Unnamed hurricane (1933)
Unnamed hurricane reached Category 4 in the North Atlantic between August 31, 1933 and September 7, 1933, with a lowest pressure of 945 mb, and made landfall.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Unnamed hurricane, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 1933 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
- August 31, 1933 to September 7, 1933
- Peak strength
- Category 4, 120 kt (138 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 945 mb (27.91 inHg)
- Landfall
- Yes
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 17.9
- Fastest the center moved
- 19 kt (22 mph)
- Identifier
- AL111933
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.
Landfalls
| Time (UTC) | Where | Position | Wind | Pressure |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 4, 05:00 | Jupiter, FL, 4 km away | 26.9N 80.1W | 110 kt (127 mph) | 948 mb |
| Sep 5, 04:00 | Cedar Key, FL, 15 km away | 29.2N 82.9W | 55 kt (63 mph) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 31, 06:00 | 18.1N 56.4W | 55 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Aug 31, 12:00 | 18.5N 58.3W | 60 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Aug 31, 18:00 | 18.9N 60.2W | 65 kt | Hurricane | |
| Sep 1, 00:00 | 19.3N 62.0W | 70 kt | Hurricane | |
| Sep 1, 06:00 | 19.9N 63.8W | 75 kt | Hurricane | |
| Sep 1, 12:00 | 20.5N 65.5W | 80 kt | Hurricane | |
| Sep 1, 18:00 | 21.1N 67.0W | 85 kt | Hurricane | |
| Sep 2, 00:00 | 21.8N 68.2W | 90 kt | Hurricane | |
| Sep 2, 06:00 | 22.3N 69.4W | 95 kt | Hurricane | |
| Sep 2, 12:00 | 22.7N 70.7W | 100 kt | Hurricane | |
| Sep 2, 18:00 | 23.2N 72.2W | 105 kt | Hurricane | |
| Sep 3, 00:00 | 23.8N 73.8W | 110 kt | Hurricane | |
| Sep 3, 06:00 | 24.5N 75.4W | 115 kt | Hurricane | |
| Sep 3, 12:00 | 25.4N 76.8W | 120 kt | 945 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 3, 18:00 | 25.8N 77.9W | 115 kt | Hurricane | |
| Sep 4, 00:00 | 26.3N 79.0W | 110 kt | Hurricane | |
| Sep 4, 05:00 landfall | 26.9N 80.1W | 110 kt | 948 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 4, 06:00 | 27.0N 80.3W | 110 kt | 948 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 4, 12:00 | 27.7N 81.6W | 65 kt | Hurricane | |
| Sep 4, 18:00 | 28.3N 82.3W | 55 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Sep 5, 00:00 | 28.8N 82.7W | 55 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Sep 5, 04:00 landfall | 29.2N 82.9W | 55 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Sep 5, 06:00 | 29.4N 83.1W | 55 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Sep 5, 12:00 | 30.0N 83.4W | 50 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Sep 5, 18:00 | 30.5N 83.5W | 50 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Sep 6, 00:00 | 30.9N 83.3W | 50 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Sep 6, 06:00 | 31.3N 82.9W | 50 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Sep 6, 12:00 | 31.7N 82.5W | 50 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Sep 6, 18:00 | 32.1N 82.5W | 40 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Sep 7, 00:00 | 32.4N 82.5W | 35 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Sep 7, 06:00 | 32.7N 82.5W | 30 kt | Tropical depression | |
| Sep 7, 12:00 | 33.0N 82.5W | 25 kt | Tropical depression | |
| Sep 7, 18:00 | 33.4N 82.5W | 20 kt | Tropical depression |
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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.