Unnamed hurricane (1920)
Unnamed hurricane reached Category 1 in the North Atlantic between September 25, 1920 and September 30, 1920, and made landfall.
Radar
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The storm
- Basin
- North Atlantic
- Dates
- September 25, 1920 to September 30, 1920
- Peak strength
- Category 1, 75 kt (86 mph)
- Landfall
- Yes
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 3.5
- Identifier
- AL051920
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.
Track
| Time (UTC) | Position | Wind | Pressure | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 25, 06:00 | 25.0N 83.0W | 25 kt | Tropical depression | |
| Sep 25, 12:00 | 25.0N 83.7W | 25 kt | Tropical depression | |
| Sep 25, 18:00 | 25.1N 84.4W | 25 kt | Tropical depression | |
| Sep 26, 00:00 | 25.3N 85.2W | 25 kt | Tropical depression | |
| Sep 26, 06:00 | 25.4N 85.9W | 25 kt | Tropical depression | |
| Sep 26, 12:00 | 25.5N 86.5W | 30 kt | Tropical depression | |
| Sep 26, 18:00 | 25.5N 87.0W | 30 kt | Tropical depression | |
| Sep 27, 00:00 | 25.4N 87.4W | 30 kt | Tropical depression | |
| Sep 27, 06:00 | 25.3N 87.7W | 30 kt | Tropical depression | |
| Sep 27, 12:00 | 25.2N 88.0W | 35 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Sep 27, 18:00 | 25.1N 88.3W | 35 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Sep 28, 00:00 | 25.0N 88.5W | 40 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Sep 28, 06:00 | 24.9N 88.6W | 40 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Sep 28, 12:00 | 24.8N 88.7W | 45 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Sep 28, 18:00 | 24.9N 88.8W | 50 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Sep 29, 00:00 | 25.1N 88.9W | 55 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Sep 29, 06:00 | 25.4N 89.0W | 60 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Sep 29, 12:00 | 25.8N 88.9W | 70 kt | Hurricane | |
| Sep 29, 18:00 | 26.4N 88.3W | 75 kt | Hurricane | |
| Sep 30, 00:00 | 27.2N 86.8W | 65 kt | Hurricane | |
| Sep 30, 06:00 | 28.2N 84.4W | 55 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Sep 30, 09:00 landfall | 28.9N 82.9W | 55 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Sep 30, 12:00 | 29.5N 81.5W | 45 kt | Extratropical | |
| Sep 30, 18:00 | 31.1N 78.0W | 45 kt | Extratropical |
Other North Atlantic storms of 1920
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.