storm of 1932 (AL111932) from October 7, 1932 to October 18, 1932; its peak was 69 mph (tropical storm). Its centre passed within 75 miles of 834 US cities, in 10 states, most in Alabama (238) and Tennessee (158). The strongest pass was 58 mph (tropical storm) 3 miles from Des Allemands, LA; the centre came closest to Montevallo, AL, less than a mile away.

Peak strength
Tropical storm

69 mph

Cities within 75 mi
834
At hurricane strength
0

when closest

States
10
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Cities Unnamed 1932 storm passed near, strongest first

Louisiana (100)

and 40 more

Mississippi (74)

and 14 more

Alabama (238)

and 178 more

Florida (1)

Tennessee (158)

and 98 more

Georgia (86)

and 26 more

Virginia (54)

North Carolina (44)

Kentucky (41)

West Virginia (38)

Other storms of the 1932 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.