The unnamed tropical storm of 1944
Aug 18, 1944 to Aug 23, 1944Peak 58 mph
The unnamed tropical storm of 1944 came within 100 miles of 3 U.S. counties without passing within 50.
- Major hurricane
- Hurricane
- Tropical storm
- Post-tropical
Unnamed storm · 1944
How it happened
Follow the storm’s path, strength and milestones.
The storm
- Peak strength
- Tropical storm
- 58 mph, 50 kt
- Counties within 50 miles
- 0
- None
- Counties within 100 miles
- 3
- TX
- 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.
| Hidalgo County | TX | 59.8 | Tropical storm |
| Cameron County | TX | 62.6 | Tropical storm |
| Willacy County | TX | 86.1 | 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.