The unnamed tropical storm of 1954
May 28, 1954 to May 31, 1954Peak 52 mph1005 mb
The unnamed tropical storm of 1954 passed within 50 miles of 4 counties in NC. It was strongest near Carteret County, NC, as a tropical storm on May 29, 1954.
- Major hurricane
- Hurricane
- Tropical storm
- Post-tropical
Unnamed storm · 1954
How it happened
Follow the storm’s path, strength and milestones.
The storm
- Peak strength
- Tropical storm
- 52 mph, 45 kt
- Lowest pressure
- 1005 mb
- Over the whole track
- Counties within 50 miles
- 4
- NC
- Counties within 100 miles
- 23
- NC, SC
- 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.
| Carteret County | NC | 28.6 | Tropical storm |
| Hyde County | NC | 39.0 | Tropical storm |
| Dare County | NC | 40.3 | Tropical storm |
| Craven County | NC | 46.9 | Tropical storm |
| Pamlico County | NC | 52.5 | Tropical storm |
| Onslow County | NC | 56.9 | Tropical storm |
| Jones County | NC | 61.5 | Tropical storm |
| Beaufort County | NC | 62.2 | Tropical storm |
| Brunswick County | NC | 62.4 | Tropical storm |
| New Hanover County | NC | 64.5 | Tropical storm |
| Pender County | NC | 66.5 | Tropical storm |
| Tyrrell County | NC | 76.7 | Tropical storm |
| Duplin County | NC | 85.8 | Tropical storm |
| Washington County | NC | 85.9 | Tropical storm |
| Charleston County | SC | 87.4 | Tropical storm |
| Georgetown County | SC | 87.8 | Tropical storm |
| Horry County | SC | 88.7 | Tropical storm |
| Columbus County | NC | 90.8 | Tropical storm |
| Pitt County | NC | 92.0 | Tropical storm |
| Lenoir County | NC | 96.3 | Tropical storm |
| Martin County | NC | 97.1 | Tropical storm |
| Bladen County | NC | 97.5 | Tropical storm |
| Beaufort County | SC | 97.8 | 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.