The unnamed hurricane of 1948
Nov 8, 1948 to Nov 11, 1948Peak 75 mph990 mb
The unnamed hurricane of 1948 came within 100 miles of 3 U.S. counties without passing within 50.
- Major hurricane
- Hurricane
- Tropical storm
- Post-tropical
Unnamed hurricane · 1948
How it happened
Follow the storm’s path, strength and milestones.
The storm
- Peak strength
- Category 1
- 75 mph, 65 kt
- Lowest pressure
- 990 mb
- Over the whole track
- Counties within 50 miles
- 0
- None
- Counties within 100 miles
- 3
- 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.
| Dare County | NC | 72.9 | Tropical storm |
| Hyde County | NC | 83.7 | Tropical storm |
| Carteret County | NC | 94.4 | 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.