The unnamed hurricane of 1944
Sep 9, 1944 to Sep 16, 1944Peak 161 mph918 mb
The unnamed hurricane of 1944 passed within 50 miles of 40 counties in 8 states. It was strongest near Craven County, NC, as a Category 3 on September 14, 1944.
- Major hurricane
- Hurricane
- Tropical storm
- Post-tropical
Unnamed hurricane · 1944
How it happened
Follow the storm’s path, strength and milestones.
The storm
- Peak strength
- Category 5
- 161 mph, 140 kt
- Lowest pressure
- 918 mb
- Over the whole track
- Counties within 50 miles
- 40
- CT, MA, ME, NC, NH, NJ, NY, RI
- Counties within 100 miles
- 124
- CT, DE, MA, MD, ME, NC, NH, NJ, NY, PA, RI, VA, VT
- 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.
| Washington County | RI | 0.0 | Category 2 |
| Plymouth County | MA | 0.0 | Category 1 |
| Bristol County | RI | 0.5 | Category 1 |
| Knox County | ME | 1.2 | Tropical storm |
| Newport County | RI | 3.2 | Category 1 |
| Kent County | RI | 3.2 | Category 1 |
| Bristol County | MA | 3.6 | Category 1 |
| Providence County | RI | 4.4 | Category 1 |
| Suffolk County | NY | 4.4 | Category 2 |
| New London County | CT | 10.3 | Category 2 |
| Norfolk County | MA | 11.5 | Category 1 |
| Essex County | MA | 15.0 | Tropical storm |
| Suffolk County | MA | 17.1 | Category 1 |
| Windham County | CT | 19.2 | Category 2 |
| Lincoln County | ME | 19.6 | Tropical storm |
| Dare County | NC | 21.1 | Category 3 |
| Middlesex County | MA | 21.9 | Category 1 |
| Worcester County | MA | 24.2 | Category 1 |
| Middlesex County | CT | 24.4 | Category 2 |
| Barnstable County | MA | 25.0 | Category 1 |
| Dukes County | MA | 25.9 | Category 1 |
| Sagadahoc County | ME | 26.8 | Tropical storm |
| York County | ME | 27.9 | Tropical storm |
| Rockingham County | NH | 28.1 | Tropical storm |
| New Haven County | CT | 29.9 | Category 2 |
| Hyde County | NC | 32.8 | Category 3 |
| Cumberland County | ME | 34.8 | Tropical storm |
| Tolland County | CT | 37.7 | Category 2 |
| Hartford County | CT | 40.6 | Category 2 |
| Nassau County | NY | 40.7 | Category 2 |
| Ocean County | NJ | 41.2 | Category 2 |
| Kennebec County | ME | 41.9 | Tropical storm |
| Hillsborough County | NH | 42.5 | Tropical storm |
| Strafford County | NH | 42.6 | Tropical storm |
| Carteret County | NC | 43.6 | Category 3 |
| Currituck County | NC | 45.7 | Category 3 |
| Atlantic County | NJ | 46.1 | Category 2 |
| Monmouth County | NJ | 46.3 | Category 2 |
| Hampden County | MA | 48.7 | Category 1 |
| Androscoggin County | ME | 49.5 | Tropical storm |
| Fairfield County | CT | 50.2 | Category 2 |
| Cape May County | NJ | 51.0 | Category 2 |
| Burlington County | NJ | 51.6 | Category 2 |
| Worcester County | MD | 52.1 | Category 3 |
| Tyrrell County | NC | 53.5 | Category 3 |
| Accomack County | VA | 53.7 | Category 3 |
| Sussex County | DE | 54.4 | Category 3 |
| Camden County | NC | 54.5 | Category 3 |
| Queens County | NY | 55.6 | Category 2 |
| Virginia Beach city | VA | 56.4 | Category 3 |
| Nantucket County | MA | 57.3 | Category 1 |
| Northampton County | VA | 58.0 | Category 3 |
| Kings County | NY | 58.6 | Category 2 |
| Hampshire County | MA | 60.1 | Category 1 |
| Merrimack County | NH | 60.5 | Tropical storm |
| Pasquotank County | NC | 61.4 | Category 3 |
| Bronx County | NY | 63.7 | Category 2 |
| Westchester County | NY | 63.8 | Category 2 |
| Wicomico County | MD | 64.1 | Category 3 |
| Litchfield County | CT | 65.2 | Category 2 |
| Middlesex County | NJ | 65.5 | Category 2 |
| Richmond County | NY | 65.8 | Category 2 |
| Belknap County | NH | 66.0 | Tropical storm |
| Cumberland County | NJ | 66.7 | Category 2 |
| Perquimans County | NC | 67.3 | Category 3 |
| Carroll County | NH | 67.5 | Tropical storm |
| Franklin County | MA | 67.9 | Category 1 |
| Cheshire County | NH | 68.3 | Category 1 |
| New York County | NY | 69.0 | Category 2 |
| Chesapeake city | VA | 69.2 | Category 3 |
| Oxford County | ME | 69.3 | Tropical storm |
| Somerset County | MD | 69.6 | Category 3 |
| Hudson County | NJ | 70.0 | Category 2 |
| Pamlico County | NC | 70.7 | Category 3 |
| Union County | NJ | 71.5 | Category 2 |
| Camden County | NJ | 71.5 | Category 2 |
| Franklin County | ME | 71.7 | Tropical storm |
| Mercer County | NJ | 71.8 | Category 2 |
| Bergen County | NJ | 72.8 | Category 2 |
| Washington County | NC | 73.1 | Category 3 |
| Essex County | NJ | 73.3 | Category 2 |
| Beaufort County | NC | 74.5 | Category 3 |
| Rockland County | NY | 74.9 | Category 2 |
| Norfolk city | VA | 76.5 | Category 3 |
| Gloucester County | NJ | 77.0 | Category 2 |
| Putnam County | NY | 77.0 | Category 2 |
| Craven County | NC | 77.1 | Category 3 |
| Somerset County | NJ | 78.0 | Category 2 |
| Chowan County | NC | 78.2 | Category 3 |
| Kent County | DE | 79.6 | Category 2 |
| Passaic County | NJ | 80.2 | Category 2 |
| Salem County | NJ | 81.4 | Category 2 |
| Dutchess County | NY | 81.6 | Category 2 |
| Portsmouth city | VA | 82.2 | Category 3 |
| Bucks County | PA | 82.4 | Category 2 |
| Morris County | NJ | 84.4 | Category 2 |
| Hampton city | VA | 85.0 | Category 3 |
| Gates County | NC | 85.2 | Category 3 |
| Berkshire County | MA | 85.6 | Category 2 |
| Poquoson city | VA | 87.3 | Category 3 |
| Mathews County | VA | 87.5 | Category 3 |
| Dorchester County | MD | 89.2 | Category 3 |
| Suffolk city | VA | 89.3 | Category 3 |
| Hunterdon County | NJ | 89.4 | Category 2 |
| Newport News city | VA | 89.7 | Category 3 |
| Windham County | VT | 89.8 | Category 1 |
| Sullivan County | NH | 90.7 | Tropical storm |
| Philadelphia County | PA | 91.4 | Category 2 |
| Caroline County | MD | 91.7 | Category 3 |
| Gloucester County | VA | 91.8 | Category 3 |
| Bertie County | NC | 92.3 | Category 3 |
| York County | VA | 92.3 | Category 3 |
| Orange County | NY | 92.9 | Category 2 |
| Middlesex County | VA | 93.3 | Category 3 |
| Lancaster County | VA | 93.8 | Category 3 |
| Isle of Wight County | VA | 94.5 | Category 3 |
| Grafton County | NH | 95.4 | Tropical storm |
| Martin County | NC | 95.9 | Category 3 |
| Montgomery County | PA | 96.3 | Category 2 |
| Jones County | NC | 96.4 | Category 3 |
| Northumberland County | VA | 97.0 | Category 3 |
| Hertford County | NC | 97.7 | Category 3 |
| Onslow County | NC | 97.8 | Category 3 |
| Delaware County | PA | 98.4 | 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.