Track map & timeline · Atlantic · September 23 – October 2, 1935
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 1935 Cuba Hurricane was a Category 4 hurricane of the 1935 Atlantic season. It formed on September 23, 1935, 243 mi SSW of Les Cayes, Haiti, reached its peak of 138 mph (222 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 955 mb on September 29, 1935, and never made landfall. The storm lasted 9.5 days and travelled about 3,451 miles (5,553 km).
02 · Intensity
03 · Impact
| City | Distance to center | When (UTC) | Storm strength then |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miami, Florida | 53 mi | Sep 29 · 01:00 UTC | Cat 4 138 mph |
| Hialeah, Florida | 61 mi | Sep 29 · 01:00 UTC | Cat 4 138 mph |
| Pembroke Pines, Florida | 63 mi | Sep 29 · 02:00 UTC | Cat 4 138 mph |
| Hollywood, Florida | 60 mi | Sep 29 · 02:00 UTC | Cat 4 138 mph |
| Miramar, Florida | 63 mi | Sep 29 · 02:00 UTC | Cat 4 138 mph |
| Miami Gardens, Florida | 62 mi | Sep 29 · 02:00 UTC | Cat 4 138 mph |
| Davie, Florida | 66 mi | Sep 29 · 02:00 UTC | Cat 4 138 mph |
| Fort Lauderdale, Florida | 64 mi | Sep 29 · 03:00 UTC | Cat 4 138 mph |
| Pompano Beach, Florida | 67 mi | Sep 29 · 04:00 UTC | Cat 4 138 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 23 06:00 | TD | 29 mph | — | 14.8°N 74.7°W | open ocean |
| Sep 23 12:00 | TD | 29 mph | — | 14.6°N 75.0°W | open ocean |
| Sep 23 18:00 | TD | 35 mph | — | 14.4°N 75.3°W | open ocean |
| Sep 24 00:00 | TS | 40 mph | — | 14.2°N 75.7°W | open ocean |
| Sep 24 06:00 | TS | 46 mph | — | 14.1°N 76.1°W | open ocean |
| Sep 24 12:00 | TS | 52 mph | — | 14.1°N 76.5°W | open ocean |
| Sep 24 18:00 | TS | 58 mph | — | 14.1°N 77.0°W | open ocean |
| Sep 25 00:00 | TS | 63 mph | — | 14.2°N 77.7°W | open ocean |
| Sep 25 06:00 | TS | 69 mph | — | 14.3°N 78.4°W | open ocean |
| Sep 25 12:00 | Cat 1 | 75 mph | — | 14.5°N 79.0°W | open ocean |
| Sep 25 18:00 | Cat 1 | 81 mph | — | 14.7°N 79.4°W | open ocean |
| Sep 26 00:00 | Cat 1 | 86 mph | — | 14.9°N 79.7°W | open ocean |
| Sep 26 06:00 | Cat 1 | 92 mph | — | 15.1°N 79.8°W | open ocean |
| Sep 26 12:00 | Cat 2 | 98 mph | — | 15.3°N 79.8°W | open ocean |
| Sep 26 18:00 | Cat 2 | 104 mph | — | 15.7°N 79.8°W | open ocean |
| Sep 27 00:00 | Cat 2 | 109 mph | — | 16.2°N 79.8°W | 172 mi SW of Negril, Jamaica |
| Sep 27 06:00 | Cat 2 | 109 mph | — | 16.7°N 79.8°W | 145 mi SW of Negril, Jamaica |
| Sep 27 12:00 | Cat 3 | 115 mph | — | 17.2°N 79.8°W | 121 mi SW of Negril, Jamaica |
| Sep 27 18:00 | Cat 3 | 115 mph | — | 18.0°N 79.9°W | 104 mi W of Negril, Jamaica |
| Sep 28 00:00 | Cat 3 | 121 mph | — | 19.2°N 80.1°W | 71 mi E of Frank Sound, Cayman Islands |
| Sep 28 06:00 | Cat 3 | 121 mph | 955 mb | 21.4°N 80.3°W | 34 mi SW of Trinidad, Sancti Spíritus Province, Cuba |
| Sep 28 12:00 | Cat 3 | 115 mph | — | 22.7°N 80.4°W | 13 mi NW of Santo Domingo, Villa Clara Province, Cuba |
| Sep 28 18:00 | Cat 3 | 121 mph | — | 24.0°N 80.2°W | 74 mi NNE of Corralillo, Villa Clara Province, Cuba |
| Sep 29 00:00 | Cat 4 | 138 mph | — | 25.2°N 79.6°W | 54 mi SE of Miami, Florida |
| Sep 29 06:00 | Cat 4 | 138 mph | — | 26.0°N 79.0°W | 42 mi SSW of Lucaya, Bahamas |
| Sep 29 12:00 | Cat 4 | 132 mph | — | 26.7°N 78.2°W | 31 mi ENE of Lucaya, Bahamas |
| Sep 29 18:00 | Cat 3 | 127 mph | — | 27.7°N 77.0°W | 130 mi NE of Lucaya, Bahamas |
| Sep 30 00:00 | Cat 3 | 121 mph | — | 28.8°N 75.2°W | open ocean |
| Sep 30 06:00 | Cat 3 | 115 mph | — | 30.1°N 72.9°W | open ocean |
| Sep 30 12:00 | Cat 2 | 109 mph | — | 31.4°N 70.4°W | open ocean |
| Sep 30 18:00 | Cat 2 | 104 mph | — | 32.7°N 68.4°W | open ocean |
| Oct 1 00:00 | Cat 2 | 104 mph | — | 34.3°N 67.0°W | open ocean |
| Oct 1 06:00 | Cat 2 | 104 mph | — | 36.5°N 65.5°W | open ocean |
| Oct 1 12:00 | Cat 2 | 98 mph | — | 38.8°N 63.5°W | open ocean |
| Oct 1 18:00 | Cat 2 | 98 mph | — | 40.7°N 61.5°W | open ocean |
| Oct 2 00:00 | Cat 1 | 86 mph | — | 43.0°N 59.0°W | open ocean |
| Oct 2 06:00 | Cat 1 extratropical | 75 mph | — | 45.8°N 56.5°W | 168 mi E of Glace Bay, Nova Scotia, Canada |
| Oct 2 12:00 | TS extratropical | 69 mph | — | 48.7°N 53.6°W | 50 mi ESE of Gander, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada |
| Oct 2 18:00 | TS extratropical | 63 mph | — | 49.9°N 50.5°W | open ocean |
⬇ Download track data (CSV) · public-domain NOAA best track
Questions
No — the NOAA best-track record shows no landfall for 1935 Cuba Hurricane. Its closest approach to a major city was 53 miles from Miami, Florida.
At its peak on September 29, 1935, 1935 Cuba Hurricane was a Category 4 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 138 mph (222 km/h) and a central pressure of 955 mb.
9.5 days, from September 23, 1935 to October 2, 1935, including 162 hours at hurricane strength (72 as a major hurricane). It travelled about 3,451 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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