Track map & timeline · Atlantic · August 26 – September 3, 1940
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 1940 New England Hurricane was a Category 2 hurricane of the 1940 Atlantic season. It formed on August 26, 1940, reached its peak of 109 mph (176 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 961 mb on September 1, 1940, and never made landfall. The storm lasted 8.3 days and travelled about 2,097 miles (3,373 km).
02 · Intensity
03 · Timeline
| Date · UTC | Status | Wind | Pressure | Position | Nearest place |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 26 12:00 | TD | 29 mph | — | 26.2°N 65.3°W | open ocean |
| Aug 26 18:00 | TD | 29 mph | — | 26.4°N 65.5°W | open ocean |
| Aug 27 00:00 | TD | 29 mph | — | 26.6°N 65.8°W | open ocean |
| Aug 27 06:00 | TD | 29 mph | — | 26.8°N 66.0°W | open ocean |
| Aug 27 12:00 | TD | 29 mph | — | 27.0°N 66.3°W | open ocean |
| Aug 27 18:00 | TD | 29 mph | — | 27.2°N 66.6°W | open ocean |
| Aug 28 00:00 | TD | 29 mph | — | 27.4°N 66.9°W | open ocean |
| Aug 28 06:00 | TD | 35 mph | — | 27.5°N 67.1°W | open ocean |
| Aug 28 12:00 | TD | 35 mph | — | 27.6°N 67.4°W | open ocean |
| Aug 28 18:00 | TS | 40 mph | — | 27.8°N 67.7°W | open ocean |
| Aug 29 00:00 | TS | 46 mph | — | 28.0°N 68.0°W | open ocean |
| Aug 29 06:00 | TS | 52 mph | — | 28.2°N 68.4°W | open ocean |
| Aug 29 12:00 | TS | 58 mph | — | 28.4°N 68.8°W | open ocean |
| Aug 29 18:00 | TS | 63 mph | — | 28.6°N 69.3°W | open ocean |
| Aug 30 00:00 | TS | 69 mph | — | 28.9°N 69.8°W | open ocean |
| Aug 30 06:00 | Cat 1 | 75 mph | — | 29.4°N 70.4°W | open ocean |
| Aug 30 12:00 | Cat 1 | 86 mph | — | 30.1°N 71.1°W | open ocean |
| Aug 30 18:00 | Cat 1 | 92 mph | — | 30.8°N 72.0°W | open ocean |
| Aug 31 00:00 | Cat 1 | 92 mph | — | 31.5°N 72.8°W | open ocean |
| Aug 31 06:00 | Cat 1 | 92 mph | — | 32.0°N 73.3°W | open ocean |
| Aug 31 12:00 | Cat 2 | 98 mph | — | 32.4°N 73.7°W | open ocean |
| Aug 31 18:00 | Cat 2 | 98 mph | — | 33.0°N 73.9°W | open ocean |
| Sep 1 00:00 | Cat 2 | 104 mph | — | 33.7°N 74.2°W | 174 mi ESE of Havelock, North Carolina |
| Sep 1 06:00 | Cat 2 | 109 mph | — | 34.5°N 74.3°W | 150 mi E of Havelock, North Carolina |
| Sep 1 12:00 | Cat 2 | 109 mph | — | 35.2°N 73.5°W | 180 mi SE of Virginia Beach, Virginia |
| Sep 1 18:00 | Cat 2 | 104 mph | — | 36.5°N 72.5°W | open ocean |
| Sep 2 00:00 | Cat 2 | 104 mph | 961 mb | 38.1°N 71.3°W | open ocean |
| Sep 2 06:00 | Cat 1 | 92 mph | — | 39.8°N 70.0°W | 129 mi S of Hyannis, Massachusetts |
| Sep 2 12:00 | Cat 1 | 81 mph | — | 41.7°N 68.5°W | 81 mi E of Harwich, Massachusetts |
| Sep 2 18:00 | TS | 69 mph | — | 43.5°N 66.8°W | 128 mi SSW of Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada |
| Sep 3 00:00 | TS extratropical | 63 mph | — | 45.3°N 65.7°W | 17 mi E of Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada |
| Sep 3 06:00 | TS extratropical | 52 mph | — | 47.1°N 65.0°W | 24 mi ENE of Miramichi, New Brunswick, Canada |
| Sep 3 12:00 | TS extratropical | 40 mph | — | 48.9°N 64.4°W | near Gaspé, Quebec, Canada |
| Sep 3 18:00 | TD extratropical | 29 mph | — | 50.8°N 63.2°W | 146 mi ENE of Sept-Îles, Quebec, Canada |
⬇ Download track data (CSV) · public-domain NOAA best track
Questions
No — the NOAA best-track record shows no landfall for 1940 New England Hurricane.
At its peak on September 1, 1940, 1940 New England Hurricane was a Category 2 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 109 mph (176 km/h) and a central pressure of 961 mb.
8.3 days, from August 26, 1940 to September 3, 1940, including 84 hours at hurricane strength. It travelled about 2,097 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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