The unnamed hurricane of 1933
Aug 13, 1933 to Aug 28, 1933Peak 138 mph948 mb
The unnamed hurricane of 1933 passed within 50 miles of 142 counties in 7 states. It was strongest near Carteret County, NC, as a Category 1 on August 23, 1933.
- Major hurricane
- Hurricane
- Tropical storm
- Post-tropical
Unnamed hurricane · 1933
How it happened
Follow the storm’s path, strength and milestones.
The storm
- Peak strength
- Category 4
- 138 mph, 120 kt
- Lowest pressure
- 948 mb
- Over the whole track
- Counties within 50 miles
- 142
- DC, MD, NC, NY, PA, VA, WV
- Counties within 100 miles
- 224
- DC, DE, MD, NC, NJ, NY, PA, VA, WV
- Landfalls recorded
- 2
- Anywhere on the track
Every county it passed
Closest approach to each county boundary, with the storm’s strength at that moment.
| Charles County | MD | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Sullivan County | PA | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Fairfax County | VA | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Currituck County | NC | 0.0 | Category 1 |
| King and Queen County | VA | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Cumberland County | PA | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| James City County | VA | 0.0 | Category 1 |
| Howard County | MD | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Carroll County | MD | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Perry County | PA | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Essex County | VA | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Montgomery County | MD | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| King George County | VA | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Lycoming County | PA | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Cortland County | NY | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Tompkins County | NY | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Newport News city | VA | 0.0 | Category 1 |
| Chesapeake city | VA | 0.0 | Category 1 |
| Bradford County | PA | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Tioga County | NY | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Union County | PA | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Adams County | PA | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Westmoreland County | VA | 0.7 | Tropical storm |
| Dare County | NC | 1.0 | Category 1 |
| Camden County | NC | 1.3 | Category 1 |
| Juniata County | PA | 1.3 | Tropical storm |
| Hampton city | VA | 1.7 | Category 1 |
| Virginia Beach city | VA | 1.7 | Category 1 |
| Northumberland County | PA | 1.9 | Tropical storm |
| King William County | VA | 2.0 | Tropical storm |
| Richmond County | VA | 2.1 | Tropical storm |
| Dauphin County | PA | 2.3 | Tropical storm |
| Frederick County | MD | 2.3 | Tropical storm |
| Snyder County | PA | 2.5 | Tropical storm |
| York County | VA | 2.5 | Category 1 |
| Montour County | PA | 2.6 | Tropical storm |
| Gloucester County | VA | 2.6 | Category 1 |
| Portsmouth city | VA | 3.1 | Category 1 |
| Prince William County | VA | 3.2 | Tropical storm |
| York County | PA | 4.1 | Tropical storm |
| Norfolk city | VA | 4.1 | Category 1 |
| New Kent County | VA | 4.6 | Category 1 |
| Isle of Wight County | VA | 4.8 | Category 1 |
| Suffolk city | VA | 4.8 | Category 1 |
| Middlesex County | VA | 5.5 | Tropical storm |
| Arlington County | VA | 6.2 | Tropical storm |
| District of Columbia | DC | 6.2 | Tropical storm |
| Surry County | VA | 6.3 | Category 1 |
| Williamsburg city | VA | 6.4 | Category 1 |
| Prince George's County | MD | 6.5 | Tropical storm |
| Columbia County | PA | 7.2 | Tropical storm |
| Chemung County | NY | 7.2 | Tropical storm |
| Alexandria city | VA | 7.6 | Tropical storm |
| Caroline County | VA | 7.7 | Tropical storm |
| Cayuga County | NY | 7.8 | Tropical storm |
| Poquoson city | VA | 8.1 | Category 1 |
| Falls Church city | VA | 8.3 | Tropical storm |
| Broome County | NY | 8.7 | Tropical storm |
| Loudoun County | VA | 9.1 | Tropical storm |
| Charles City County | VA | 9.9 | Category 1 |
| Stafford County | VA | 9.9 | Tropical storm |
| Fairfax city | VA | 10.5 | Tropical storm |
| Pasquotank County | NC | 10.9 | Category 1 |
| St. Mary's County | MD | 11.5 | Tropical storm |
| Manassas Park city | VA | 12.6 | Tropical storm |
| Lancaster County | VA | 13.0 | Tropical storm |
| Tioga County | PA | 13.4 | Tropical storm |
| Baltimore County | MD | 13.4 | Tropical storm |
| Mathews County | VA | 13.9 | Category 1 |
| Manassas city | VA | 14.0 | Tropical storm |
| Schuyler County | NY | 14.6 | Tropical storm |
| Tyrrell County | NC | 15.5 | Category 1 |
| Susquehanna County | PA | 15.6 | Tropical storm |
| Northumberland County | VA | 15.7 | Tropical storm |
| Schuylkill County | PA | 16.3 | Tropical storm |
| Mifflin County | PA | 16.4 | Tropical storm |
| Centre County | PA | 16.8 | Tropical storm |
| Clinton County | PA | 16.9 | Tropical storm |
| Hanover County | VA | 17.9 | Tropical storm |
| Seneca County | NY | 17.9 | Tropical storm |
| Anne Arundel County | MD | 18.1 | Tropical storm |
| Prince George County | VA | 18.1 | Category 1 |
| Spotsylvania County | VA | 18.3 | Tropical storm |
| Lebanon County | PA | 19.0 | Tropical storm |
| Hyde County | NC | 19.2 | Category 1 |
| Franklin County | PA | 19.7 | Tropical storm |
| Perquimans County | NC | 19.8 | Category 1 |
| Lancaster County | PA | 19.8 | Tropical storm |
| Washington County | MD | 20.2 | Tropical storm |
| Wyoming County | PA | 20.2 | Tropical storm |
| Fauquier County | VA | 20.4 | Tropical storm |
| Luzerne County | PA | 20.8 | Tropical storm |
| Southampton County | VA | 21.0 | Category 1 |
| Gates County | NC | 21.2 | Category 1 |
| Fredericksburg city | VA | 22.1 | Tropical storm |
| Baltimore city | MD | 22.6 | Tropical storm |
| Henrico County | VA | 23.3 | Tropical storm |
| Calvert County | MD | 24.0 | Tropical storm |
| Sussex County | VA | 24.5 | Category 1 |
| Northampton County | VA | 24.8 | Category 1 |
| Steuben County | NY | 26.2 | Tropical storm |
| Culpeper County | VA | 28.3 | Tropical storm |
| Chowan County | NC | 28.5 | Category 1 |
| Harford County | MD | 28.6 | Tropical storm |
| Chesterfield County | VA | 30.0 | Category 1 |
| Yates County | NY | 30.4 | Tropical storm |
| Berks County | PA | 30.4 | Tropical storm |
| Hopewell city | VA | 31.2 | Category 1 |
| Jefferson County | WV | 31.3 | Tropical storm |
| Orange County | VA | 32.8 | Tropical storm |
| Richmond city | VA | 33.5 | Tropical storm |
| Washington County | NC | 33.6 | Category 1 |
| Franklin city | VA | 33.9 | Category 1 |
| Huntingdon County | PA | 35.3 | Tropical storm |
| Clarke County | VA | 36.4 | Tropical storm |
| Colonial Heights city | VA | 37.2 | Category 1 |
| Hertford County | NC | 37.3 | Category 1 |
| Petersburg city | VA | 37.3 | Category 1 |
| Berkeley County | WV | 38.5 | Tropical storm |
| Rappahannock County | VA | 39.7 | Tropical storm |
| Louisa County | VA | 39.8 | Tropical storm |
| Bertie County | NC | 40.0 | Category 1 |
| Dorchester County | MD | 40.8 | Tropical storm |
| Dinwiddie County | VA | 41.6 | Category 1 |
| Lackawanna County | PA | 42.2 | Tropical storm |
| Accomack County | VA | 42.4 | Category 1 |
| Ontario County | NY | 42.4 | Tropical storm |
| Goochland County | VA | 42.7 | Tropical storm |
| Fulton County | PA | 42.7 | Tropical storm |
| Talbot County | MD | 43.5 | Tropical storm |
| Queen Anne's County | MD | 43.6 | Tropical storm |
| Carbon County | PA | 44.7 | Tropical storm |
| Warren County | VA | 45.1 | Tropical storm |
| Somerset County | MD | 45.5 | Tropical storm |
| Cecil County | MD | 46.3 | Tropical storm |
| Powhatan County | VA | 47.0 | Tropical storm |
| Potter County | PA | 47.2 | Tropical storm |
| Kent County | MD | 47.5 | Tropical storm |
| Frederick County | VA | 48.3 | Tropical storm |
| Wayne County | PA | 48.4 | Tropical storm |
| Northampton County | NC | 48.9 | Category 1 |
| Morgan County | WV | 49.1 | Tropical storm |
| Beaufort County | NC | 50.9 | Category 1 |
| Chester County | PA | 51.5 | Tropical storm |
| Carteret County | NC | 51.9 | Category 1 |
| Madison County | VA | 52.7 | Tropical storm |
| Amelia County | VA | 53.1 | Category 1 |
| Winchester city | VA | 53.3 | Tropical storm |
| Lehigh County | PA | 54.2 | Tropical storm |
| Greensville County | VA | 54.8 | Category 1 |
| Martin County | NC | 55.0 | Category 1 |
| Wicomico County | MD | 57.9 | Tropical storm |
| Monroe County | PA | 58.0 | Tropical storm |
| Bedford County | PA | 58.1 | Tropical storm |
| Page County | VA | 58.6 | Tropical storm |
| Blair County | PA | 59.3 | Tropical storm |
| Pamlico County | NC | 60.0 | Category 1 |
| Shenandoah County | VA | 61.1 | Tropical storm |
| Fluvanna County | VA | 61.3 | Tropical storm |
| Clearfield County | PA | 61.5 | Tropical storm |
| Caroline County | MD | 61.8 | Tropical storm |
| Livingston County | NY | 61.9 | Tropical storm |
| Nottoway County | VA | 61.9 | Category 1 |
| Emporia city | VA | 62.1 | Category 1 |
| Brunswick County | VA | 63.3 | Category 1 |
| Albemarle County | VA | 64.0 | Tropical storm |
| Allegany County | NY | 64.1 | Tropical storm |
| Hampshire County | WV | 64.4 | Tropical storm |
| Cameron County | PA | 64.5 | Tropical storm |
| Allegany County | MD | 64.6 | Tropical storm |
| Greene County | VA | 65.1 | Tropical storm |
| Cumberland County | VA | 66.7 | Tropical storm |
| Northampton County | PA | 66.8 | Tropical storm |
| Worcester County | MD | 67.3 | Tropical storm |
| Sullivan County | NY | 67.5 | Tropical storm |
| Pike County | PA | 68.0 | Tropical storm |
| Halifax County | NC | 69.5 | Category 1 |
| Monroe County | NY | 69.9 | Tropical storm |
| New Castle County | DE | 69.9 | Tropical storm |
| Montgomery County | PA | 70.6 | Tropical storm |
| Cambria County | PA | 71.2 | Tropical storm |
| Hardy County | WV | 72.1 | Tropical storm |
| Rockingham County | VA | 72.1 | Tropical storm |
| Kent County | DE | 73.4 | Tropical storm |
| Sussex County | DE | 73.8 | Tropical storm |
| Elk County | PA | 74.1 | Tropical storm |
| Buckingham County | VA | 74.6 | Tropical storm |
| Lunenburg County | VA | 76.3 | Category 1 |
| Charlottesville city | VA | 78.0 | Tropical storm |
| Delaware County | PA | 78.0 | Tropical storm |
| Pitt County | NC | 79.4 | Category 1 |
| McKean County | PA | 79.9 | Tropical storm |
| Bucks County | PA | 80.5 | Tropical storm |
| Edgecombe County | NC | 81.2 | Category 1 |
| Prince Edward County | VA | 81.4 | Tropical storm |
| Salem County | NJ | 82.0 | Tropical storm |
| Craven County | NC | 82.1 | Category 1 |
| Mineral County | WV | 82.5 | Tropical storm |
| Mecklenburg County | VA | 84.9 | Category 1 |
| Somerset County | PA | 85.7 | Tropical storm |
| Wyoming County | NY | 86.3 | Tropical storm |
| Warren County | NJ | 86.4 | Tropical storm |
| Warren County | NC | 86.7 | Category 1 |
| Gloucester County | NJ | 87.8 | Tropical storm |
| Harrisonburg city | VA | 89.9 | Tropical storm |
| Genesee County | NY | 90.0 | Tropical storm |
| Nash County | NC | 90.4 | Category 1 |
| Augusta County | VA | 90.5 | Tropical storm |
| Sussex County | NJ | 90.6 | Tropical storm |
| Cumberland County | NJ | 91.0 | Tropical storm |
| Hunterdon County | NJ | 91.1 | Tropical storm |
| Cattaraugus County | NY | 92.2 | Tropical storm |
| Orange County | NY | 94.4 | Tropical storm |
| Philadelphia County | PA | 94.6 | Tropical storm |
| Indiana County | PA | 94.7 | Tropical storm |
| Nelson County | VA | 94.9 | Tropical storm |
| Jefferson County | PA | 96.8 | Tropical storm |
| Garrett County | MD | 97.3 | Tropical storm |
| Grant County | WV | 98.4 | Tropical storm |
| Charlotte County | VA | 98.4 | Category 1 |
| Waynesboro city | VA | 98.5 | Tropical storm |
| Jones County | NC | 98.9 | Category 1 |
| Appomattox County | VA | 99.2 | Tropical storm |
| Orleans County | NY | 99.9 | Tropical storm |
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.