NHC AL111949 · Atlantic basin
Unnamed Hurricane of 1949
September 27, 1949 – October 7, 1949
Data: NOAA NHC HURDAT2 and NOAA SPC tornado and hail reports, through 2025 · Updated
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.
The 1949 storm in the record
HURDAT2 tracks the unnamed storm of 1949 (AL111949) from September 27, 1949 to October 7, 1949; its peak was 109 mph (Category 2). HURDAT2 marks a landfall within 50 miles of a US city on this site: on October 4 at 109 mph (Category 2), 15 miles from Brazoria, TX. Its centre passed within 75 miles of 195 US cities, in 2 states, most in Texas (189). The strongest pass was 109 mph (Category 2) 1 mile from Brazoria, TX; the centre came closest to New Caney, TX, less than a mile away.
- Peak strength
- Category 2
- Cities within 75 mi
- 195
- At hurricane strength
- 70
- States
- 2
109 mph
when closest
Cities Unnamed 1949 storm passed near, strongest first
Texas (189)
- BrazoriaCategory 2 · 1 mi
- SweenyCategory 2 · 7 mi
- Lake JacksonCategory 2 · 10 mi
- CluteCategory 2 · 12 mi
- FreeportCategory 2 · 16 mi
- Van VleckCategory 2 · 18 mi
- Bay CityCategory 2 · 20 mi
- PalaciosCategory 2 · 38 mi
- El CampoCategory 2 · 41 mi
- GanadoCategory 2 · 55 mi
- Port LavacaCategory 2 · 62 mi
- EdnaCategory 2 · 64 mi
- SeadriftCategory 2 · 67 mi
- InezCategory 2 · 74 mi
- West ColumbiaCategory 2 · 5 mi
- BolingCategory 2 · 22 mi
- WhartonCategory 2 · 33 mi
- AngletonCategory 2 · 7 mi
- DanburyCategory 2 · 12 mi
- NeedvilleCategory 2 · 20 mi
- Eagle LakeCategory 2 · 52 mi
- BeasleyCategory 2 · 28 mi
- East BernardCategory 2 · 37 mi
- ColumbusCategory 2 · 68 mi
- RosharonCategory 1 · overhead
- RosenbergCategory 1 · 23 mi
- WallisCategory 1 · 39 mi
- AlvinCategory 1 · 13 mi
- Santa FeCategory 1 · 22 mi
- HitchcockCategory 1 · 29 mi
- GalvestonCategory 1 · 40 mi
- ManvelCategory 1 · 5 mi
- RichmondCategory 1 · 22 mi
- La MarqueCategory 1 · 30 mi
- FresnoCategory 1 · 2 mi
- Sugar LandCategory 1 · 13 mi
- FulshearCategory 1 · 31 mi
- Missouri CityCategory 1 · 7 mi
- Texas CityCategory 1 · 31 mi
- SealyCategory 1 · 47 mi
- PearlandCategory 1 · 6 mi
- StaffordCategory 1 · 10 mi
- FriendswoodCategory 1 · 14 mi
- DickinsonCategory 1 · 24 mi
- New UlmCategory 1 · 69 mi
- League CityCategory 1 · 20 mi
- WebsterCategory 1 · 16 mi
- BacliffCategory 1 · 26 mi
- BrookshireCategory 1 · 38 mi
- KemahCategory 1 · 22 mi
- Crystal BeachCategory 1 · 45 mi
- BellaireCategory 1 · 6 mi
- SeabrookCategory 1 · 21 mi
- KatyCategory 1 · 26 mi
- South HoustonCategory 1 · 8 mi
- BellvilleCategory 1 · 58 mi
- PasadenaCategory 1 · 11 mi
- HoustonCategory 1 · 7 mi
- Deer ParkCategory 1 · 14 mi
- La PorteCategory 1 · 19 mi
and 129 more
Louisiana (6)
- LogansportTropical storm · 55 mi
- ZwolleTropical storm · 67 mi
- Grand CaneTropical storm · 69 mi
- MansfieldTropical storm · 72 mi
- KeithvilleTropical storm · 73 mi
- ManyTropical storm · 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 (AL101949)Category 1 · 37 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.