Track map & timeline · Atlantic · September 8–22, 1933
TD TS Cat 1 2 3 4 5 · dashed = post-tropical / remnant low. Click any point or table row to jump there.
01 · The story
The 1933 Outer Banks Hurricane was a Category 4 hurricane of the 1933 Atlantic season. It formed on September 8, 1933, 257 mi NE of Bridgetown, Barbados, reached its peak of 138 mph (222 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 952 mb on September 12, 1933, and never made landfall. It rapidly intensified by 40 mph in 24 hours (to 132 mph on September 11, 1933). The storm lasted 14.8 days and travelled about 4,645 miles (7,473 km).
02 · Intensity
03 · Impact
| City | Distance to center | When (UTC) | Storm strength then |
|---|---|---|---|
| Virginia Beach, Virginia | 71 mi | Sep 16 · 20:00 UTC | Cat 2 96 mph |
| Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada | 28 mi | Sep 18 · 11:00 UTC | Cat 1 76 mph |
Distance from the city to the storm’s center, interpolated hourly between official fixes. Damaging winds, surge and rain reach far beyond the center.
04 · Timeline
| Date · UTC | Status | Wind | Pressure | Position | Nearest place |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 8 00:00 | TD | 35 mph | — | 15.4°N 56.6°W | open ocean |
| Sep 8 06:00 | TS | 40 mph | — | 15.6°N 57.3°W | open ocean |
| Sep 8 12:00 | TS | 40 mph | — | 15.9°N 58.0°W | open ocean |
| Sep 8 18:00 | TS | 46 mph | — | 16.4°N 58.4°W | open ocean |
| Sep 9 00:00 | TS | 52 mph | — | 16.9°N 58.7°W | 176 mi ENE of Saint-François, Guadeloupe |
| Sep 9 06:00 | TS | 58 mph | — | 17.4°N 59.0°W | 170 mi ENE of Saint-François, Guadeloupe |
| Sep 9 12:00 | TS | 63 mph | — | 17.9°N 59.2°W | 178 mi NE of Le Moule, Guadeloupe |
| Sep 9 18:00 | TS | 69 mph | — | 18.5°N 59.3°W | open ocean |
| Sep 10 00:00 | Cat 1 | 75 mph | — | 19.1°N 59.4°W | open ocean |
| Sep 10 06:00 | Cat 1 | 81 mph | — | 19.8°N 59.5°W | open ocean |
| Sep 10 12:00 | Cat 1 | 86 mph | — | 20.5°N 59.7°W | open ocean |
| Sep 10 18:00 | Cat 1 | 92 mph | — | 21.2°N 60.1°W | open ocean |
| Sep 11 00:00 | Cat 2 | 104 mph | — | 21.9°N 60.4°W | open ocean |
| Sep 11 06:00 | Cat 2 | 109 mph | — | 22.3°N 60.7°W | open ocean |
| Sep 11 12:00 | Cat 3 | 121 mph | — | 22.6°N 61.0°W | open ocean |
| Sep 11 18:00 | Cat 4 | 132 mph | — | 22.9°N 61.3°W | open ocean |
| Sep 12 00:00 | Cat 4 | 138 mph | — | 23.3°N 61.6°W | open ocean |
| Sep 12 06:00 | Cat 4 | 138 mph | — | 23.9°N 62.5°W | open ocean |
| Sep 12 12:00 | Cat 4 | 138 mph | — | 24.6°N 63.5°W | open ocean |
| Sep 12 18:00 | Cat 4 | 138 mph | — | 25.2°N 64.6°W | open ocean |
| Sep 13 00:00 | Cat 4 | 138 mph | — | 25.8°N 65.7°W | open ocean |
| Sep 13 06:00 | Cat 4 | 138 mph | — | 26.4°N 66.7°W | open ocean |
| Sep 13 12:00 | Cat 4 | 138 mph | — | 27.0°N 67.8°W | open ocean |
| Sep 13 18:00 | Cat 4 | 132 mph | — | 27.5°N 69.0°W | open ocean |
| Sep 14 00:00 | Cat 4 | 132 mph | — | 28.0°N 70.2°W | open ocean |
| Sep 14 06:00 | Cat 4 | 132 mph | — | 28.4°N 71.4°W | open ocean |
| Sep 14 12:00 | Cat 3 | 127 mph | — | 28.8°N 72.6°W | open ocean |
| Sep 14 18:00 | Cat 3 | 127 mph | — | 29.4°N 73.4°W | open ocean |
| Sep 15 00:00 | Cat 3 | 127 mph | — | 30.2°N 74.0°W | open ocean |
| Sep 15 06:00 | Cat 3 | 121 mph | — | 31.1°N 74.5°W | open ocean |
| Sep 15 12:00 | Cat 3 | 121 mph | — | 32.0°N 74.9°W | open ocean |
| Sep 15 18:00 | Cat 3 | 121 mph | — | 32.8°N 75.1°W | 177 mi SE of Havelock, North Carolina |
| Sep 16 00:00 | Cat 3 | 121 mph | — | 33.6°N 75.2°W | 131 mi SE of Havelock, North Carolina |
| Sep 16 06:00 | Cat 2 | 109 mph | — | 34.4°N 75.3°W | 97 mi ESE of Havelock, North Carolina |
| Sep 16 12:00 | Cat 2 | 104 mph | 952 mb | 35.2°N 75.4°W | 88 mi ENE of Havelock, North Carolina |
| Sep 16 18:00 | Cat 2 | 98 mph | 954 mb | 36.1°N 75.0°W | 75 mi SE of Virginia Beach, Virginia |
| Sep 17 00:00 | Cat 1 | 92 mph | 959 mb | 37.0°N 74.5°W | 82 mi E of Virginia Beach, Virginia |
| Sep 17 06:00 | Cat 1 | 92 mph | — | 37.9°N 73.1°W | 117 mi ESE of Ocean Pines, Maryland |
| Sep 17 12:00 | Cat 1 | 86 mph | — | 38.9°N 71.5°W | 146 mi SSE of Hampton Bays, New York |
| Sep 17 18:00 | Cat 1 | 86 mph | 965 mb | 39.9°N 69.6°W | 126 mi SSE of Harwich, Massachusetts |
| Sep 18 00:00 | Cat 1 | 81 mph | — | 41.5°N 67.2°W | 149 mi E of Harwich, Massachusetts |
| Sep 18 06:00 | Cat 1 | 81 mph | — | 43.2°N 64.7°W | 114 mi SSW of Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada |
| Sep 18 12:00 | Cat 1 extratropical | 75 mph | — | 44.8°N 62.7°W | 44 mi ENE of Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada |
| Sep 18 18:00 | TS extratropical | 69 mph | — | 46.6°N 61.0°W | 50 mi NW of Sydney, Nova Scotia, Canada |
| Sep 19 00:00 | TS extratropical | 69 mph | — | 48.1°N 59.9°W | 104 mi ENE of Cap-aux-Meules, Quebec, Canada |
| Sep 19 06:00 | TS extratropical | 69 mph | — | 49.3°N 58.9°W | 49 mi WNW of Corner Brook, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada |
| Sep 19 12:00 | TS extratropical | 69 mph | 965 mb | 50.5°N 58.0°W | 107 mi N of Corner Brook, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada |
| Sep 19 18:00 | TS extratropical | 63 mph | — | 51.5°N 57.0°W | 181 mi NNE of Corner Brook, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada |
| Sep 20 00:00 | TS extratropical | 63 mph | — | 52.3°N 56.0°W | open ocean |
| Sep 20 06:00 | TS extratropical | 58 mph | — | 53.1°N 54.9°W | open ocean |
| Sep 20 12:00 | TS extratropical | 58 mph | — | 53.8°N 53.8°W | open ocean |
| Sep 20 18:00 | TS extratropical | 58 mph | — | 54.8°N 52.0°W | open ocean |
| Sep 21 00:00 | TS extratropical | 58 mph | — | 55.8°N 49.6°W | open ocean |
| Sep 21 06:00 | TS extratropical | 58 mph | — | 56.9°N 46.8°W | open ocean |
| Sep 21 12:00 | TS extratropical | 58 mph | — | 58.0°N 44.0°W | open ocean |
| Sep 21 18:00 | TS extratropical | 58 mph | — | 58.9°N 41.2°W | open ocean |
| Sep 22 00:00 | TS extratropical | 58 mph | — | 59.8°N 38.4°W | open ocean |
| Sep 22 06:00 | TS extratropical | 58 mph | — | 60.7°N 35.6°W | open ocean |
| Sep 22 12:00 | TS extratropical | 58 mph | — | 61.5°N 33.0°W | open ocean |
| Sep 22 18:00 | TS extratropical | 52 mph | — | 62.1°N 31.2°W | open ocean |
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Questions
No — the NOAA best-track record shows no landfall for 1933 Outer Banks Hurricane. Its closest approach to a major city was 28 miles from Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.
At its peak on September 12, 1933, 1933 Outer Banks Hurricane was a Category 4 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 138 mph (222 km/h) and a central pressure of 952 mb.
14.8 days, from September 8, 1933 to September 22, 1933, including 204 hours at hurricane strength (114 as a major hurricane). It travelled about 4,645 miles.
The 6-hourly positions, winds, pressure and wind radii are available as CSV on this page (track.csv) — they come from the NOAA National Hurricane Center's HURDAT2 database and are in the public domain.
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