Unnamed hurricane (1947)
Unnamed hurricane reached Category 2 in the North Atlantic between October 8, 1947 and October 16, 1947, with a lowest pressure of 966 mb, and made landfall.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Unnamed hurricane, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 1947 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 8, 1947 to October 16, 1947
- Peak strength
- Category 2, 90 kt (104 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 966 mb (28.53 inHg)
- Landfall
- Yes
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 11.2
- Fastest the center moved
- 17 kt (20 mph)
- Identifier
- AL091947
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 11, 07:00 | Pinar del Río, Pinar del Rio, Cuba, 26 km away | 22.2N 83.6W | 55 kt (63 mph) | |
| Oct 12, 02:00 | Florida City, FL, 73 km away | 25.4N 81.2W | 80 kt (92 mph) | 975 mb |
| Oct 15, 11:00 | Skidaway Island, GA, 20 km away | 31.8N 80.9W | 90 kt (104 mph) |
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 8, 18:00 | 13.5N 82.3W | 25 kt | Tropical depression | |
| Oct 9, 00:00 | 14.2N 82.5W | 25 kt | Tropical depression | |
| Oct 9, 06:00 | 14.9N 82.7W | 30 kt | Tropical depression | |
| Oct 9, 12:00 | 15.6N 83.0W | 30 kt | Tropical depression | |
| Oct 9, 18:00 | 16.4N 83.3W | 35 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Oct 10, 00:00 | 17.2N 83.5W | 40 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Oct 10, 06:00 | 18.1N 83.7W | 40 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Oct 10, 12:00 | 19.1N 84.0W | 45 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Oct 10, 18:00 | 20.1N 84.1W | 50 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Oct 11, 00:00 | 21.1N 83.9W | 55 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Oct 11, 06:00 | 22.1N 83.7W | 55 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Oct 11, 07:00 landfall | 22.2N 83.6W | 55 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Oct 11, 12:00 | 23.2N 83.4W | 60 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Oct 11, 18:00 | 24.3N 82.9W | 75 kt | 983 mb | Hurricane |
| Oct 12, 00:00 | 25.2N 81.8W | 80 kt | 975 mb | Hurricane |
| Oct 12, 02:00 landfall | 25.4N 81.2W | 80 kt | 975 mb | Hurricane |
| Oct 12, 06:00 | 25.8N 80.5W | 70 kt | Hurricane | |
| Oct 12, 12:00 | 26.6N 79.5W | 70 kt | Hurricane | |
| Oct 12, 18:00 | 27.3N 78.5W | 65 kt | Hurricane | |
| Oct 13, 00:00 | 28.1N 77.2W | 60 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Oct 13, 06:00 | 29.3N 75.8W | 60 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Oct 13, 12:00 | 30.6N 75.0W | 65 kt | Hurricane | |
| Oct 13, 18:00 | 31.6N 74.9W | 70 kt | 982 mb | Hurricane |
| Oct 14, 00:00 | 32.1N 75.6W | 70 kt | Hurricane | |
| Oct 14, 06:00 | 32.3N 76.4W | 75 kt | Hurricane | |
| Oct 14, 12:00 | 32.1N 77.1W | 75 kt | Hurricane | |
| Oct 14, 18:00 | 31.9N 77.6W | 80 kt | 975 mb | Hurricane |
| Oct 15, 00:00 | 31.7N 78.4W | 85 kt | 966 mb | Hurricane |
| Oct 15, 06:00 | 31.6N 79.5W | 90 kt | Hurricane | |
| Oct 15, 11:00 landfall | 31.8N 80.9W | 90 kt | Hurricane | |
| Oct 15, 12:00 | 31.8N 81.1W | 90 kt | Hurricane | |
| Oct 15, 18:00 | 31.6N 83.1W | 55 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Oct 16, 00:00 | 31.3N 83.9W | 40 kt | Tropical storm | |
| Oct 16, 06:00 | 31.1N 84.5W | 30 kt | Tropical depression | |
| Oct 16, 12:00 | 31.8N 85.2W | 25 kt | Tropical depression | |
| Oct 16, 18:00 | 32.5N 86.3W | 25 kt | Tropical depression |
Other North Atlantic storms of 1947
- Unnamed tropical stormNorth Atlantic · 1947
- Unnamed hurricaneNorth Atlantic · 1947
- Unnamed hurricaneNorth Atlantic · 1947
- Unnamed hurricaneNorth Atlantic · 1947
- Unnamed tropical stormNorth Atlantic · 1947
- Unnamed tropical stormNorth Atlantic · 1947
- Unnamed tropical stormNorth Atlantic · 1947
- Unnamed tropical stormNorth Atlantic · 1947
- Unnamed hurricaneNorth Atlantic · 1947
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.