1942 season

Unnamed Hurricane, AL02 1942

Aug 17, 12:00 PM UTC – Aug 23, 12:00 PM UTC (6.0 days)

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

Track

  • Hurricane
  • Tropical Storm
  • Tropical Depression
  • Other
  • Large white-ringed dots: landfall

Landfalls

  • Aug 21, 1:00 PM UTC · 29.5°N 94.6°W · Hurricane · 75 mph
Every track point (26)
UTCStatusPositionWind ktmbNote
1942-08-17 12:00TD19.0°N 85.5°W30—
1942-08-17 18:00TS20.0°N 85.7°W35—
1942-08-18 00:00TS21.2°N 86.0°W35—
1942-08-18 06:00TS22.5°N 86.5°W40—
1942-08-18 12:00TS24.0°N 87.0°W45—
1942-08-18 18:00TS25.4°N 87.6°W50—
1942-08-19 00:00TS26.5°N 88.3°W55—
1942-08-19 06:00TS27.4°N 89.3°W60—
1942-08-19 12:00HU27.9°N 90.1°W65—
1942-08-19 18:00HU28.0°N 90.8°W70—
1942-08-20 00:00HU28.1°N 91.3°W70—
1942-08-20 06:00HU28.1°N 91.7°W70—
1942-08-20 12:00HU28.2°N 92.2°W70—
1942-08-20 18:00HU28.4°N 92.7°W70—
1942-08-21 00:00HU28.7°N 93.3°W70—
1942-08-21 06:00HU29.0°N 93.9°W70—
1942-08-21 12:00HU29.4°N 94.5°W65—
1942-08-21 13:00HU29.5°N 94.6°W65—Landfall
1942-08-21 18:00TS30.0°N 95.1°W55—
1942-08-22 00:00TS30.7°N 95.7°W35—
1942-08-22 06:00TD31.5°N 95.9°W25—
1942-08-22 12:00TD32.8°N 95.8°W25—
1942-08-22 18:00TD34.3°N 95.2°W20—
1942-08-23 00:00TD35.7°N 93.8°W20—
1942-08-23 06:00EX36.5°N 91.8°W20—
1942-08-23 12:00EX37.0°N 87.5°W20—

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.