The unnamed hurricane of 1927
Aug 18, 1927 to Aug 29, 1927Peak 127 mph950 mb
The unnamed hurricane of 1927 came within 100 miles of 4 U.S. counties without passing within 50.
- Major hurricane
- Hurricane
- Tropical storm
- Post-tropical
Unnamed hurricane · 1927
How it happened
Follow the storm’s path, strength and milestones.
The storm
- Peak strength
- Category 3
- 127 mph, 110 kt
- Lowest pressure
- 950 mb
- Over the whole track
- Counties within 50 miles
- 0
- None
- Counties within 100 miles
- 4
- MA, ME
- Landfalls recorded
- 0
- Anywhere on the track
Every county it passed
Closest approach to each county boundary, with the storm’s strength at that moment.
| Nantucket County | MA | 59.5 | Category 2 |
| Barnstable County | MA | 73.0 | Category 2 |
| Dukes County | MA | 84.6 | Category 2 |
| Washington County | ME | 90.5 | Category 2 |
Distances are measured from hourly positions interpolated between the National Hurricane Center’s six-hourly fixes to each county boundary. Strength is shown only where the storm was still tropical. Methodology.
National Hurricane Center HURDAT2. Storm totals cover the Atlantic and Northeast and Central Pacific basins.