Unnamed hurricane (1942)
Unnamed hurricane reached Category 3 in the North Atlantic between August 23, 1942 and September 1, 1942, with a lowest pressure of 950 mb, and made landfall.
Radar
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The storm
- Basin
- North Atlantic
- Dates
- August 23, 1942 to September 1, 1942
- Peak strength
- Category 3, 100 kt (115 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 950 mb (28.05 inHg)
- Landfall
- Yes
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 14.8
- Fastest the center moved
- 16 kt (18 mph)
- Identifier
- AL031942
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) | Where | Position | Wind | Pressure |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 30, 09:00 | Seadrift, TX, 17 km away | 28.3N 96.6W | 100 kt (115 mph) | 950 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) | Position | Wind | Pressure | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 23, 12:00 | 14.8N 74.0W | 30 kt | Tropical depression | |
| Aug 23, 18:00 | 15.0N 75.1W | 30 kt | Tropical depression | |
| Aug 24, 00:00 | 15.2N 76.1W | 30 kt | Tropical depression | |
| Aug 24, 06:00 | 15.4N 77.1W | 30 kt | Tropical depression | |
| Aug 24, 12:00 | 15.7N 78.0W | 35 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Aug 24, 18:00 | 15.8N 78.6W | 35 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Aug 25, 00:00 | 16.0N 79.2W | 40 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Aug 25, 06:00 | 16.4N 79.9W | 40 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Aug 25, 12:00 | 16.8N 80.5W | 45 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Aug 25, 18:00 | 17.0N 80.9W | 50 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Aug 26, 00:00 | 17.2N 81.4W | 50 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Aug 26, 06:00 | 17.4N 81.8W | 50 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Aug 26, 12:00 | 17.6N 82.2W | 55 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Aug 26, 18:00 | 17.8N 82.8W | 55 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Aug 27, 00:00 | 18.0N 83.5W | 60 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Aug 27, 06:00 | 18.3N 84.1W | 70 kt | Hurricane | |
| Aug 27, 12:00 | 18.8N 84.6W | 80 kt | Hurricane | |
| Aug 27, 18:00 | 19.4N 85.4W | 90 kt | Hurricane | |
| Aug 28, 00:00 | 20.3N 86.3W | 90 kt | Hurricane | |
| Aug 28, 06:00 | 21.2N 87.6W | 70 kt | Hurricane | |
| Aug 28, 12:00 | 22.2N 88.8W | 80 kt | Hurricane | |
| Aug 28, 18:00 | 23.0N 89.6W | 90 kt | Hurricane | |
| Aug 29, 00:00 | 23.8N 90.5W | 95 kt | Hurricane | |
| Aug 29, 06:00 | 24.6N 91.7W | 100 kt | Hurricane | |
| Aug 29, 12:00 | 25.5N 92.8W | 100 kt | Hurricane | |
| Aug 29, 18:00 | 26.3N 93.9W | 100 kt | Hurricane | |
| Aug 30, 00:00 | 27.1N 95.0W | 100 kt | Hurricane | |
| Aug 30, 06:00 | 27.9N 96.1W | 100 kt | 950 mb | Hurricane |
| Aug 30, 09:00 landfall | 28.3N 96.6W | 100 kt | 950 mb | Hurricane |
| Aug 30, 12:00 | 28.8N 97.2W | 85 kt | 952 mb | Hurricane |
| Aug 30, 18:00 | 29.4N 98.6W | 65 kt | Hurricane | |
| Aug 31, 00:00 | 30.2N 100.0W | 45 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Aug 31, 06:00 | 31.0N 101.4W | 40 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Aug 31, 12:00 | 31.7N 102.5W | 35 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Aug 31, 18:00 | 32.2N 103.6W | 35 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Sep 1, 00:00 | 32.3N 104.0W | 30 kt | Tropical depression | |
| Sep 1, 06:00 | 32.5N 104.3W | 25 kt | Tropical depression | |
| Sep 1, 12:00 | 33.0N 104.5W | 25 kt | Tropical depression |
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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.