Track map & timeline · Atlantic · September 9–14, 1938
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 1938 New England Hurricane was a tropical storm of the 1938 Atlantic season. It formed on September 9, 1938, reached its peak of 40 mph (65 km/h) on September 13, 1938, and never made landfall. The storm lasted 4.5 days and travelled about 1,464 miles (2,356 km).
02 · Intensity
03 · Timeline
| Date · UTC | Status | Wind | Pressure | Position | Nearest place |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 9 12:00 | TD | 29 mph | — | 13.0°N 46.0°W | open ocean |
| Sep 9 18:00 | TD | 29 mph | — | 13.5°N 47.1°W | open ocean |
| Sep 10 00:00 | TD | 29 mph | — | 14.0°N 48.2°W | open ocean |
| Sep 10 06:00 | TD | 29 mph | — | 14.5°N 49.4°W | open ocean |
| Sep 10 12:00 | TD | 35 mph | — | 15.0°N 50.5°W | open ocean |
| Sep 10 18:00 | TD | 35 mph | — | 15.5°N 51.6°W | open ocean |
| Sep 11 00:00 | TD | 35 mph | — | 16.1°N 52.8°W | open ocean |
| Sep 11 06:00 | TD | 35 mph | — | 16.6°N 53.9°W | open ocean |
| Sep 11 12:00 | TD | 35 mph | — | 17.2°N 55.0°W | open ocean |
| Sep 11 18:00 | TD | 35 mph | — | 17.9°N 56.1°W | open ocean |
| Sep 12 00:00 | TD | 35 mph | — | 18.6°N 57.2°W | open ocean |
| Sep 12 06:00 | TD | 35 mph | — | 19.3°N 58.4°W | open ocean |
| Sep 12 12:00 | TD | 35 mph | — | 20.0°N 59.5°W | open ocean |
| Sep 12 18:00 | TD | 35 mph | — | 20.5°N 60.7°W | open ocean |
| Sep 13 00:00 | TS | 40 mph | — | 20.9°N 62.0°W | open ocean |
| Sep 13 06:00 | TS | 40 mph | — | 21.1°N 63.2°W | open ocean |
| Sep 13 12:00 | TS | 40 mph | — | 21.4°N 64.3°W | open ocean |
| Sep 13 18:00 | TS | 40 mph | — | 21.9°N 65.1°W | open ocean |
| Sep 14 00:00 | TD | 35 mph | — | 22.5°N 65.7°W | open ocean |
⬇ Download track data (CSV) · public-domain NOAA best track
Questions
No — the NOAA best-track record shows no landfall for 1938 New England Hurricane.
At its peak on September 13, 1938, 1938 New England Hurricane was a tropical storm with maximum sustained winds of 40 mph (65 km/h).
4.5 days, from September 9, 1938 to September 14, 1938. It travelled about 1,464 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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