Unnamed hurricane (1919)
Unnamed hurricane reached Category 4 in the North Atlantic between September 2, 1919 and September 16, 1919, with a lowest pressure of 927 mb, and made landfall. It did $22 million of damage.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Unnamed hurricane, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 1919 season in the same basin behind it, and its wind and pressure hour by hour. Every fix is in the track table below.
The storm
- Basin
- North Atlantic
- Dates
- September 2, 1919 to September 16, 1919
- Peak strength
- Category 4, 130 kt (150 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 927 mb (27.37 inHg)
- Landfall
- Yes
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 44.3
- Fastest the center moved
- 15 kt (17 mph)
- Identifier
- AL021919
Deaths and damage
The sources count different things and are not added together.
Wikidata
no death figure$22 million
A community-maintained total, usually direct and indirect deaths together and damage worldwide. Joined to this storm by its IBTrACS serial, not by name.
Landfalls
| Time (UTC) | Where | Position | Wind | Pressure |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 10, 07:00 | Key West, FL, 113 km away | 24.6N 82.9W | 130 kt (150 mph) | 927 mb |
| Sep 14, 21:00 | Sarita, TX, 48 km away | 27.2N 97.3W | 100 kt (115 mph) | 950 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 2, 12:00 | 16.0N 61.0W | 25 kt | Tropical depression | |
| Sep 2, 18:00 | 16.3N 62.3W | 30 kt | Tropical depression | |
| Sep 3, 00:00 | 16.7N 63.6W | 30 kt | Tropical depression | |
| Sep 3, 06:00 | 17.1N 64.8W | 35 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Sep 3, 12:00 | 17.5N 66.0W | 40 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Sep 3, 18:00 | 18.0N 67.0W | 45 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Sep 4, 00:00 | 18.6N 68.0W | 45 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Sep 4, 06:00 | 19.1N 69.0W | 40 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Sep 4, 12:00 | 19.5N 70.0W | 35 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Sep 4, 18:00 | 19.8N 70.8W | 35 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Sep 5, 00:00 | 20.0N 71.6W | 35 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Sep 5, 06:00 | 20.2N 72.2W | 35 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Sep 5, 12:00 | 20.5N 72.5W | 35 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Sep 5, 18:00 | 20.9N 72.6W | 35 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Sep 6, 00:00 | 21.4N 72.6W | 40 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Sep 6, 06:00 | 21.8N 72.7W | 45 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Sep 6, 12:00 | 22.2N 72.8W | 50 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Sep 6, 18:00 | 22.5N 73.1W | 55 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Sep 7, 00:00 | 22.8N 73.5W | 60 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Sep 7, 06:00 | 23.0N 74.0W | 65 kt | Hurricane | |
| Sep 7, 12:00 | 23.2N 74.5W | 75 kt | Hurricane | |
| Sep 7, 18:00 | 23.4N 75.1W | 85 kt | Hurricane | |
| Sep 8, 00:00 | 23.5N 75.8W | 95 kt | Hurricane | |
| Sep 8, 06:00 | 23.6N 76.5W | 95 kt | Hurricane | |
| Sep 8, 12:00 | 23.7N 77.3W | 100 kt | Hurricane | |
| Sep 8, 18:00 | 23.8N 78.1W | 105 kt | Hurricane | |
| Sep 9, 00:00 | 23.9N 78.9W | 110 kt | Hurricane | |
| Sep 9, 06:00 | 24.0N 79.7W | 115 kt | Hurricane | |
| Sep 9, 12:00 | 24.0N 80.5W | 120 kt | Hurricane | |
| Sep 9, 18:00 | 24.1N 81.3W | 125 kt | Hurricane | |
| Sep 10, 00:00 | 24.3N 82.1W | 130 kt | Hurricane | |
| Sep 10, 06:00 | 24.6N 82.8W | 130 kt | 927 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 10, 07:00 landfall | 24.6N 82.9W | 130 kt | 927 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 10, 12:00 | 24.8N 83.4W | 130 kt | Hurricane | |
| Sep 10, 18:00 | 24.9N 84.0W | 130 kt | Hurricane | |
| Sep 11, 00:00 | 25.0N 84.5W | 130 kt | Hurricane | |
| Sep 11, 06:00 | 25.0N 85.0W | 130 kt | Hurricane | |
| Sep 11, 12:00 | 25.1N 85.5W | 130 kt | Hurricane | |
| Sep 11, 18:00 | 25.3N 86.1W | 125 kt | Hurricane | |
| Sep 12, 00:00 | 25.6N 86.7W | 120 kt | Hurricane | |
| Sep 12, 06:00 | 25.9N 87.3W | 115 kt | Hurricane | |
| Sep 12, 12:00 | 26.2N 88.0W | 110 kt | 944 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 12, 18:00 | 26.4N 89.0W | 110 kt | 943 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 13, 00:00 | 26.5N 90.0W | 115 kt | 942 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 13, 06:00 | 26.5N 91.0W | 125 kt | 931 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 13, 12:00 | 26.5N 92.0W | 125 kt | Hurricane | |
| Sep 13, 18:00 | 26.6N 92.9W | 120 kt | Hurricane | |
| Sep 14, 00:00 | 26.7N 93.8W | 115 kt | Hurricane | |
| Sep 14, 06:00 | 26.8N 94.6W | 110 kt | Hurricane | |
| Sep 14, 12:00 | 27.0N 95.5W | 105 kt | Hurricane | |
| Sep 14, 18:00 | 27.2N 96.6W | 100 kt | 950 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 14, 21:00 landfall | 27.2N 97.3W | 100 kt | 950 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 15, 00:00 | 27.4N 98.0W | 75 kt | Hurricane | |
| Sep 15, 06:00 | 27.8N 99.5W | 55 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Sep 15, 12:00 | 28.2N 101.0W | 40 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Sep 15, 18:00 | 28.9N 102.4W | 35 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Sep 16, 00:00 | 29.7N 103.8W | 30 kt | Tropical depression | |
| Sep 16, 06:00 | 30.6N 105.0W | 25 kt | Tropical depression | |
| Sep 16, 12:00 | 31.5N 106.0W | 20 kt | Tropical depression |
Other North Atlantic storms of 1919
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.