1947 season

Unnamed Hurricane, AL02 1947

Aug 9, 6:00 AM UTC – Aug 16, 6:00 AM UTC (7.0 days)

Peak
Hurricane, Category 2
Max sustained wind
110 mph (95 kt)
Lowest pressure
977 mb
Landfalls
2

Track

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

Landfalls

  • Aug 12, 4:00 PM UTC · 19.9°N 87.5°W · Tropical Storm · 50 mph
  • Aug 15, 10:00 AM UTC · 21.7°N 97.5°W · Hurricane · 110 mph
Every track point (31)
UTCStatusPositionWind ktmbNote
1947-08-09 06:00TD12.7°N 75.5°W25—
1947-08-09 12:00TD13.0°N 76.2°W25—
1947-08-09 18:00TD13.3°N 76.9°W25—
1947-08-10 00:00TD13.7°N 77.6°W25—
1947-08-10 06:00TD14.1°N 78.3°W25—
1947-08-10 12:00TD14.5°N 79.0°W25—
1947-08-10 18:00TD15.0°N 79.7°W25—
1947-08-11 00:00TD15.5°N 80.4°W30—
1947-08-11 06:00TD16.0°N 81.2°W30—
1947-08-11 12:00TD16.5°N 82.0°W30—
1947-08-11 18:00TD17.2°N 83.0°W30—
1947-08-12 00:00TS18.1°N 84.2°W35—
1947-08-12 06:00TS19.1°N 85.4°W40—
1947-08-12 12:00TS19.7°N 86.6°W45—
1947-08-12 16:00TS19.9°N 87.5°W45—Landfall
1947-08-12 18:00TS20.0°N 87.9°W40—
1947-08-13 00:00TS20.3°N 89.3°W40—
1947-08-13 06:00TS20.6°N 90.7°W45—
1947-08-13 12:00TS20.8°N 91.9°W50—
1947-08-13 18:00TS20.8°N 92.9°W60—
1947-08-14 00:00HU20.8°N 93.8°W70—
1947-08-14 06:00HU21.1°N 94.4°W80—
1947-08-14 12:00HU21.6°N 95.0°W90—
1947-08-14 18:00HU21.9°N 95.8°W90977
1947-08-15 00:00HU22.0°N 96.6°W95—
1947-08-15 06:00HU21.9°N 97.2°W95—
1947-08-15 10:00HU21.7°N 97.5°W95—Landfall
1947-08-15 12:00HU21.6°N 97.8°W85—
1947-08-15 18:00HU21.3°N 98.3°W65—
1947-08-16 00:00TS21.0°N 98.6°W45—
1947-08-16 06:00TD20.3°N 98.8°W30—

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.