1938 season

Unnamed Hurricane, AL04 1938

Aug 23, 6:00 AM UTC – Aug 29, 12:00 AM UTC (5.8 days)

Peak
Hurricane, Category 3
Max sustained wind
120 mph (105 kt)
Lowest pressure
979 mb
Landfalls
0

Track

  • Hurricane
  • Tropical Storm
  • Tropical Depression
  • Other
  • Large white-ringed dots: landfall
Every track point (24)
UTCStatusPositionWind ktmbNote
1938-08-23 06:00TS13.9°N 73.8°W45—
1938-08-23 12:00TS14.2°N 75.2°W50—
1938-08-23 18:00TS14.9°N 76.5°W50—
1938-08-24 00:00TS15.8°N 77.9°W55—
1938-08-24 06:00TS16.6°N 79.3°W60—
1938-08-24 12:00HU17.2°N 80.6°W65—
1938-08-24 18:00HU17.7°N 81.7°W70—
1938-08-25 00:00HU18.1°N 82.7°W75—
1938-08-25 06:00HU18.6°N 83.7°W85—
1938-08-25 12:00HU19.1°N 84.8°W95—
1938-08-25 18:00HU19.6°N 85.9°W105—
1938-08-26 00:00HU20.2°N 87.0°W105—
1938-08-26 06:00HU20.8°N 88.4°W80—
1938-08-26 12:00HU21.4°N 89.8°W75979
1938-08-26 18:00HU21.8°N 91.0°W80—
1938-08-27 00:00HU22.2°N 92.1°W75—
1938-08-27 06:00HU22.5°N 93.2°W75—
1938-08-27 12:00HU22.8°N 94.3°W75—
1938-08-27 18:00HU23.2°N 95.4°W75—
1938-08-28 00:00HU23.6°N 96.4°W75—
1938-08-28 06:00HU23.9°N 97.4°W75—
1938-08-28 12:00TS24.1°N 98.4°W55—
1938-08-28 18:00TS24.1°N 99.4°W40—
1938-08-29 00:00TD24.1°N 100.4°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.