Track map & timeline · Atlantic · September 8–25, 1936
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 1936 Mid-Atlantic Hurricane was a Category 3 hurricane of the 1936 Atlantic season. It formed on September 8, 1936, reached its peak of 121 mph (194 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 962 mb on September 15, 1936, and never made landfall. The storm lasted 17.5 days and travelled about 5,233 miles (8,420 km).
02 · Intensity
03 · Impact
| City | Distance to center | When (UTC) | Storm strength then |
|---|---|---|---|
| Virginia Beach, Virginia | 65 mi | Sep 18 · 17:00 UTC | Cat 1 93 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 06:00 | TD | 35 mph | — | 13.1°N 48.5°W | open ocean |
| Sep 8 12:00 | TD | 35 mph | — | 13.6°N 49.1°W | open ocean |
| Sep 8 18:00 | TS | 40 mph | — | 14.1°N 49.8°W | open ocean |
| Sep 9 00:00 | TS | 40 mph | — | 14.6°N 50.4°W | open ocean |
| Sep 9 06:00 | TS | 46 mph | — | 15.0°N 51.0°W | open ocean |
| Sep 9 12:00 | TS | 46 mph | — | 15.4°N 51.7°W | open ocean |
| Sep 9 18:00 | TS | 46 mph | — | 16.0°N 52.4°W | open ocean |
| Sep 10 00:00 | TS | 52 mph | — | 16.6°N 53.1°W | open ocean |
| Sep 10 06:00 | TS | 52 mph | — | 17.2°N 53.8°W | open ocean |
| Sep 10 12:00 | TS | 58 mph | — | 17.8°N 54.6°W | open ocean |
| Sep 10 18:00 | TS | 58 mph | — | 18.1°N 55.5°W | open ocean |
| Sep 11 00:00 | TS | 63 mph | — | 18.4°N 56.3°W | open ocean |
| Sep 11 06:00 | TS | 63 mph | — | 18.7°N 57.2°W | open ocean |
| Sep 11 12:00 | TS | 69 mph | — | 19.0°N 58.0°W | open ocean |
| Sep 11 18:00 | TS | 69 mph | — | 19.3°N 58.6°W | open ocean |
| Sep 12 00:00 | Cat 1 | 75 mph | — | 19.6°N 59.1°W | open ocean |
| Sep 12 06:00 | Cat 1 | 75 mph | — | 19.9°N 59.4°W | open ocean |
| Sep 12 12:00 | Cat 1 | 75 mph | — | 20.2°N 59.6°W | open ocean |
| Sep 12 18:00 | Cat 1 | 75 mph | — | 20.6°N 59.9°W | open ocean |
| Sep 13 00:00 | Cat 1 | 81 mph | — | 21.1°N 60.1°W | open ocean |
| Sep 13 06:00 | Cat 1 | 81 mph | — | 21.7°N 60.3°W | open ocean |
| Sep 13 12:00 | Cat 1 | 81 mph | — | 22.4°N 60.5°W | open ocean |
| Sep 13 18:00 | Cat 1 | 86 mph | — | 23.1°N 60.7°W | open ocean |
| Sep 14 00:00 | Cat 1 | 86 mph | — | 23.7°N 61.0°W | open ocean |
| Sep 14 06:00 | Cat 1 | 92 mph | — | 24.4°N 61.5°W | open ocean |
| Sep 14 12:00 | Cat 2 | 98 mph | — | 25.0°N 62.0°W | open ocean |
| Sep 14 18:00 | Cat 2 | 104 mph | — | 25.3°N 62.4°W | open ocean |
| Sep 15 00:00 | Cat 2 | 104 mph | — | 25.6°N 62.9°W | open ocean |
| Sep 15 06:00 | Cat 2 | 109 mph | — | 25.9°N 63.4°W | open ocean |
| Sep 15 12:00 | Cat 3 | 115 mph | — | 26.2°N 64.0°W | open ocean |
| Sep 15 18:00 | Cat 3 | 121 mph | — | 26.8°N 64.9°W | open ocean |
| Sep 16 00:00 | Cat 3 | 121 mph | — | 27.6°N 65.9°W | open ocean |
| Sep 16 06:00 | Cat 3 | 121 mph | — | 28.4°N 66.9°W | open ocean |
| Sep 16 12:00 | Cat 3 | 121 mph | — | 29.1°N 68.0°W | open ocean |
| Sep 16 18:00 | Cat 3 | 115 mph | — | 29.8°N 69.0°W | open ocean |
| Sep 17 00:00 | Cat 3 | 115 mph | — | 30.7°N 70.2°W | open ocean |
| Sep 17 06:00 | Cat 3 | 115 mph | — | 31.6°N 71.4°W | open ocean |
| Sep 17 12:00 | Cat 2 | 109 mph | — | 32.4°N 72.5°W | open ocean |
| Sep 17 18:00 | Cat 2 | 109 mph | — | 33.2°N 73.4°W | open ocean |
| Sep 18 00:00 | Cat 2 | 104 mph | — | 34.1°N 74.1°W | 168 mi ESE of Havelock, North Carolina |
| Sep 18 06:00 | Cat 2 | 98 mph | 962 mb | 35.0°N 74.5°W | 133 mi SE of Elizabeth City, North Carolina |
| Sep 18 12:00 | Cat 2 | 98 mph | 965 mb | 35.9°N 74.8°W | 93 mi SE of Virginia Beach, Virginia |
| Sep 18 18:00 | Cat 1 | 92 mph | 968 mb | 37.1°N 74.8°W | 67 mi ENE of Virginia Beach, Virginia |
| Sep 19 00:00 | Cat 1 | 92 mph | 969 mb | 38.3°N 73.8°W | 74 mi E of Ocean Pines, Maryland |
| Sep 19 06:00 | Cat 1 | 86 mph | — | 39.8°N 72.1°W | 77 mi SSE of Hampton Bays, New York |
| Sep 19 12:00 | Cat 1 extratropical | 86 mph | — | 41.2°N 69.0°W | 65 mi ESE of Harwich, Massachusetts |
| Sep 19 18:00 | Cat 1 extratropical | 86 mph | — | 42.2°N 65.4°W | open ocean |
| Sep 20 00:00 | Cat 1 extratropical | 81 mph | — | 43.0°N 61.4°W | 157 mi SE of Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada |
| Sep 20 06:00 | Cat 1 extratropical | 75 mph | — | 43.6°N 57.1°W | open ocean |
| Sep 20 12:00 | Cat 1 extratropical | 75 mph | — | 44.1°N 52.9°W | open ocean |
| Sep 20 18:00 | Cat 1 extratropical | 75 mph | — | 44.6°N 49.6°W | open ocean |
| Sep 21 00:00 | Cat 1 extratropical | 75 mph | — | 45.2°N 47.0°W | open ocean |
| Sep 21 06:00 | Cat 1 extratropical | 75 mph | — | 45.6°N 44.0°W | open ocean |
| Sep 21 12:00 | Cat 1 extratropical | 81 mph | — | 46.0°N 41.5°W | open ocean |
| Sep 21 18:00 | Cat 1 extratropical | 81 mph | — | 46.2°N 39.7°W | open ocean |
| Sep 22 00:00 | Cat 1 extratropical | 75 mph | — | 46.3°N 38.2°W | open ocean |
| Sep 22 06:00 | TS extratropical | 69 mph | — | 46.7°N 36.1°W | open ocean |
| Sep 22 12:00 | TS extratropical | 63 mph | — | 47.2°N 34.6°W | open ocean |
| Sep 22 18:00 | TS extratropical | 63 mph | — | 47.9°N 33.7°W | open ocean |
| Sep 23 00:00 | TS extratropical | 58 mph | — | 48.8°N 32.9°W | open ocean |
| Sep 23 06:00 | TS extratropical | 58 mph | — | 50.0°N 32.2°W | open ocean |
| Sep 23 12:00 | TS extratropical | 58 mph | — | 51.2°N 31.4°W | open ocean |
| Sep 23 18:00 | TS extratropical | 58 mph | — | 51.8°N 30.5°W | open ocean |
| Sep 24 00:00 | TS extratropical | 58 mph | — | 52.1°N 29.6°W | open ocean |
| Sep 24 06:00 | TS extratropical | 58 mph | — | 52.4°N 29.0°W | open ocean |
| Sep 24 12:00 | TS extratropical | 52 mph | — | 52.6°N 28.3°W | open ocean |
| Sep 24 18:00 | TS extratropical | 52 mph | — | 52.7°N 27.7°W | open ocean |
| Sep 25 00:00 | TS extratropical | 46 mph | — | 52.5°N 27.1°W | open ocean |
| Sep 25 06:00 | TS extratropical | 46 mph | — | 52.3°N 26.6°W | open ocean |
| Sep 25 12:00 | TS extratropical | 46 mph | — | 52.2°N 26.1°W | open ocean |
| Sep 25 18:00 | TS extratropical | 40 mph | — | 52.2°N 25.6°W | open ocean |
⬇ Download track data (CSV) · public-domain NOAA best track
Questions
No — the NOAA best-track record shows no landfall for 1936 Mid-Atlantic Hurricane. Its closest approach to a major city was 65 miles from Virginia Beach, Virginia.
At its peak on September 15, 1936, 1936 Mid-Atlantic Hurricane was a Category 3 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 121 mph (194 km/h) and a central pressure of 962 mb.
17.5 days, from September 8, 1936 to September 25, 1936, including 180 hours at hurricane strength (48 as a major hurricane). It travelled about 5,233 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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