The 1933 season

Unnamed hurricane (1933)

Unnamed hurricane reached Category 4 in the North Atlantic between September 8, 1933 and September 22, 1933, with a lowest pressure of 952 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.

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The storm

Basin
North Atlantic
Dates
September 8, 1933 to September 22, 1933
Peak strength
Category 4, 120 kt (138 mph)
Lowest pressure
952 mb (28.11 inHg)
Landfall
Yes
Accumulated cyclone energy
35.7
Fastest the center moved
25 kt (29 mph)
Identifier
AL121933

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
Sep 8, 00:0015.4N 56.6W30 ktTropical depression
Sep 8, 06:0015.6N 57.3W35 ktTropical storm
Sep 8, 12:0015.9N 58.0W35 ktTropical storm
Sep 8, 18:0016.4N 58.4W40 ktTropical storm
Sep 9, 00:0016.9N 58.7W45 ktTropical storm
Sep 9, 06:0017.4N 59.0W50 ktTropical storm
Sep 9, 12:0017.9N 59.2W55 ktTropical storm
Sep 9, 18:0018.5N 59.3W60 ktTropical storm
Sep 10, 00:0019.1N 59.4W65 ktHurricane
Sep 10, 06:0019.8N 59.5W70 ktHurricane
Sep 10, 12:0020.5N 59.7W75 ktHurricane
Sep 10, 18:0021.2N 60.1W80 ktHurricane
Sep 11, 00:0021.9N 60.4W90 ktHurricane
Sep 11, 06:0022.3N 60.7W95 ktHurricane
Sep 11, 12:0022.6N 61.0W105 ktHurricane
Sep 11, 18:0022.9N 61.3W115 ktHurricane
Sep 12, 00:0023.3N 61.6W120 ktHurricane
Sep 12, 06:0023.9N 62.5W120 ktHurricane
Sep 12, 12:0024.6N 63.5W120 ktHurricane
Sep 12, 18:0025.2N 64.6W120 ktHurricane
Sep 13, 00:0025.8N 65.7W120 ktHurricane
Sep 13, 06:0026.4N 66.7W120 ktHurricane
Sep 13, 12:0027.0N 67.8W120 ktHurricane
Sep 13, 18:0027.5N 69.0W115 ktHurricane
Sep 14, 00:0028.0N 70.2W115 ktHurricane
Sep 14, 06:0028.4N 71.4W115 ktHurricane
Sep 14, 12:0028.8N 72.6W110 ktHurricane
Sep 14, 18:0029.4N 73.4W110 ktHurricane
Sep 15, 00:0030.2N 74.0W110 ktHurricane
Sep 15, 06:0031.1N 74.5W105 ktHurricane
Sep 15, 12:0032.0N 74.9W105 ktHurricane
Sep 15, 18:0032.8N 75.1W105 ktHurricane
Sep 16, 00:0033.6N 75.2W105 ktHurricane
Sep 16, 06:0034.4N 75.3W95 ktHurricane
Sep 16, 12:0035.2N 75.4W90 kt952 mbHurricane
Sep 16, 18:0036.1N 75.0W85 kt954 mbHurricane
Sep 17, 00:0037.0N 74.5W80 kt959 mbHurricane
Sep 17, 06:0037.9N 73.1W80 ktHurricane
Sep 17, 12:0038.9N 71.5W75 ktHurricane
Sep 17, 18:0039.9N 69.6W75 kt965 mbHurricane
Sep 18, 00:0041.5N 67.2W70 ktHurricane
Sep 18, 06:0043.2N 64.7W70 ktHurricane
Sep 18, 12:0044.8N 62.7W65 ktExtratropical
Sep 18, 18:0046.6N 61.0W60 ktExtratropical
Sep 19, 00:0048.1N 59.9W60 ktExtratropical
Sep 19, 06:0049.3N 58.9W60 ktExtratropical
Sep 19, 12:0050.5N 58.0W60 kt965 mbExtratropical
Sep 19, 18:0051.5N 57.0W55 ktExtratropical
Sep 20, 00:0052.3N 56.0W55 ktExtratropical
Sep 20, 06:0053.1N 54.9W50 ktExtratropical
Sep 20, 12:0053.8N 53.8W50 ktExtratropical
Sep 20, 18:0054.8N 52.0W50 ktExtratropical
Sep 21, 00:0055.8N 49.6W50 ktExtratropical
Sep 21, 06:0056.9N 46.8W50 ktExtratropical
Sep 21, 12:0058.0N 44.0W50 ktExtratropical
Sep 21, 18:0058.9N 41.2W50 ktExtratropical
Sep 22, 00:0059.8N 38.4W50 ktExtratropical
Sep 22, 06:0060.7N 35.6W50 ktExtratropical
Sep 22, 12:0061.5N 33.0W50 ktExtratropical
Sep 22, 18:0062.1N 31.2W45 ktExtratropical

Other North Atlantic storms of 1933

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.