1938 season

Unnamed Hurricane, AL01 1938

Jan 1, 12:00 PM UTC – Jan 6, 6:00 PM UTC (5.3 days)

Peak
Hurricane, Category 1
Max sustained wind
80 mph (70 kt)
Lowest pressure
—
Landfalls
0

Track

  • Hurricane
  • Tropical Storm
  • Tropical Depression
  • Other
  • Large white-ringed dots: landfall
Every track point (22)
UTCStatusPositionWind ktmbNote
1938-01-01 12:00EX32.3°N 40.6°W40—
1938-01-01 18:00EX32.3°N 39.7°W40—
1938-01-02 00:00EX32.3°N 38.8°W45—
1938-01-02 06:00EX32.3°N 38.0°W50—
1938-01-02 12:00EX32.2°N 37.1°W50—
1938-01-02 18:00EX32.0°N 36.4°W50—
1938-01-03 00:00EX31.7°N 35.8°W50—
1938-01-03 06:00EX30.4°N 35.2°W50—
1938-01-03 12:00EX28.5°N 34.8°W50—
1938-01-03 18:00TS27.5°N 35.3°W55—
1938-01-04 00:00TS26.6°N 35.9°W55—
1938-01-04 06:00TS25.7°N 36.5°W60—
1938-01-04 12:00HU24.9°N 37.6°W65—
1938-01-04 18:00HU24.3°N 39.2°W70—
1938-01-05 00:00HU23.8°N 40.8°W70—
1938-01-05 06:00HU22.9°N 41.8°W65—
1938-01-05 12:00TS21.8°N 42.5°W60—
1938-01-05 18:00TS20.6°N 43.2°W55—
1938-01-06 00:00TS19.3°N 43.9°W50—
1938-01-06 06:00TS18.0°N 44.6°W45—
1938-01-06 12:00TS16.8°N 45.3°W40—
1938-01-06 18:00TS15.8°N 46.0°W35—

From the National Hurricane Center's best-track archive (HURDAT2), its post-season reanalysis; values can differ from the advisories issued at the time. Source: hurdat2-1851-2025-092326.txt, hurdat2-nepac-1949-2025-092926.txt.