1940 season

Unnamed Hurricane, AL04 1940

Aug 26, 12:00 PM UTC – Sep 3, 6:00 PM UTC (8.3 days)

Peak
Hurricane, Category 2
Max sustained wind
110 mph (95 kt)
Lowest pressure
961 mb
Landfalls
0

Track

  • Hurricane
  • Tropical Storm
  • Tropical Depression
  • Other
  • Large white-ringed dots: landfall
Every track point (34)
UTCStatusPositionWind ktmbNote
1940-08-26 12:00TD26.2°N 65.3°W25—
1940-08-26 18:00TD26.4°N 65.5°W25—
1940-08-27 00:00TD26.6°N 65.8°W25—
1940-08-27 06:00TD26.8°N 66.0°W25—
1940-08-27 12:00TD27.0°N 66.3°W25—
1940-08-27 18:00TD27.2°N 66.6°W25—
1940-08-28 00:00TD27.4°N 66.9°W25—
1940-08-28 06:00TD27.5°N 67.1°W30—
1940-08-28 12:00TD27.6°N 67.4°W30—
1940-08-28 18:00TS27.8°N 67.7°W35—
1940-08-29 00:00TS28.0°N 68.0°W40—
1940-08-29 06:00TS28.2°N 68.4°W45—
1940-08-29 12:00TS28.4°N 68.8°W50—
1940-08-29 18:00TS28.6°N 69.3°W55—
1940-08-30 00:00TS28.9°N 69.8°W60—
1940-08-30 06:00HU29.4°N 70.4°W65—
1940-08-30 12:00HU30.1°N 71.1°W75—
1940-08-30 18:00HU30.8°N 72.0°W80—
1940-08-31 00:00HU31.5°N 72.8°W80—
1940-08-31 06:00HU32.0°N 73.3°W80—
1940-08-31 12:00HU32.4°N 73.7°W85—
1940-08-31 18:00HU33.0°N 73.9°W85—
1940-09-01 00:00HU33.7°N 74.2°W90—
1940-09-01 06:00HU34.5°N 74.3°W95—
1940-09-01 12:00HU35.2°N 73.5°W95—
1940-09-01 18:00HU36.5°N 72.5°W90—
1940-09-02 00:00HU38.1°N 71.3°W90961
1940-09-02 06:00HU39.8°N 70.0°W80—
1940-09-02 12:00HU41.7°N 68.5°W70—
1940-09-02 18:00TS43.5°N 66.8°W60—
1940-09-03 00:00EX45.3°N 65.7°W55—
1940-09-03 06:00EX47.1°N 65.0°W45—
1940-09-03 12:00EX48.9°N 64.4°W35—
1940-09-03 18:00EX50.8°N 63.2°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.