The unnamed hurricane of 1962
Nov 26, 1962 to Dec 6, 1962Peak 92 mph991 mb
The unnamed hurricane of 1962 came within 100 miles of 5 U.S. counties without passing within 50.
- Major hurricane
- Hurricane
- Tropical storm
- Post-tropical
Unnamed hurricane · 1962
How it happened
Follow the storm’s path, strength and milestones.
The storm
- Peak strength
- Category 1
- 92 mph, 80 kt
- Lowest pressure
- 991 mb
- Over the whole track
- Counties within 50 miles
- 0
- None
- Counties within 100 miles
- 5
- 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 | 73.3 | Category 1 |
| Carteret County | NC | 78.1 | Category 1 |
| Hyde County | NC | 78.2 | Category 1 |
| Craven County | NC | 95.5 | Category 1 |
| Pamlico County | NC | 99.9 | Category 1 |
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.