NHC AL121933 · Atlantic basin
Unnamed Hurricane of 1933
September 8, 1933 – September 22, 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 14 US cities, 14 of them while still at hurricane strength.
The 1933 storm in the record
HURDAT2 tracks the unnamed storm of 1933 (AL121933) from September 8, 1933 to September 22, 1933; its peak was 138 mph (Category 4). Its centre passed within 75 miles of 14 US cities, all in North Carolina. The strongest pass was 106 mph (Category 2) 73 miles from Beaufort, NC; the centre came closest to Nags Head, NC, 28 miles away.
- Peak strength
- Category 4
- Cities within 75 mi
- 14
- At hurricane strength
- 14
- States
- 1
138 mph
when closest
Cities Unnamed 1933 storm passed near, strongest first
North Carolina (14)
- BeaufortCategory 2 · 73 mi
- BelhavenCategory 2 · 72 mi
- OrientalCategory 2 · 74 mi
- BayboroCategory 2 · 74 mi
- ColumbiaCategory 2 · 59 mi
- Nags HeadCategory 2 · 28 mi
- ManteoCategory 2 · 31 mi
- Kill Devil HillsCategory 2 · 34 mi
- Kitty HawkCategory 2 · 39 mi
- GrandyCategory 2 · 49 mi
- Elizabeth CityCategory 2 · 69 mi
- CurrituckCategory 2 · 59 mi
- CamdenCategory 2 · 67 mi
- MoyockCategory 2 · 69 mi
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 (AL111933)Category 4 · 431 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.