The 1936 season

Unnamed hurricane (1936)

Unnamed hurricane reached Category 2 in the North Atlantic between August 25, 1936 and September 6, 1936.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Unnamed hurricane, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 1936 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 25, 1936 to September 6, 1936
Peak strength
Category 2, 95 kt (109 mph)
Landfall
No; closest approach 147 km (91 mi)
Accumulated cyclone energy
27.2
Identifier
AL101936

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
Aug 25, 18:0013.3N 25.5W30 ktTropical depression
Aug 26, 00:0013.6N 27.0W30 ktTropical depression
Aug 26, 06:0013.9N 28.5W35 ktTropical storm
Aug 26, 12:0014.2N 30.0W35 ktTropical storm
Aug 26, 18:0014.5N 31.5W40 ktTropical storm
Aug 27, 00:0014.9N 33.0W40 ktTropical storm
Aug 27, 06:0015.3N 34.5W45 ktTropical storm
Aug 27, 12:0015.7N 36.0W45 ktTropical storm
Aug 27, 18:0016.1N 37.5W50 ktTropical storm
Aug 28, 00:0016.5N 39.0W55 ktTropical storm
Aug 28, 06:0016.9N 40.5W60 ktTropical storm
Aug 28, 12:0017.2N 42.0W60 ktTropical storm
Aug 28, 18:0017.5N 43.2W65 ktHurricane
Aug 29, 00:0017.7N 44.2W70 ktHurricane
Aug 29, 06:0018.0N 45.1W75 ktHurricane
Aug 29, 12:0018.3N 46.0W75 ktHurricane
Aug 29, 18:0018.6N 46.9W75 ktHurricane
Aug 30, 00:0018.9N 47.8W80 ktHurricane
Aug 30, 06:0019.2N 48.7W80 ktHurricane
Aug 30, 12:0019.6N 49.6W80 ktHurricane
Aug 30, 18:0020.2N 50.5W80 ktHurricane
Aug 31, 00:0021.0N 51.4W85 ktHurricane
Aug 31, 06:0021.9N 52.3W85 ktHurricane
Aug 31, 12:0022.8N 53.2W85 ktHurricane
Aug 31, 18:0023.6N 54.2W90 ktHurricane
Sep 1, 00:0024.4N 55.2W90 ktHurricane
Sep 1, 06:0025.3N 56.1W90 ktHurricane
Sep 1, 12:0026.2N 57.0W90 ktHurricane
Sep 1, 18:0027.2N 57.7W95 ktHurricane
Sep 2, 00:0028.2N 58.3W95 ktHurricane
Sep 2, 06:0029.2N 58.3W95 ktHurricane
Sep 2, 12:0030.2N 58.0W95 ktHurricane
Sep 2, 18:0031.5N 57.3W95 ktHurricane
Sep 3, 00:0033.2N 55.9W95 ktHurricane
Sep 3, 06:0035.0N 54.4W95 ktHurricane
Sep 3, 12:0036.0N 52.5W95 ktHurricane
Sep 3, 18:0037.0N 50.8W95 ktHurricane
Sep 4, 00:0038.0N 49.2W95 ktHurricane
Sep 4, 06:0039.1N 47.6W95 ktHurricane
Sep 4, 12:0040.2N 46.0W95 ktHurricane
Sep 4, 18:0041.2N 44.3W90 ktHurricane
Sep 5, 00:0042.1N 42.3W90 ktHurricane
Sep 5, 06:0043.1N 39.8W85 ktHurricane
Sep 5, 12:0044.6N 37.2W80 ktHurricane
Sep 5, 18:0046.1N 34.3W75 ktHurricane
Sep 6, 00:0047.6N 29.3W70 ktExtratropical
Sep 6, 06:0048.8N 23.3W60 ktExtratropical
Sep 6, 12:0050.1N 17.5W60 ktExtratropical
Sep 6, 18:0051.5N 12.5W55 ktExtratropical

Other North Atlantic storms of 1936

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.