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NHC AL111949 · Atlantic basin

Unnamed Hurricane of 1949

September 27, 1949 – October 7, 1949

Hurricane Unnamed 1949 storm peaked at Category 2 with 109 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 195 US cities, 70 of them while still at hurricane strength.

Peak strength
Category 2

109 mph

Cities within 75 mi
195
At hurricane strength
70

when closest

States
2

Cities Unnamed 1949 storm passed near, strongest first

Texas (189)

and 129 more

Louisiana (6)

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.