NHC AL171933 · Atlantic basin
Unnamed Hurricane of 1933
October 1, 1933 – October 9, 1933
Data: NOAA NHC HURDAT2 and NOAA SPC tornado and hail reports, through 2025 · Updated
Hurricane Unnamed 1933 storm peaked at Category 3 with 127 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 15 US cities, 15 of them while still at hurricane strength.
The 1933 storm in the record
HURDAT2 tracks the unnamed storm of 1933 (AL171933) from October 1, 1933 to October 9, 1933; its peak was 127 mph (Category 3). Its centre passed within 75 miles of 15 US cities, all in Florida. The strongest pass was 116 mph (Category 3) 67 miles from Key Biscayne, FL; the centre came closest to Marathon, FL, 34 miles away.
- Peak strength
- Category 3
- Cities within 75 mi
- 15
- At hurricane strength
- 15
- States
- 1
127 mph
when closest
Cities Unnamed 1933 storm passed near, strongest first
Florida (15)
- Key BiscayneCategory 3 · 67 mi
- Miami BeachCategory 3 · 72 mi
- Palmetto BayCategory 3 · 69 mi
- South MiamiCategory 3 · 72 mi
- Coral GablesCategory 3 · 73 mi
- Florida CityCategory 3 · 62 mi
- HomesteadCategory 3 · 64 mi
- Cutler BayCategory 3 · 66 mi
- TavernierCategory 3 · 36 mi
- Key LargoCategory 3 · 41 mi
- IslamoradaCategory 3 · 34 mi
- MarathonCategory 3 · 34 mi
- Big Pine KeyCategory 2 · 39 mi
- Summerland KeyCategory 2 · 43 mi
- Key WestCategory 2 · 45 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 (AL121933)Category 4 · 14 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.