1938 season

Unnamed Hurricane, AL03 1938

Aug 10, 12:00 AM UTC – Aug 15, 12:00 PM UTC (5.5 days)

Peak
Hurricane, Category 2
Max sustained wind
100 mph (85 kt)
Lowest pressure
—
Landfalls
1

Track

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

Landfalls

  • Aug 15, 1:00 AM UTC · 29.8°N 93.4°W · Hurricane · 75 mph
Every track point (24)
UTCStatusPositionWind ktmbNote
1938-08-10 00:00TS11.2°N 58.6°W35—
1938-08-10 06:00TS11.6°N 60.7°W40—
1938-08-10 12:00TS12.2°N 62.8°W45—
1938-08-10 18:00TS13.1°N 65.0°W45—
1938-08-11 00:00TS14.1°N 67.3°W50—
1938-08-11 06:00TS15.4°N 69.9°W55—
1938-08-11 12:00TS16.8°N 72.7°W60—
1938-08-11 18:00HU18.0°N 75.5°W65—
1938-08-12 00:00HU18.7°N 78.1°W70—
1938-08-12 06:00HU19.0°N 80.0°W80—
1938-08-12 12:00HU19.1°N 81.7°W85—
1938-08-12 18:00HU19.6°N 83.1°W85—
1938-08-13 00:00HU20.4°N 84.4°W85—
1938-08-13 06:00HU21.4°N 85.7°W85—
1938-08-13 12:00HU22.5°N 87.0°W80—
1938-08-13 18:00HU23.6°N 88.4°W80—
1938-08-14 00:00HU24.7°N 90.0°W75—
1938-08-14 06:00HU25.8°N 91.4°W70—
1938-08-14 12:00HU26.9°N 92.3°W65—
1938-08-14 18:00HU28.2°N 92.9°W65—
1938-08-15 00:00HU29.5°N 93.3°W65—
1938-08-15 01:00HU29.8°N 93.4°W65—Landfall
1938-08-15 06:00TS31.0°N 93.6°W35—
1938-08-15 12:00TD33.0°N 93.2°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.