NHC AL111933 · Atlantic basin
Unnamed Hurricane of 1933
August 31, 1933 – September 7, 1933
Data: NOAA NHC HURDAT2 and NOAA SPC tornado and hail reports, through 2025 · Updated
Hurricane Unnamed 1933 storm peaked at Category 4 with 138 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 431 US cities, 105 of them while still at hurricane strength.
The 1933 storm in the record
HURDAT2 tracks the unnamed storm of 1933 (AL111933) from August 31, 1933 to September 7, 1933; its peak was 138 mph (Category 4). HURDAT2 marks 2 landfalls within 50 miles of a US city on this site, the first on September 4 at 127 mph (Category 3), 3 miles from Jupiter, FL. Its centre passed within 75 miles of 431 US cities, in 2 states, most in Florida (292). The strongest pass was 127 mph (Category 3) 1 mile from Jupiter, FL; the centre came closest to Bartow, FL, less than a mile away.
- Peak strength
- Category 4
- Cities within 75 mi
- 431
- At hurricane strength
- 105
- States
- 2
138 mph
when closest
Cities Unnamed 1933 storm passed near, strongest first
Florida (292)
- JupiterCategory 3 · overhead
- North Palm BeachCategory 3 · 2 mi
- Palm Beach GardensCategory 3 · 3 mi
- TequestaCategory 3 · 4 mi
- Riviera BeachCategory 3 · 6 mi
- Palm BeachCategory 3 · 9 mi
- Hobe SoundCategory 3 · 9 mi
- West Palm BeachCategory 3 · 12 mi
- Royal Palm BeachCategory 3 · 15 mi
- LoxahatcheeCategory 3 · 15 mi
- Palm SpringsCategory 3 · 16 mi
- GreenacresCategory 3 · 17 mi
- AtlantisCategory 3 · 18 mi
- Lake WorthCategory 3 · 18 mi
- WellingtonCategory 3 · 20 mi
- Boynton BeachCategory 3 · 23 mi
- Delray BeachCategory 3 · 27 mi
- Boca RatonCategory 3 · 33 mi
- Deerfield BeachCategory 3 · 36 mi
- Coconut CreekCategory 3 · 39 mi
- Pompano BeachCategory 3 · 39 mi
- MargateCategory 3 · 42 mi
- Coral SpringsCategory 3 · 42 mi
- Oakland ParkCategory 3 · 43 mi
- North LauderdaleCategory 3 · 44 mi
- Wilton ManorsCategory 3 · 45 mi
- TamaracCategory 3 · 46 mi
- LauderhillCategory 3 · 46 mi
- Fort LauderdaleCategory 3 · 47 mi
- Lauderdale LakesCategory 3 · 48 mi
- SunriseCategory 3 · 51 mi
- PlantationCategory 3 · 51 mi
- Dania BeachCategory 3 · 52 mi
- HollywoodCategory 3 · 54 mi
- DavieCategory 3 · 55 mi
- Hallandale BeachCategory 3 · 56 mi
- AventuraCategory 3 · 57 mi
- WestonCategory 3 · 57 mi
- Sunny Isles BeachCategory 3 · 58 mi
- Pembroke PinesCategory 3 · 59 mi
- MiramarCategory 3 · 60 mi
- North Miami BeachCategory 3 · 60 mi
- Bay Harbor IslandsCategory 3 · 61 mi
- Miami GardensCategory 3 · 62 mi
- North MiamiCategory 3 · 62 mi
- Opa LockaCategory 3 · 63 mi
- Miami ShoresCategory 3 · 65 mi
- Miami BeachCategory 3 · 65 mi
- Miami LakesCategory 3 · 66 mi
- HialeahCategory 3 · 67 mi
- DoralCategory 3 · 71 mi
- Key BiscayneCategory 3 · 73 mi
- Coral GablesCategory 3 · 74 mi
- MiamiCategory 3 · 75 mi
- StuartCategory 3 · 12 mi
- Palm CityCategory 3 · 9 mi
- Jensen BeachCategory 3 · 17 mi
- Belle GladeCategory 3 · 30 mi
- IndiantownCategory 3 · 3 mi
- South BayCategory 3 · 33 mi
and 232 more
Georgia (139)
- ValdostaTropical storm · 2 mi
- NichollsTropical storm · 3 mi
- Ray CityTropical storm · 3 mi
- LakelandTropical storm · 3 mi
- PearsonTropical storm · 4 mi
- DouglasTropical storm · 7 mi
- HahiraTropical storm · 7 mi
- WillacoocheeTropical storm · 9 mi
- AlmaTropical storm · 9 mi
- NashvilleTropical storm · 10 mi
- QuitmanTropical storm · 11 mi
- Lake ParkTropical storm · 14 mi
- AdelTropical storm · 16 mi
- BroxtonTropical storm · 16 mi
- AmbroseTropical storm · 17 mi
- HomervilleTropical storm · 19 mi
- SparksTropical storm · 19 mi
- BostonTropical storm · 23 mi
- LenoxTropical storm · 24 mi
- PavoTropical storm · 25 mi
- OdumTropical storm · 27 mi
- WaycrossTropical storm · 28 mi
- BlackshearTropical storm · 29 mi
- ScrevenTropical storm · 29 mi
- OcillaTropical storm · 30 mi
- MoultrieTropical storm · 32 mi
- Norman ParkTropical storm · 32 mi
- PattersonTropical storm · 32 mi
- OmegaTropical storm · 33 mi
- CoolidgeTropical storm · 34 mi
- ThomasvilleTropical storm · 35 mi
- FitzgeraldTropical storm · 35 mi
- TiftonTropical storm · 35 mi
- JesupTropical storm · 36 mi
- HobokenTropical storm · 40 mi
- OchlockneeTropical storm · 44 mi
- HortenseTropical storm · 46 mi
- MeigsTropical storm · 46 mi
- SycamoreTropical storm · 46 mi
- DoerunTropical storm · 46 mi
- NahuntaTropical storm · 47 mi
- CairoTropical storm · 49 mi
- PoulanTropical storm · 50 mi
- PelhamTropical storm · 52 mi
- AshburnTropical storm · 53 mi
- RochelleTropical storm · 53 mi
- SylvesterTropical storm · 54 mi
- WaynesvilleTropical storm · 55 mi
- WhighamTropical storm · 56 mi
- BacontonTropical storm · 59 mi
- CamillaTropical storm · 59 mi
- FolkstonTropical storm · 59 mi
- ClimaxTropical storm · 62 mi
- BainbridgeTropical storm · 66 mi
- TownsendTropical storm · 66 mi
- BrunswickTropical storm · 67 mi
- WaverlyTropical storm · 68 mi
- CordeleTropical storm · 68 mi
- DarienTropical storm · 68 mi
- AlbanyTropical storm · 69 mi
and 79 more
Other storms of the 1933 season
- Unnamed (AL031933)Tropical storm · 35 cities
- Unnamed (AL051933)Category 1 · 233 cities
- Unnamed (AL061933)Category 4 · 1,018 cities
- Unnamed (AL081933)Category 5 · 32 cities
- Unnamed (AL121933)Category 4 · 14 cities
- Unnamed (AL171933)Category 3 · 15 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.