The 1935 season

Unnamed hurricane (1935)

Unnamed hurricane reached Category 5 in the North Atlantic between August 29, 1935 and September 10, 1935, with a lowest pressure of 892 mb, and made landfall.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Unnamed hurricane, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 1935 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
August 29, 1935 to September 10, 1935
Peak strength
Category 5, 160 kt (184 mph)
Lowest pressure
892 mb (26.34 inHg)
Landfall
Yes
Accumulated cyclone energy
23.3
Fastest the center moved
44 kt (51 mph)
Identifier
AL031935

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)WherePositionWindPressure
Sep 3, 02:00Duck Key, FL, 12 km away24.8N 80.8W160 kt (184 mph)892 mb
Sep 4, 22:00Steinhatchee, FL, 8 km away29.6N 83.4W85 kt (98 mph)965 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
Aug 29, 06:0023.3N 68.8W25 ktTropical depression
Aug 29, 12:0023.5N 69.3W25 ktTropical depression
Aug 29, 18:0023.8N 69.8W25 ktTropical depression
Aug 30, 00:0024.1N 70.4W30 ktTropical depression
Aug 30, 06:0024.2N 70.9W30 ktTropical depression
Aug 30, 12:0024.2N 71.4W30 ktTropical depression
Aug 30, 18:0024.1N 72.1W30 ktTropical depression
Aug 31, 00:0024.1N 72.9W35 ktTropical storm
Aug 31, 06:0024.0N 73.7W35 ktTropical storm
Aug 31, 12:0023.9N 74.5W40 ktTropical storm
Aug 31, 18:0023.8N 75.2W45 ktTropical storm
Sep 1, 00:0023.7N 75.9W50 ktTropical storm
Sep 1, 06:0023.7N 76.6W55 ktTropical storm
Sep 1, 12:0023.7N 77.3W65 ktHurricane
Sep 1, 18:0023.7N 77.9W75 ktHurricane
Sep 2, 00:0023.7N 78.5W90 ktHurricane
Sep 2, 06:0023.7N 79.0W105 ktHurricane
Sep 2, 12:0023.8N 79.5W120 ktHurricane
Sep 2, 18:0024.1N 80.0W135 ktHurricane
Sep 3, 00:0024.6N 80.5W160 kt892 mbHurricane
Sep 3, 02:00 landfall24.8N 80.8W160 kt892 mbHurricane
Sep 3, 06:0025.1N 81.1W160 ktHurricane
Sep 3, 12:0025.7N 81.6W145 ktHurricane
Sep 3, 18:0026.4N 82.2W130 ktHurricane
Sep 4, 00:0027.1N 82.8W115 ktHurricane
Sep 4, 06:0027.8N 83.2W105 ktHurricane
Sep 4, 12:0028.4N 83.4W95 ktHurricane
Sep 4, 18:0029.1N 83.4W85 ktHurricane
Sep 4, 22:00 landfall29.6N 83.4W85 kt965 mbHurricane
Sep 5, 00:0029.9N 83.4W75 ktHurricane
Sep 5, 06:0030.9N 83.1W65 ktHurricane
Sep 5, 12:0032.0N 82.5W55 ktTropical storm
Sep 5, 18:0033.2N 81.5W50 ktTropical storm
Sep 6, 00:0034.6N 80.0W45 ktTropical storm
Sep 6, 06:0036.1N 78.0W50 kt996 mbTropical storm
Sep 6, 12:0037.5N 75.1W65 ktHurricane
Sep 6, 18:0038.7N 70.9W75 ktHurricane
Sep 7, 00:0039.8N 65.4W80 ktExtratropical
Sep 7, 06:0040.9N 60.2W80 ktExtratropical
Sep 7, 12:0042.0N 55.0W80 ktExtratropical
Sep 7, 18:0043.1N 50.0W75 ktExtratropical
Sep 8, 00:0044.2N 45.0W75 ktExtratropical
Sep 8, 06:0045.5N 40.0W75 ktExtratropical
Sep 8, 12:0046.9N 35.2W75 ktExtratropical
Sep 8, 18:0048.5N 32.7W75 ktExtratropical
Sep 9, 00:0050.2N 31.5W70 ktExtratropical
Sep 9, 06:0052.0N 31.2W70 ktExtratropical
Sep 9, 12:0054.0N 31.2W70 ktExtratropical
Sep 9, 18:0055.5N 32.0W65 ktExtratropical
Sep 10, 00:0056.5N 34.0W60 ktExtratropical
Sep 10, 06:0056.8N 36.5W55 ktExtratropical
Sep 10, 12:0057.0N 39.0W50 ktExtratropical

Other North Atlantic storms of 1935

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.