The 1934 season

Unnamed hurricane (1934)

Unnamed hurricane reached Category 2 in the North Atlantic between June 4, 1934 and June 21, 1934, with a lowest pressure of 966 mb, and made landfall.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Unnamed hurricane, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 1934 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
June 4, 1934 to June 21, 1934
Peak strength
Category 2, 85 kt (98 mph)
Lowest pressure
966 mb (28.53 inHg)
Landfall
Yes
Accumulated cyclone energy
19.5
Fastest the center moved
30 kt (35 mph)
Identifier
AL011934

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
Jun 16, 19:00Baldwin, LA, 22 km away29.7N 91.7W85 kt (98 mph)966 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
Jun 4, 12:0017.0N 87.0W30 ktTropical depression
Jun 4, 18:0017.0N 87.1W35 ktTropical storm
Jun 5, 00:0017.0N 87.2W40 ktTropical storm
Jun 5, 06:0016.9N 87.4W45 ktTropical storm
Jun 5, 12:0016.8N 87.8W45 ktTropical storm
Jun 5, 18:0016.7N 88.5W40 ktTropical storm
Jun 6, 00:0016.5N 89.5W40 ktTropical storm
Jun 6, 06:0016.3N 90.5W35 ktTropical storm
Jun 6, 12:0016.0N 91.0W35 ktTropical storm
Jun 6, 18:0015.5N 91.4W30 ktTropical depression
Jun 7, 00:0015.0N 91.7W30 ktTropical depression
Jun 7, 06:0014.5N 91.7W35 ktTropical storm
Jun 7, 12:0014.0N 91.5W45 ktTropical storm
Jun 7, 18:0014.2N 90.7W45 ktTropical storm
Jun 8, 00:0015.2N 89.6W40 ktTropical storm
Jun 8, 06:0016.5N 88.3W45 ktTropical storm
Jun 8, 12:0017.7N 87.5W50 ktTropical storm
Jun 8, 18:0018.6N 87.2W60 ktTropical storm
Jun 9, 00:0019.4N 87.3W70 ktHurricane
Jun 9, 06:0020.0N 87.7W65 ktHurricane
Jun 9, 12:0020.4N 88.4W55 ktTropical storm
Jun 9, 18:0020.8N 89.1W40 ktTropical storm
Jun 10, 00:0021.2N 89.8W35 ktTropical storm
Jun 10, 06:0021.6N 90.8W40 ktTropical storm
Jun 10, 12:0021.8N 91.7W45 ktTropical storm
Jun 10, 18:0022.0N 92.5W50 ktTropical storm
Jun 11, 00:0022.0N 93.3W50 ktTropical storm
Jun 11, 06:0021.9N 93.9W50 ktTropical storm
Jun 11, 12:0021.7N 94.2W55 ktTropical storm
Jun 11, 18:0021.6N 94.2W60 ktTropical storm
Jun 12, 00:0021.5N 94.0W60 ktTropical storm
Jun 12, 06:0021.5N 93.7W65 ktHurricane
Jun 12, 12:0021.5N 93.4W70 ktHurricane
Jun 12, 18:0021.5N 93.1W70 ktHurricane
Jun 13, 00:0021.5N 92.9W75 ktHurricane
Jun 13, 06:0021.5N 92.7W75 ktHurricane
Jun 13, 12:0021.7N 92.5W80 kt978 mbHurricane
Jun 13, 18:0022.0N 92.3W80 ktHurricane
Jun 14, 00:0022.3N 92.2W80 ktHurricane
Jun 14, 06:0022.6N 92.1W80 ktHurricane
Jun 14, 12:0023.1N 92.0W80 ktHurricane
Jun 14, 18:0023.7N 91.8W85 ktHurricane
Jun 15, 00:0024.3N 91.6W85 ktHurricane
Jun 15, 06:0024.7N 91.4W85 ktHurricane
Jun 15, 12:0025.2N 91.3W85 ktHurricane
Jun 15, 18:0025.7N 91.2W85 ktHurricane
Jun 16, 00:0026.3N 91.2W85 ktHurricane
Jun 16, 06:0027.1N 91.3W85 ktHurricane
Jun 16, 12:0028.3N 91.5W85 ktHurricane
Jun 16, 18:0029.6N 91.7W85 kt966 mbHurricane
Jun 16, 19:00 landfall29.7N 91.7W85 kt966 mbHurricane
Jun 17, 00:0030.9N 91.3W60 ktTropical storm
Jun 17, 06:0032.1N 90.9W45 ktTropical storm
Jun 17, 12:0033.3N 90.3W35 ktTropical storm
Jun 17, 18:0034.2N 89.4W35 ktTropical storm
Jun 18, 00:0035.1N 88.1W35 ktTropical storm
Jun 18, 06:0036.0N 86.2W30 ktTropical depression
Jun 18, 12:0036.8N 84.2W30 ktExtratropical
Jun 18, 18:0037.6N 82.2W35 ktExtratropical
Jun 19, 00:0038.4N 80.2W40 ktExtratropical
Jun 19, 06:0039.1N 77.5W40 ktExtratropical
Jun 19, 12:0039.8N 75.4W40 ktExtratropical
Jun 19, 18:0040.4N 73.9W40 ktExtratropical
Jun 20, 00:0040.9N 72.4W40 ktExtratropical
Jun 20, 06:0041.5N 70.7W40 ktExtratropical
Jun 20, 12:0042.5N 68.5W45 ktExtratropical
Jun 20, 18:0044.0N 66.5W45 ktExtratropical
Jun 21, 00:0045.7N 64.6W40 ktExtratropical
Jun 21, 06:0047.7N 62.8W40 ktExtratropical
Jun 21, 12:0050.2N 61.0W35 ktExtratropical
Jun 21, 18:0053.0N 59.4W35 ktExtratropical

Other North Atlantic storms of 1934

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.