The 1941 season

Unnamed hurricane (1941)

Unnamed hurricane reached Category 3 in the North Atlantic between October 3, 1941 and October 13, 1941, with a lowest pressure of 962 mb, and made landfall.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Unnamed hurricane, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 1941 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
October 3, 1941 to October 13, 1941
Peak strength
Category 3, 105 kt (121 mph)
Lowest pressure
962 mb (28.41 inHg)
Landfall
Yes
Accumulated cyclone energy
14.0
Fastest the center moved
29 kt (33 mph)
Identifier
AL051941

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
Oct 6, 10:00Lakes by the Bay, FL, 15 km away25.5N 80.2W85 kt (98 mph)
Oct 6, 11:00Lakes by the Bay, FL, 8 km away25.5N 80.3W85 kt (98 mph)
Oct 7, 09:00Carrabelle, FL, 8 km away29.9N 84.6W80 kt (92 mph)982 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
Oct 3, 18:0021.2N 62.4W40 ktTropical storm
Oct 4, 00:0022.2N 64.0W50 ktTropical storm
Oct 4, 06:0022.8N 65.6W55 ktTropical storm
Oct 4, 12:0023.4N 67.2W65 ktHurricane
Oct 4, 18:0023.6N 68.9W75 ktHurricane
Oct 5, 00:0023.8N 70.5W85 ktHurricane
Oct 5, 06:0023.9N 72.1W95 ktHurricane
Oct 5, 12:0024.0N 73.6W105 ktHurricane
Oct 5, 18:0024.2N 75.4W105 kt962 mbHurricane
Oct 6, 00:0024.6N 77.3W95 ktHurricane
Oct 6, 06:0025.1N 79.1W85 ktHurricane
Oct 6, 10:00 landfall25.5N 80.2W85 ktHurricane
Oct 6, 11:00 landfall25.5N 80.3W85 ktHurricane
Oct 6, 12:0025.7N 80.8W75 ktHurricane
Oct 6, 18:0026.7N 82.4W60 kt997 mbTropical storm
Oct 7, 00:0028.0N 83.7W70 kt990 mbHurricane
Oct 7, 06:0029.2N 84.6W80 kt982 mbHurricane
Oct 7, 09:00 landfall29.9N 84.6W80 kt982 mbHurricane
Oct 7, 12:0030.3N 84.6W70 ktHurricane
Oct 7, 18:0031.4N 84.1W60 ktTropical storm
Oct 8, 00:0032.2N 83.1W45 ktTropical storm
Oct 8, 06:0032.6N 81.6W40 ktTropical storm
Oct 8, 12:0033.0N 80.1W35 kt1004 mbTropical storm
Oct 8, 18:0032.9N 79.0W40 ktTropical storm
Oct 9, 00:0032.5N 77.7W50 ktTropical storm
Oct 9, 06:0032.0N 76.4W50 ktTropical storm
Oct 9, 12:0031.2N 75.2W50 ktTropical storm
Oct 9, 18:0030.4N 74.7W50 ktTropical storm
Oct 10, 00:0029.7N 74.3W50 ktTropical storm
Oct 10, 06:0029.5N 74.6W50 ktTropical storm
Oct 10, 12:0029.5N 74.9W50 ktTropical storm
Oct 10, 18:0029.5N 74.6W50 ktTropical storm
Oct 11, 00:0029.7N 73.6W50 ktTropical storm
Oct 11, 06:0029.5N 72.2W50 ktTropical storm
Oct 11, 12:0029.3N 70.3W45 ktTropical storm
Oct 11, 18:0029.3N 68.5W45 ktTropical storm
Oct 12, 00:0029.4N 67.1W45 ktTropical storm
Oct 12, 06:0029.5N 65.6W40 ktTropical storm
Oct 12, 12:0029.7N 64.1W40 ktExtratropical
Oct 12, 18:0030.4N 62.5W40 ktExtratropical
Oct 13, 00:0031.5N 60.7W40 ktExtratropical
Oct 13, 06:0033.1N 58.7W35 ktExtratropical
Oct 13, 12:0035.0N 56.5W35 ktExtratropical
Oct 13, 18:0037.0N 54.0W35 ktExtratropical

Other North Atlantic storms of 1941

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.