The unnamed hurricane of 1933
Sep 8, 1933 to Sep 22, 1933Peak 138 mph952 mb
The unnamed hurricane of 1933 passed within 50 miles of 6 counties in NC. It was strongest near Jones County, NC, as a Category 2 on September 16, 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
- 952 mb
- Over the whole track
- Counties within 50 miles
- 6
- NC
- Counties within 100 miles
- 39
- DE, MA, MD, NC, VA
- 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.
| Dare County | NC | 7.5 | Category 2 |
| Hyde County | NC | 21.1 | Category 2 |
| Carteret County | NC | 37.0 | Category 2 |
| Currituck County | NC | 41.4 | Category 2 |
| Tyrrell County | NC | 45.2 | Category 2 |
| Camden County | NC | 49.6 | Category 2 |
| Virginia Beach city | VA | 56.8 | Category 2 |
| Pasquotank County | NC | 57.1 | Category 2 |
| Pamlico County | NC | 60.4 | Category 2 |
| Perquimans County | NC | 62.9 | Category 2 |
| Washington County | NC | 64.9 | Category 2 |
| Beaufort County | NC | 65.1 | Category 2 |
| Chesapeake city | VA | 69.8 | Category 2 |
| Northampton County | VA | 70.9 | Category 1 |
| Accomack County | VA | 72.2 | Category 1 |
| Craven County | NC | 72.4 | Category 2 |
| Chowan County | NC | 73.6 | Category 2 |
| Worcester County | MD | 80.8 | Category 1 |
| Norfolk city | VA | 80.9 | Category 2 |
| Gates County | NC | 82.8 | Category 2 |
| Nantucket County | MA | 83.5 | Category 1 |
| Portsmouth city | VA | 85.3 | Category 2 |
| Bertie County | NC | 85.6 | Category 2 |
| Martin County | NC | 87.5 | Category 2 |
| Suffolk city | VA | 88.7 | Category 2 |
| Hampton city | VA | 90.8 | Category 2 |
| Somerset County | MD | 91.4 | Category 1 |
| Hertford County | NC | 93.3 | Category 2 |
| Poquoson city | VA | 93.8 | Category 1 |
| Newport News city | VA | 95.3 | Category 2 |
| Jones County | NC | 95.5 | Category 2 |
| Sussex County | DE | 96.9 | Category 1 |
| Pitt County | NC | 98.0 | Category 2 |
| Mathews County | VA | 98.3 | Category 1 |
| York County | VA | 98.7 | Category 1 |
| Barnstable County | MA | 98.9 | Category 1 |
| Isle of Wight County | VA | 99.0 | Category 2 |
| Wicomico County | MD | 99.0 | Category 1 |
| Onslow County | NC | 99.9 | 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.