The 1936 season

Unnamed hurricane (1936)

Unnamed hurricane reached Category 3 in the North Atlantic between September 8, 1936 and September 25, 1936, with a lowest pressure of 962 mb.

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
September 8, 1936 to September 25, 1936
Peak strength
Category 3, 105 kt (121 mph)
Lowest pressure
962 mb (28.41 inHg)
Landfall
No; closest approach 63 km (39 mi)
Accumulated cyclone energy
25.4
Identifier
AL131936

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, 06:0013.1N 48.5W30 ktTropical depression
Sep 8, 12:0013.6N 49.1W30 ktTropical depression
Sep 8, 18:0014.1N 49.8W35 ktTropical storm
Sep 9, 00:0014.6N 50.4W35 ktTropical storm
Sep 9, 06:0015.0N 51.0W40 ktTropical storm
Sep 9, 12:0015.4N 51.7W40 ktTropical storm
Sep 9, 18:0016.0N 52.4W40 ktTropical storm
Sep 10, 00:0016.6N 53.1W45 ktTropical storm
Sep 10, 06:0017.2N 53.8W45 ktTropical storm
Sep 10, 12:0017.8N 54.6W50 ktTropical storm
Sep 10, 18:0018.1N 55.5W50 ktTropical storm
Sep 11, 00:0018.4N 56.3W55 ktTropical storm
Sep 11, 06:0018.7N 57.2W55 ktTropical storm
Sep 11, 12:0019.0N 58.0W60 ktTropical storm
Sep 11, 18:0019.3N 58.6W60 ktTropical storm
Sep 12, 00:0019.6N 59.1W65 ktHurricane
Sep 12, 06:0019.9N 59.4W65 ktHurricane
Sep 12, 12:0020.2N 59.6W65 ktHurricane
Sep 12, 18:0020.6N 59.9W65 ktHurricane
Sep 13, 00:0021.1N 60.1W70 ktHurricane
Sep 13, 06:0021.7N 60.3W70 ktHurricane
Sep 13, 12:0022.4N 60.5W70 ktHurricane
Sep 13, 18:0023.1N 60.7W75 ktHurricane
Sep 14, 00:0023.7N 61.0W75 ktHurricane
Sep 14, 06:0024.4N 61.5W80 ktHurricane
Sep 14, 12:0025.0N 62.0W85 ktHurricane
Sep 14, 18:0025.3N 62.4W90 ktHurricane
Sep 15, 00:0025.6N 62.9W90 ktHurricane
Sep 15, 06:0025.9N 63.4W95 ktHurricane
Sep 15, 12:0026.2N 64.0W100 ktHurricane
Sep 15, 18:0026.8N 64.9W105 ktHurricane
Sep 16, 00:0027.6N 65.9W105 ktHurricane
Sep 16, 06:0028.4N 66.9W105 ktHurricane
Sep 16, 12:0029.1N 68.0W105 ktHurricane
Sep 16, 18:0029.8N 69.0W100 ktHurricane
Sep 17, 00:0030.7N 70.2W100 ktHurricane
Sep 17, 06:0031.6N 71.4W100 ktHurricane
Sep 17, 12:0032.4N 72.5W95 ktHurricane
Sep 17, 18:0033.2N 73.4W95 ktHurricane
Sep 18, 00:0034.1N 74.1W90 ktHurricane
Sep 18, 06:0035.0N 74.5W85 kt962 mbHurricane
Sep 18, 12:0035.9N 74.8W85 kt965 mbHurricane
Sep 18, 18:0037.1N 74.8W80 kt968 mbHurricane
Sep 19, 00:0038.3N 73.8W80 kt969 mbHurricane
Sep 19, 06:0039.8N 72.1W75 ktHurricane
Sep 19, 12:0041.2N 69.0W75 ktExtratropical
Sep 19, 18:0042.2N 65.4W75 ktExtratropical
Sep 20, 00:0043.0N 61.4W70 ktExtratropical
Sep 20, 06:0043.6N 57.1W65 ktExtratropical
Sep 20, 12:0044.1N 52.9W65 ktExtratropical
Sep 20, 18:0044.6N 49.6W65 ktExtratropical
Sep 21, 00:0045.2N 47.0W65 ktExtratropical
Sep 21, 06:0045.6N 44.0W65 ktExtratropical
Sep 21, 12:0046.0N 41.5W70 ktExtratropical
Sep 21, 18:0046.2N 39.7W70 ktExtratropical
Sep 22, 00:0046.3N 38.2W65 ktExtratropical
Sep 22, 06:0046.7N 36.1W60 ktExtratropical
Sep 22, 12:0047.2N 34.6W55 ktExtratropical
Sep 22, 18:0047.9N 33.7W55 ktExtratropical
Sep 23, 00:0048.8N 32.9W50 ktExtratropical
Sep 23, 06:0050.0N 32.2W50 ktExtratropical
Sep 23, 12:0051.2N 31.4W50 ktExtratropical
Sep 23, 18:0051.8N 30.5W50 ktExtratropical
Sep 24, 00:0052.1N 29.6W50 ktExtratropical
Sep 24, 06:0052.4N 29.0W50 ktExtratropical
Sep 24, 12:0052.6N 28.3W45 ktExtratropical
Sep 24, 18:0052.7N 27.7W45 ktExtratropical
Sep 25, 00:0052.5N 27.1W40 ktExtratropical
Sep 25, 06:0052.3N 26.6W40 ktExtratropical
Sep 25, 12:0052.2N 26.1W40 ktExtratropical
Sep 25, 18:0052.2N 25.6W35 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.