The unnamed hurricane of 1940
Aug 26, 1940 to Sep 3, 1940Peak 109 mph961 mb
The unnamed hurricane of 1940 passed within 50 miles of 1 county in ME. It was strongest near Dare County, NC, as a Category 2 on September 1, 1940.
- Major hurricane
- Hurricane
- Tropical storm
- Post-tropical
Unnamed hurricane · 1940
How it happened
Follow the storm’s path, strength and milestones.
The storm
- Peak strength
- Category 2
- 109 mph, 95 kt
- Lowest pressure
- 961 mb
- Over the whole track
- Counties within 50 miles
- 1
- ME
- Counties within 100 miles
- 10
- MA, ME, NC
- 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.
| Washington County | ME | 44.1 | Tropical storm |
| Nantucket County | MA | 51.3 | Category 1 |
| Barnstable County | MA | 61.3 | Category 1 |
| Dukes County | MA | 75.1 | Category 1 |
| Hancock County | ME | 78.3 | Tropical storm |
| Dare County | NC | 85.9 | Category 2 |
| Knox County | ME | 93.8 | Tropical storm |
| Plymouth County | MA | 94.8 | Category 1 |
| Hyde County | NC | 96.1 | Category 2 |
| Penobscot County | ME | 99.6 | 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.