1934 Central America Hurricane

Track map, landfall & timeline · Atlantic · June 4–21, 1934

Peak wind

98 mph

157 km/h · Jun 14

Peak category

Cat 2

Saffir–Simpson

Lowest pressure

966 mb

Landfalls

Louisiana

Lifetime

17.3 d

Jun 4 – Jun 21

Distance

4,597 mi

7,396 km

ACE

19.5

storm energy

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

What happened with 1934 Central America Hurricane

The 1934 Central America Hurricane was a Category 2 hurricane of the 1934 Atlantic season. It formed on June 4, 1934, 86 mi N of La Ceiba, Honduras, reached its peak of 98 mph (157 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 966 mb on June 14, 1934, and made landfall 14 mi WSW of Franklin, Louisiana on June 16, 1934 as a Category 2 hurricane (98 mph). It rapidly intensified by 35 mph in 24 hours (to 81 mph on June 9, 1934). The storm lasted 17.3 days and travelled about 4,597 miles (7,396 km).

02 · Intensity

Wind and pressure, hour by hour

Maximum sustained wind (mph) — hover or drag to scrub the map

03 · Impact

Landfall and cities in the path

Landfall (UTC)	Where	Strength	Pressure
June 16, 1934 · 19:00 UTC	14 mi WSW of Franklin, Louisiana	Cat 2 98 mph	966 mb

Closest approach to major cities

City	Distance to center	When (UTC)	Storm strength then
Guatemala City, Guatemala	14 mi	Jun 7 · 20:00 UTC	TS 50 mph
San Pedro Sula, Honduras	61 mi	Jun 8 · 04:00 UTC	TS 50 mph
Mérida, Yucatán, Mexico	direct hit	Jun 9 · 22:00 UTC	TS 42 mph
Washington, District of Columbia	23 mi	Jun 19 · 07:00 UTC	TS 46 mph
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	direct hit	Jun 19 · 13:00 UTC	TS 46 mph
New York City, New York	22 mi	Jun 19 · 18:00 UTC	TS 46 mph
Brooklyn, New York	17 mi	Jun 19 · 18:00 UTC	TS 46 mph
Queens, New York	17 mi	Jun 19 · 19:00 UTC	TS 46 mph
Manhattan, New York	27 mi	Jun 19 · 19:00 UTC	TS 46 mph
The Bronx, New York	28 mi	Jun 19 · 19:00 UTC	TS 46 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

Every official fix 71 positions

Date · UTC	Status	Wind	Pressure	Position	Nearest place
Jun 4 12:00	TD	35 mph	—	17.0°N 87.0°W	86 mi N of La Ceiba, Honduras
Jun 4 18:00	TS	40 mph	—	17.0°N 87.1°W	80 mi ESE of Belize City, Belize
Jun 5 00:00	TS	46 mph	—	17.0°N 87.2°W	74 mi ESE of Belize City, Belize
Jun 5 06:00	TS	52 mph	—	16.9°N 87.4°W	67 mi SE of Belize City, Belize
Jun 5 12:00	TS	52 mph	—	16.8°N 87.8°W	55 mi SSE of Belize City, Belize
Jun 5 18:00	TS	46 mph	—	16.7°N 88.5°W	42 mi SSE of Belmopan, Belize
Jun 6 00:00	TS	46 mph	—	16.5°N 89.5°W	near Dolores, Guatemala
Jun 6 06:00	TS	40 mph	—	16.3°N 90.5°W	36 mi NNW of Chisec, Guatemala
Jun 6 12:00	TS	40 mph	—	16.0°N 91.0°W	16 mi NNE of Nuevo León, Guatemala
Jun 6 18:00	TD	35 mph	—	15.5°N 91.4°W	11 mi S of Soloma, Guatemala
Jun 7 00:00	TD	35 mph	—	15.0°N 91.7°W	near San Pedro Sacatepéquez, Guatemala
Jun 7 06:00	TS	40 mph	—	14.5°N 91.7°W	near Retalhuleu, Guatemala
Jun 7 12:00	TS	52 mph	—	14.0°N 91.5°W	19 mi SW of Nueva Concepción, Guatemala
Jun 7 18:00	TS	52 mph	—	14.2°N 90.7°W	near Escuintla, Guatemala
Jun 8 00:00	TS	46 mph	—	15.2°N 89.6°W	14 mi SSE of Panzos, Guatemala
Jun 8 06:00	TS	52 mph	—	16.5°N 88.3°W	53 mi NNW of Puerto Cortez, Honduras
Jun 8 12:00	TS	58 mph	—	17.7°N 87.5°W	34 mi ESE of San Pedro, Belize
Jun 8 18:00	TS	69 mph	—	18.6°N 87.2°W	73 mi E of Chetumal, Quintana Roo, Mexico
Jun 9 00:00	Cat 1	81 mph	—	19.4°N 87.3°W	50 mi ESE of Felipe Carrillo Puerto, Quintana Roo, Mexico
Jun 9 06:00	Cat 1	75 mph	—	20.0°N 87.7°W	21 mi SW of Tulum, Quintana Roo, Mexico
Jun 9 12:00	TS	63 mph	—	20.4°N 88.4°W	24 mi SSW of Valladolid, Yucatán, Mexico
Jun 9 18:00	TS	46 mph	—	20.8°N 89.1°W	11 mi SSW of Izamal, Yucatán, Mexico
Jun 10 00:00	TS	40 mph	—	21.2°N 89.8°W	20 mi NW of Mérida, Yucatán, Mexico
Jun 10 06:00	TS	46 mph	—	21.6°N 90.8°W	72 mi NW of Hunucmá, Yucatán, Mexico
Jun 10 12:00	TS	52 mph	—	21.8°N 91.7°W	129 mi WNW of Hunucmá, Yucatán, Mexico
Jun 10 18:00	TS	58 mph	—	22.0°N 92.5°W	182 mi WNW of Hunucmá, Yucatán, Mexico
Jun 11 00:00	TS	58 mph	—	22.0°N 93.3°W	open ocean
Jun 11 06:00	TS	58 mph	—	21.9°N 93.9°W	open ocean
Jun 11 12:00	TS	63 mph	—	21.7°N 94.2°W	open ocean
Jun 11 18:00	TS	69 mph	—	21.6°N 94.2°W	open ocean
Jun 12 00:00	TS	69 mph	—	21.5°N 94.0°W	open ocean
Jun 12 06:00	Cat 1	75 mph	—	21.5°N 93.7°W	open ocean
Jun 12 12:00	Cat 1	81 mph	—	21.5°N 93.4°W	open ocean
Jun 12 18:00	Cat 1	81 mph	—	21.5°N 93.1°W	open ocean
Jun 13 00:00	Cat 1	86 mph	—	21.5°N 92.9°W	open ocean
Jun 13 06:00	Cat 1	86 mph	—	21.5°N 92.7°W	182 mi NW of Campeche, Campeche, Mexico
Jun 13 12:00	Cat 1	92 mph	978 mb	21.7°N 92.5°W	175 mi WNW of Hunucmá, Yucatán, Mexico
Jun 13 18:00	Cat 1	92 mph	—	22.0°N 92.3°W	170 mi WNW of Hunucmá, Yucatán, Mexico
Jun 14 00:00	Cat 1	92 mph	—	22.3°N 92.2°W	174 mi WNW of Hunucmá, Yucatán, Mexico
Jun 14 06:00	Cat 1	92 mph	—	22.6°N 92.1°W	181 mi WNW of Progreso, Yucatán, Mexico
Jun 14 12:00	Cat 1	92 mph	—	23.1°N 92.0°W	open ocean
Jun 14 18:00	Cat 2	98 mph	—	23.7°N 91.8°W	open ocean
Jun 15 00:00	Cat 2	98 mph	—	24.3°N 91.6°W	open ocean
Jun 15 06:00	Cat 2	98 mph	—	24.7°N 91.4°W	open ocean
Jun 15 12:00	Cat 2	98 mph	—	25.2°N 91.3°W	open ocean
Jun 15 18:00	Cat 2	98 mph	—	25.7°N 91.2°W	open ocean
Jun 16 00:00	Cat 2	98 mph	—	26.3°N 91.2°W	open ocean
Jun 16 06:00	Cat 2	98 mph	—	27.1°N 91.3°W	176 mi SSW of Houma, Louisiana
Jun 16 12:00	Cat 2	98 mph	—	28.3°N 91.5°W	98 mi S of Morgan City, Louisiana
Jun 16 18:00	Cat 2	98 mph	966 mb	29.6°N 91.7°W	29 mi SSE of New Iberia, Louisiana
Jun 16 19:00	Cat 2 LANDFALL	98 mph	966 mb	29.7°N 91.7°W	22 mi SSE of New Iberia, Louisiana
Jun 17 00:00	TS	69 mph	—	30.9°N 91.3°W	19 mi NNW of Zachary, Louisiana
Jun 17 06:00	TS	52 mph	—	32.1°N 90.9°W	18 mi S of Vicksburg, Mississippi
Jun 17 12:00	TS	40 mph	—	33.3°N 90.3°W	16 mi SSW of Greenwood, Mississippi
Jun 17 18:00	TS	40 mph	—	34.2°N 89.4°W	13 mi SSE of Oxford, Mississippi
Jun 18 00:00	TS	40 mph	—	35.1°N 88.1°W	27 mi ENE of Corinth, Mississippi
Jun 18 06:00	TD	35 mph	—	36.0°N 86.2°W	15 mi NE of Murfreesboro, Tennessee
Jun 18 12:00	TD extratropical	35 mph	—	36.8°N 84.2°W	30 mi WNW of Middlesboro, Kentucky
Jun 18 18:00	TS extratropical	40 mph	—	37.6°N 82.2°W	63 mi SSE of Meads, Kentucky
Jun 19 00:00	TS extratropical	46 mph	—	38.4°N 80.2°W	61 mi S of Clarksburg, West Virginia
Jun 19 06:00	TS extratropical	46 mph	—	39.1°N 77.5°W	near Leesburg, Virginia
Jun 19 12:00	TS extratropical	46 mph	—	39.8°N 75.4°W	near Chester, Pennsylvania
Jun 19 18:00	TS extratropical	46 mph	—	40.4°N 73.9°W	17 mi S of Brooklyn, New York
Jun 20 00:00	TS extratropical	46 mph	—	40.9°N 72.4°W	near Hampton Bays, New York
Jun 20 06:00	TS extratropical	46 mph	—	41.5°N 70.7°W	15 mi SE of New Bedford, Massachusetts
Jun 20 12:00	TS extratropical	52 mph	—	42.5°N 68.5°W	98 mi NE of Harwich, Massachusetts
Jun 20 18:00	TS extratropical	52 mph	—	44.0°N 66.5°W	90 mi SSW of Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada
Jun 21 00:00	TS extratropical	46 mph	—	45.7°N 64.6°W	19 mi SSW of Tantramar, New Brunswick, Canada
Jun 21 06:00	TS extratropical	46 mph	—	47.7°N 62.8°W	49 mi WNW of Cap-aux-Meules, Quebec, Canada
Jun 21 12:00	TS extratropical	40 mph	—	50.2°N 61.0°W	162 mi WNW of Corner Brook, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
Jun 21 18:00	TS extratropical	40 mph	—	53.0°N 59.4°W	open ocean

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Questions

Frequently asked questions

When and where did 1934 Central America Hurricane make landfall?

1934 Central America Hurricane made landfall once: 14 mi WSW of Franklin, Louisiana on June 16, 1934 at 19:00 UTC, as a Category 2 hurricane with 98 mph winds.

What category was 1934 Central America Hurricane?

At its peak on June 14, 1934, 1934 Central America Hurricane was a Category 2 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 98 mph (157 km/h) and a central pressure of 966 mb. At its first landfall it was a Category 2 hurricane.

How long did 1934 Central America Hurricane last?

17.3 days, from June 4, 1934 to June 21, 1934, including 126 hours at hurricane strength. It travelled about 4,597 miles.

Where can I download the track data for 1934 Central America Hurricane?

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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