Unnamed hurricane (1909)
Unnamed hurricane reached Category 3 in the North Atlantic between September 13, 1909 and September 22, 1909, with a lowest pressure of 952 mb, and made landfall.
Radar
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The storm
- Basin
- North Atlantic
- Dates
- September 13, 1909 to September 22, 1909
- Peak strength
- Category 3, 105 kt (121 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 952 mb (28.11 inHg)
- Landfall
- Yes
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 17.8
- Fastest the center moved
- 20 kt (23 mph)
- Identifier
- AL091909
Deaths and damage
No source this site reads publishes a machine-readable casualty or damage figure for a storm of this era. The National Hurricane Center’s season tables begin in 1995 and carry deaths and damage only from 2005 in the Atlantic and 2020 in both basins; the US Storm Events record begins in 1996.
Landfall
| Time (UTC) | Where | Position | Wind | Pressure |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 21, 00:00 | Bayou Vista, LA, 21 km away | 29.5N 91.3W | 100 kt (115 mph) | 952 mb |
Landfall points the US agencies flagged in the best track. The nearest town is named from the site’s gazetteer, not from the report.
Track
| Time (UTC) | Position | Wind | Pressure | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 13, 12:00 | 17.5N 71.0W | 30 kt | Tropical depression | |
| Sep 13, 18:00 | 17.8N 72.5W | 30 kt | Tropical depression | |
| Sep 14, 00:00 | 18.1N 73.9W | 30 kt | Tropical depression | |
| Sep 14, 06:00 | 18.3N 75.2W | 30 kt | Tropical depression | |
| Sep 14, 12:00 | 18.5N 76.5W | 30 kt | Tropical depression | |
| Sep 14, 18:00 | 18.7N 77.5W | 30 kt | Tropical depression | |
| Sep 15, 00:00 | 18.9N 78.4W | 35 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Sep 15, 06:00 | 19.1N 79.3W | 40 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Sep 15, 12:00 | 19.3N 80.0W | 45 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Sep 15, 18:00 | 19.5N 80.6W | 50 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Sep 16, 00:00 | 19.6N 81.0W | 55 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Sep 16, 06:00 | 19.9N 81.5W | 60 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Sep 16, 12:00 | 20.3N 82.0W | 65 kt | Hurricane | |
| Sep 16, 18:00 | 20.6N 82.4W | 70 kt | Hurricane | |
| Sep 17, 00:00 | 20.9N 82.9W | 70 kt | Hurricane | |
| Sep 17, 06:00 | 21.3N 83.3W | 75 kt | Hurricane | |
| Sep 17, 12:00 | 21.7N 83.7W | 80 kt | Hurricane | |
| Sep 17, 18:00 | 22.0N 84.2W | 85 kt | 976 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 18, 00:00 | 22.3N 84.5W | 75 kt | Hurricane | |
| Sep 18, 06:00 | 22.6N 84.9W | 80 kt | Hurricane | |
| Sep 18, 12:00 | 22.9N 85.4W | 80 kt | Hurricane | |
| Sep 18, 18:00 | 23.2N 85.9W | 85 kt | Hurricane | |
| Sep 19, 00:00 | 23.5N 86.7W | 95 kt | Hurricane | |
| Sep 19, 06:00 | 23.9N 87.4W | 105 kt | Hurricane | |
| Sep 19, 12:00 | 24.3N 88.0W | 105 kt | Hurricane | |
| Sep 19, 18:00 | 24.8N 88.5W | 105 kt | Hurricane | |
| Sep 20, 00:00 | 25.4N 89.0W | 105 kt | Hurricane | |
| Sep 20, 06:00 | 26.1N 89.5W | 105 kt | Hurricane | |
| Sep 20, 12:00 | 26.9N 90.1W | 105 kt | Hurricane | |
| Sep 20, 18:00 | 27.7N 90.7W | 100 kt | Hurricane | |
| Sep 21, 00:00 landfall | 29.5N 91.3W | 100 kt | 952 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 21, 06:00 | 31.4N 91.7W | 75 kt | Hurricane | |
| Sep 21, 12:00 | 33.2N 91.5W | 55 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Sep 21, 18:00 | 35.0N 91.3W | 40 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Sep 22, 00:00 | 36.8N 91.1W | 30 kt | Tropical depression |
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What this means
A best track is the record a warning agency settles on after the storm, not what it said at the time: position, maximum sustained wind and central pressure every six hours, revised against every observation that came in later. Category is the Saffir-Simpson scale, which runs from Category 1 at 64 kt to Category 5 at 137 kt and reads wind only, so it says nothing about surge or rain. Accumulated cyclone energy adds up the square of the wind through the storm's life, so it counts strength and duration together.
Sources
Storm history from NOAA NCEI’s International Best Track Archive for Climate Stewardship (IBTrACS), which merges the official best track of every warning agency. Live storms, cones, watches and warnings from the National Hurricane Center and the Central Pacific Hurricane Center. Archived radar from NOAA’s Level II archive.
The National Hurricane Center has published no tropical cyclone report for this storm.