1942 season

Unnamed Hurricane, AL03 1942

Aug 23, 12:00 PM UTC – Sep 1, 12:00 PM UTC (9.0 days)

Peak
Hurricane, Category 3
Max sustained wind
115 mph (100 kt)
Lowest pressure
950 mb
Landfalls
1

Track

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

Landfalls

  • Aug 30, 9:00 AM UTC · 28.3°N 96.6°W · Hurricane · 115 mph · 950 mb
Every track point (38)
UTCStatusPositionWind ktmbNote
1942-08-23 12:00TD14.8°N 74.0°W30—
1942-08-23 18:00TD15.0°N 75.1°W30—
1942-08-24 00:00TD15.2°N 76.1°W30—
1942-08-24 06:00TD15.4°N 77.1°W30—
1942-08-24 12:00TS15.7°N 78.0°W35—
1942-08-24 18:00TS15.8°N 78.6°W35—
1942-08-25 00:00TS16.0°N 79.2°W40—
1942-08-25 06:00TS16.4°N 79.9°W40—
1942-08-25 12:00TS16.8°N 80.5°W45—
1942-08-25 18:00TS17.0°N 80.9°W50—
1942-08-26 00:00TS17.2°N 81.4°W50—
1942-08-26 06:00TS17.4°N 81.8°W50—
1942-08-26 12:00TS17.6°N 82.2°W55—
1942-08-26 18:00TS17.8°N 82.8°W55—
1942-08-27 00:00TS18.0°N 83.5°W60—
1942-08-27 06:00HU18.3°N 84.1°W70—
1942-08-27 12:00HU18.8°N 84.6°W80—
1942-08-27 18:00HU19.4°N 85.4°W90—
1942-08-28 00:00HU20.3°N 86.3°W90—
1942-08-28 06:00HU21.2°N 87.6°W70—
1942-08-28 12:00HU22.2°N 88.8°W80—
1942-08-28 18:00HU23.0°N 89.6°W90—
1942-08-29 00:00HU23.8°N 90.5°W95—
1942-08-29 06:00HU24.6°N 91.7°W100—
1942-08-29 12:00HU25.5°N 92.8°W100—
1942-08-29 18:00HU26.3°N 93.9°W100—
1942-08-30 00:00HU27.1°N 95.0°W100—
1942-08-30 06:00HU27.9°N 96.1°W100950
1942-08-30 09:00HU28.3°N 96.6°W100950Landfall
1942-08-30 12:00HU28.8°N 97.2°W85952
1942-08-30 18:00HU29.4°N 98.6°W65—
1942-08-31 00:00TS30.2°N 100.0°W45—
1942-08-31 06:00TS31.0°N 101.4°W40—
1942-08-31 12:00TS31.7°N 102.5°W35—
1942-08-31 18:00TS32.2°N 103.6°W35—
1942-09-01 00:00TD32.3°N 104.0°W30—
1942-09-01 06:00TD32.5°N 104.3°W25—
1942-09-01 12:00TD33.0°N 104.5°W25—

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.