Unnamed hurricane (1944)
Unnamed hurricane reached Category 4 in the North Atlantic between October 12, 1944 and October 24, 1944, with a lowest pressure of 937 mb, and made landfall.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Unnamed hurricane, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 1944 season in the same basin behind it, and its wind and pressure hour by hour. Every fix is in the track table below.
The storm
- Basin
- North Atlantic
- Dates
- October 12, 1944 to October 24, 1944
- Peak strength
- Category 4, 125 kt (144 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 937 mb (27.67 inHg)
- Landfall
- Yes
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 22.2
- Fastest the center moved
- 38 kt (44 mph)
- Identifier
- AL131944
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) | Where | Position | Wind | Pressure |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 18, 21:00 | Key West, FL, 113 km away | 24.6N 82.9W | 105 kt (121 mph) | 949 mb |
| Oct 19, 07:00 | Osprey, FL, 1 km away | 27.2N 82.5W | 90 kt (104 mph) | 962 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 12, 12:00 | 16.0N 80.5W | 30 kt | Tropical depression | |
| Oct 12, 18:00 | 16.4N 80.6W | 35 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Oct 13, 00:00 | 16.8N 80.7W | 40 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Oct 13, 06:00 | 17.1N 80.8W | 50 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Oct 13, 12:00 | 17.4N 80.9W | 60 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Oct 13, 18:00 | 17.6N 80.9W | 70 kt | Hurricane | |
| Oct 14, 00:00 | 17.8N 80.8W | 80 kt | 976 mb | Hurricane |
| Oct 14, 06:00 | 17.9N 80.7W | 80 kt | Hurricane | |
| Oct 14, 12:00 | 18.0N 80.6W | 80 kt | Hurricane | |
| Oct 14, 18:00 | 18.1N 80.6W | 80 kt | Hurricane | |
| Oct 15, 00:00 | 18.2N 80.5W | 80 kt | Hurricane | |
| Oct 15, 06:00 | 18.3N 80.5W | 80 kt | Hurricane | |
| Oct 15, 12:00 | 18.5N 80.8W | 85 kt | Hurricane | |
| Oct 15, 18:00 | 18.7N 81.3W | 85 kt | Hurricane | |
| Oct 16, 00:00 | 19.0N 81.7W | 90 kt | Hurricane | |
| Oct 16, 06:00 | 19.2N 82.1W | 90 kt | Hurricane | |
| Oct 16, 12:00 | 19.4N 82.4W | 90 kt | Hurricane | |
| Oct 16, 18:00 | 19.5N 82.7W | 90 kt | Hurricane | |
| Oct 17, 00:00 | 19.6N 82.9W | 90 kt | Hurricane | |
| Oct 17, 06:00 | 19.7N 82.9W | 95 kt | Hurricane | |
| Oct 17, 12:00 | 20.0N 82.9W | 95 kt | Hurricane | |
| Oct 17, 18:00 | 20.6N 82.9W | 105 kt | Hurricane | |
| Oct 18, 00:00 | 21.4N 82.9W | 115 kt | Hurricane | |
| Oct 18, 06:00 | 22.2N 82.9W | 125 kt | Hurricane | |
| Oct 18, 12:00 | 23.1N 83.0W | 115 kt | 937 mb | Hurricane |
| Oct 18, 18:00 | 24.0N 82.9W | 105 kt | 949 mb | Hurricane |
| Oct 18, 21:00 landfall | 24.6N 82.9W | 105 kt | 949 mb | Hurricane |
| Oct 19, 00:00 | 25.3N 82.7W | 100 kt | 953 mb | Hurricane |
| Oct 19, 06:00 | 26.9N 82.6W | 90 kt | 962 mb | Hurricane |
| Oct 19, 07:00 landfall | 27.2N 82.5W | 90 kt | 962 mb | Hurricane |
| Oct 19, 12:00 | 28.4N 82.1W | 75 kt | 968 mb | Hurricane |
| Oct 19, 18:00 | 29.8N 81.7W | 60 kt | 976 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 20, 00:00 | 31.2N 81.4W | 55 kt | 980 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 20, 06:00 | 32.4N 81.0W | 50 kt | 985 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 20, 12:00 | 33.7N 80.5W | 50 kt | 988 mb | Extratropical |
| Oct 20, 18:00 | 35.4N 79.0W | 45 kt | 993 mb | Extratropical |
| Oct 21, 00:00 | 37.1N 76.9W | 40 kt | 996 mb | Extratropical |
| Oct 21, 06:00 | 38.3N 75.0W | 40 kt | Extratropical | |
| Oct 21, 12:00 | 39.4N 73.3W | 45 kt | Extratropical | |
| Oct 21, 18:00 | 40.7N 70.8W | 45 kt | Extratropical | |
| Oct 22, 00:00 | 42.7N 67.4W | 45 kt | Extratropical | |
| Oct 22, 06:00 | 44.9N 63.5W | 45 kt | Extratropical | |
| Oct 22, 12:00 | 47.5N 59.5W | 45 kt | Extratropical | |
| Oct 22, 18:00 | 50.5N 56.5W | 45 kt | Extratropical | |
| Oct 23, 00:00 | 54.0N 54.0W | 45 kt | Extratropical | |
| Oct 23, 06:00 | 57.0N 52.0W | 45 kt | Extratropical | |
| Oct 23, 12:00 | 59.5N 50.0W | 50 kt | Extratropical | |
| Oct 23, 18:00 | 61.5N 47.0W | 50 kt | Extratropical | |
| Oct 24, 00:00 | 63.0N 43.5W | 45 kt | Extratropical | |
| Oct 24, 06:00 | 64.5N 39.0W | 40 kt | Extratropical | |
| Oct 24, 12:00 | 66.0N 34.0W | 30 kt | Extratropical |
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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.