The 1924 season

Unnamed hurricane (1924)

Unnamed hurricane reached Category 5 in the North Atlantic between October 14, 1924 and October 23, 1924, with a lowest pressure of 910 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
October 14, 1924 to October 23, 1924
Peak strength
Category 5, 145 kt (167 mph)
Lowest pressure
910 mb (26.87 inHg)
Landfall
Yes
Accumulated cyclone energy
25.0
Fastest the center moved
21 kt (24 mph)
Identifier
AL101924

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)WherePositionWindPressure
Oct 21, 01:00Marco Island, FL, 18 km away25.8N 81.8W80 kt (92 mph)975 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)PositionWindPressureStatus
Oct 14, 00:0015.7N 83.5W25 ktTropical depression
Oct 14, 06:0016.1N 83.9W25 ktTropical depression
Oct 14, 12:0016.5N 84.2W30 ktTropical depression
Oct 14, 18:0016.9N 84.4W30 ktTropical depression
Oct 15, 00:0017.3N 84.6W30 ktTropical depression
Oct 15, 06:0017.7N 84.8W35 ktTropical storm
Oct 15, 12:0018.0N 85.0W40 ktTropical storm
Oct 15, 18:0018.3N 85.2W50 ktTropical storm
Oct 16, 00:0018.6N 85.5W60 ktTropical storm
Oct 16, 06:0018.9N 85.8W70 ktHurricane
Oct 16, 12:0019.0N 86.0W80 ktHurricane
Oct 16, 18:0018.9N 86.2W80 ktHurricane
Oct 17, 00:0018.8N 86.4W80 ktHurricane
Oct 17, 06:0018.6N 86.5W85 ktHurricane
Oct 17, 12:0018.4N 86.5W85 ktHurricane
Oct 17, 18:0018.3N 86.4W85 ktHurricane
Oct 18, 00:0018.3N 86.2W90 ktHurricane
Oct 18, 06:0018.4N 86.0W95 ktHurricane
Oct 18, 12:0018.6N 85.8W100 ktHurricane
Oct 18, 18:0019.1N 85.6W110 ktHurricane
Oct 19, 00:0019.7N 85.3W120 ktHurricane
Oct 19, 06:0020.4N 85.0W130 ktHurricane
Oct 19, 12:0021.3N 84.7W145 ktHurricane
Oct 19, 18:0022.4N 84.4W145 kt910 mbHurricane
Oct 20, 00:0023.4N 84.0W130 ktHurricane
Oct 20, 06:0024.4N 83.5W115 ktHurricane
Oct 20, 12:0025.2N 83.0W100 ktHurricane
Oct 20, 18:0025.5N 82.5W90 ktHurricane
Oct 21, 00:0025.8N 81.9W80 kt975 mbHurricane
Oct 21, 01:00 landfall25.8N 81.8W80 kt975 mbHurricane
Oct 21, 06:0025.9N 81.0W70 kt980 mbHurricane
Oct 21, 12:0026.0N 80.1W60 kt986 mbTropical storm
Oct 21, 18:0026.3N 78.9W60 ktTropical storm
Oct 22, 00:0026.8N 77.4W60 ktTropical storm
Oct 22, 06:0027.3N 75.6W60 ktTropical storm
Oct 22, 12:0028.0N 73.5W55 ktTropical storm
Oct 22, 18:0028.7N 71.4W50 ktTropical storm
Oct 23, 00:0029.4N 69.3W45 ktTropical storm
Oct 23, 06:0030.1N 67.2W40 ktTropical storm
Oct 23, 12:0031.0N 65.0W30 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.