1946 season

Unnamed Hurricane, AL04 1946

Sep 12, 12:00 AM UTC – Sep 17, 6:00 PM UTC (5.8 days)

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

Track

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

Landfalls

  • Sep 12, 5:00 PM UTC · 25.0°N 78.2°W · Tropical Storm · 65 mph
  • Sep 12, 11:00 PM UTC · 25.9°N 77.3°W · Hurricane · 75 mph
Every track point (26)
UTCStatusPositionWind ktmbNote
1946-09-12 00:00TS23.5°N 79.0°W35—
1946-09-12 06:00TS24.0°N 79.2°W40—
1946-09-12 12:00TS24.5°N 78.7°W50—
1946-09-12 17:00TS25.0°N 78.2°W55—Landfall
1946-09-12 18:00TS25.2°N 78.0°W55—
1946-09-12 23:00HU25.9°N 77.3°W65—Landfall
1946-09-13 00:00HU26.0°N 77.2°W65—
1946-09-13 06:00HU26.9°N 76.3°W75—
1946-09-13 12:00HU27.8°N 75.2°W85—
1946-09-13 18:00HU29.2°N 73.8°W85975
1946-09-14 00:00HU30.8°N 72.5°W80—
1946-09-14 06:00HU32.7°N 71.3°W80—
1946-09-14 12:00HU34.8°N 70.2°W75—
1946-09-14 18:00HU36.9°N 69.0°W70—
1946-09-15 00:00TS39.0°N 67.5°W60—
1946-09-15 06:00EX41.0°N 66.0°W55—
1946-09-15 12:00EX43.0°N 64.2°W50—
1946-09-15 18:00EX44.8°N 61.5°W50—
1946-09-16 00:00EX46.5°N 58.5°W50—
1946-09-16 06:00EX48.7°N 54.2°W50—
1946-09-16 12:00EX49.7°N 50.4°W45—
1946-09-16 18:00EX50.1°N 46.8°W45—
1946-09-17 00:00EX50.4°N 43.2°W45—
1946-09-17 06:00EX50.8°N 39.1°W45—
1946-09-17 12:00EX51.5°N 35.0°W40—
1946-09-17 18:00EX52.5°N 30.5°W35—

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.