The 1924 season

Unnamed hurricane (1924)

Unnamed hurricane reached Category 3 in the North Atlantic between August 16, 1924 and August 28, 1924, with a lowest pressure of 963 mb, and made landfall.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Unnamed hurricane, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 1924 season in the same basin behind it, and its wind and pressure hour by hour. Every fix is in the track table below.

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The storm

Basin
North Atlantic
Dates
August 16, 1924 to August 28, 1924
Peak strength
Category 3, 105 kt (121 mph)
Lowest pressure
963 mb (28.44 inHg)
Landfall
Yes
Accumulated cyclone energy
22.3
Identifier
AL031924

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)PositionWindPressureStatus
Aug 16, 06:0010.5N 54.6W25 ktTropical depression
Aug 16, 12:0011.0N 56.0W25 ktTropical depression
Aug 16, 18:0011.6N 57.5W25 ktTropical depression
Aug 17, 00:0012.3N 59.0W30 ktTropical depression
Aug 17, 06:0013.0N 60.4W30 ktTropical depression
Aug 17, 12:0013.8N 61.5W30 ktTropical depression
Aug 17, 18:0014.5N 62.3W30 ktTropical depression
Aug 18, 00:0015.2N 62.9W30 ktTropical depression
Aug 18, 06:0016.0N 63.5W30 ktTropical depression
Aug 18, 12:0016.8N 64.0W30 ktTropical depression
Aug 18, 18:0017.6N 64.6W35 ktTropical storm
Aug 19, 00:0018.5N 65.3W40 ktTropical storm
Aug 19, 06:0019.4N 66.0W40 ktTropical storm
Aug 19, 12:0020.2N 66.7W45 ktTropical storm
Aug 19, 18:0021.0N 67.3W50 ktTropical storm
Aug 20, 00:0021.7N 67.9W55 ktTropical storm
Aug 20, 06:0022.5N 68.5W60 ktTropical storm
Aug 20, 12:0023.2N 69.2W60 ktTropical storm
Aug 20, 18:0024.0N 70.1W60 ktTropical storm
Aug 21, 00:0025.0N 71.2W65 ktHurricane
Aug 21, 06:0025.9N 72.2W70 ktHurricane
Aug 21, 12:0026.7N 73.1W75 ktHurricane
Aug 21, 18:0027.3N 73.7W80 ktHurricane
Aug 22, 00:0027.6N 74.2W85 ktHurricane
Aug 22, 06:0027.9N 74.5W90 ktHurricane
Aug 22, 12:0028.0N 74.8W95 ktHurricane
Aug 22, 18:0028.1N 75.0W100 ktHurricane
Aug 23, 00:0028.2N 75.3W100 ktHurricane
Aug 23, 06:0028.2N 75.7W105 ktHurricane
Aug 23, 12:0028.3N 76.2W105 ktHurricane
Aug 23, 18:0028.3N 76.6W105 ktHurricane
Aug 24, 00:0028.2N 77.0W105 ktHurricane
Aug 24, 06:0028.2N 77.3W105 ktHurricane
Aug 24, 12:0028.2N 77.5W100 ktHurricane
Aug 24, 18:0028.6N 77.7W95 ktHurricane
Aug 25, 00:0029.4N 77.9W90 ktHurricane
Aug 25, 06:0030.2N 77.7W85 ktHurricane
Aug 25, 12:0031.2N 77.0W85 kt969 mbHurricane
Aug 25, 18:0032.7N 76.3W90 ktHurricane
Aug 26, 00:0034.4N 75.5W90 ktHurricane
Aug 26, 06:0036.3N 74.3W90 kt963 mbHurricane
Aug 26, 12:0038.5N 72.9W85 kt966 mbHurricane
Aug 26, 18:0040.9N 70.3W80 kt968 mbHurricane
Aug 27, 00:0043.5N 67.2W75 ktExtratropical
Aug 27, 06:0046.3N 63.1W65 ktExtratropical
Aug 27, 12:0049.0N 59.8W60 ktExtratropical
Aug 27, 18:0051.0N 56.0W55 ktExtratropical
Aug 28, 00:0052.5N 52.6W50 ktExtratropical
Aug 28, 06:0054.0N 48.8W45 ktExtratropical
Aug 28, 12:0055.3N 45.2W45 ktExtratropical

Other North Atlantic storms of 1924

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.