The 1932 season

Unnamed hurricane (1932)

Unnamed hurricane reached Category 5 in the North Atlantic between October 30, 1932 and November 14, 1932, with a lowest pressure of 918 mb, and made landfall.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Unnamed hurricane, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 1932 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 30, 1932 to November 14, 1932
Peak strength
Category 5, 150 kt (173 mph)
Lowest pressure
918 mb (27.11 inHg)
Landfall
Yes
Accumulated cyclone energy
59.8
Fastest the center moved
37 kt (43 mph)
Identifier
AL141932

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
Oct 30, 06:0015.0N 55.4W25 ktTropical depression
Oct 30, 12:0015.0N 56.3W25 ktTropical depression
Oct 30, 18:0015.0N 57.2W30 ktTropical depression
Oct 31, 00:0014.9N 58.2W30 ktTropical depression
Oct 31, 06:0014.9N 59.3W30 ktTropical depression
Oct 31, 12:0014.8N 60.5W30 ktTropical depression
Oct 31, 18:0014.8N 61.7W35 ktTropical storm
Nov 1, 00:0014.7N 63.0W40 ktTropical storm
Nov 1, 06:0014.6N 64.5W45 ktTropical storm
Nov 1, 12:0014.5N 66.0W50 ktTropical storm
Nov 1, 18:0014.3N 67.2W55 ktTropical storm
Nov 2, 00:0014.1N 68.2W60 ktTropical storm
Nov 2, 06:0013.9N 69.0W65 ktHurricane
Nov 2, 12:0013.7N 69.5W70 ktHurricane
Nov 2, 18:0013.5N 70.0W75 ktHurricane
Nov 3, 00:0013.4N 70.5W80 ktHurricane
Nov 3, 06:0013.3N 71.0W85 ktHurricane
Nov 3, 12:0013.3N 71.5W85 ktHurricane
Nov 3, 18:0013.4N 72.1W85 ktHurricane
Nov 4, 00:0013.5N 72.9W90 ktHurricane
Nov 4, 06:0013.7N 73.7W90 ktHurricane
Nov 4, 12:0013.8N 74.4W90 ktHurricane
Nov 4, 18:0013.8N 75.0W100 ktHurricane
Nov 5, 00:0013.8N 75.8W110 ktHurricane
Nov 5, 06:0013.9N 76.8W120 ktHurricane
Nov 5, 12:0014.0N 77.8W130 ktHurricane
Nov 5, 18:0014.1N 78.5W140 ktHurricane
Nov 6, 00:0014.2N 78.9W150 ktHurricane
Nov 6, 06:0014.3N 79.2W150 ktHurricane
Nov 6, 12:0014.4N 79.5W150 ktHurricane
Nov 6, 18:0014.6N 79.8W150 ktHurricane
Nov 7, 00:0014.9N 80.1W145 ktHurricane
Nov 7, 06:0015.2N 80.4W145 ktHurricane
Nov 7, 12:0015.5N 80.7W145 ktHurricane
Nov 7, 18:0015.8N 80.9W145 ktHurricane
Nov 8, 00:0016.2N 81.1W140 ktHurricane
Nov 8, 06:0016.7N 81.1W140 ktHurricane
Nov 8, 12:0017.3N 81.0W140 ktHurricane
Nov 8, 18:0018.1N 80.8W140 ktHurricane
Nov 9, 00:0019.1N 80.6W135 ktHurricane
Nov 9, 06:0020.0N 79.8W135 ktHurricane
Nov 9, 12:0020.8N 78.9W130 kt918 mbHurricane
Nov 9, 18:0021.5N 77.7W120 ktHurricane
Nov 10, 00:0022.1N 76.5W115 ktHurricane
Nov 10, 06:0023.0N 75.3W110 ktHurricane
Nov 10, 12:0023.8N 74.0W105 ktHurricane
Nov 10, 18:0024.6N 72.5W100 ktHurricane
Nov 11, 00:0025.4N 71.3W95 ktHurricane
Nov 11, 06:0026.3N 70.3W90 ktHurricane
Nov 11, 12:0027.3N 69.3W85 ktHurricane
Nov 11, 18:0028.3N 68.2W85 ktHurricane
Nov 12, 00:0029.3N 67.0W85 ktHurricane
Nov 12, 06:0030.3N 65.7W85 ktHurricane
Nov 12, 12:0031.3N 64.3W85 ktHurricane
Nov 12, 18:0032.6N 62.3W80 ktHurricane
Nov 13, 00:0034.5N 60.0W75 ktHurricane
Nov 13, 06:0037.0N 56.8W70 ktHurricane
Nov 13, 12:0039.3N 53.3W60 ktTropical storm
Nov 13, 18:0040.2N 50.0W60 ktTropical storm
Nov 14, 00:0040.3N 47.0W55 ktExtratropical
Nov 14, 06:0040.2N 43.5W50 ktExtratropical
Nov 14, 12:0040.0N 40.0W45 ktExtratropical
Nov 14, 18:0039.8N 36.0W45 ktExtratropical

Other North Atlantic storms of 1932

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.