The unnamed hurricane of 1949
Aug 21, 1949 to Aug 30, 1949Peak 109 mph963 mb
The unnamed hurricane of 1949 passed within 50 miles of 3 counties in NC. It was strongest near Brunswick County, NC, as a Category 2 on August 24, 1949.
- Major hurricane
- Hurricane
- Tropical storm
- Post-tropical
Unnamed hurricane · 1949
How it happened
Follow the storm’s path, strength and milestones.
The storm
- Peak strength
- Category 2
- 109 mph, 95 kt
- Lowest pressure
- 963 mb
- Over the whole track
- Counties within 50 miles
- 3
- NC
- Counties within 100 miles
- 22
- 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 | 20.3 | Category 2 |
| Hyde County | NC | 29.7 | Category 2 |
| Carteret County | NC | 32.0 | Category 2 |
| Craven County | NC | 51.8 | Category 2 |
| Pamlico County | NC | 57.2 | Category 2 |
| Onslow County | NC | 62.3 | Category 2 |
| Tyrrell County | NC | 62.3 | Category 2 |
| Jones County | NC | 65.4 | Category 2 |
| Beaufort County | NC | 66.4 | Category 2 |
| Currituck County | NC | 71.3 | Category 2 |
| Washington County | NC | 78.8 | Category 2 |
| Camden County | NC | 80.4 | Category 2 |
| Pender County | NC | 80.5 | Category 2 |
| Pasquotank County | NC | 85.6 | Category 2 |
| New Hanover County | NC | 88.7 | Category 2 |
| Perquimans County | NC | 88.7 | Category 2 |
| Brunswick County | NC | 93.8 | Category 2 |
| Duplin County | NC | 94.5 | Category 2 |
| Chowan County | NC | 96.3 | Category 2 |
| Virginia Beach city | VA | 96.3 | Category 2 |
| Martin County | NC | 97.6 | Category 2 |
| Pitt County | NC | 97.7 | 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.