1939 season

Unnamed Hurricane, AL05 1939

Oct 11, 12:00 PM UTC – Oct 18, 6:00 PM UTC (7.3 days)

Peak
Hurricane, Category 4
Max sustained wind
140 mph (120 kt)
Lowest pressure
—
Landfalls
0

Track

  • Hurricane
  • Tropical Storm
  • Tropical Depression
  • Other
  • Large white-ringed dots: landfall
Every track point (30)
UTCStatusPositionWind ktmbNote
1939-10-11 12:00TD17.5°N 62.5°W25—
1939-10-11 18:00TD17.7°N 62.5°W25—
1939-10-12 00:00TD18.0°N 62.6°W30—
1939-10-12 06:00TD18.3°N 62.7°W30—
1939-10-12 12:00TS18.7°N 62.9°W35—
1939-10-12 18:00TS19.1°N 63.3°W35—
1939-10-13 00:00TS19.6°N 63.8°W35—
1939-10-13 06:00TS20.2°N 64.5°W40—
1939-10-13 12:00TS20.8°N 65.3°W40—
1939-10-13 18:00TS21.3°N 66.1°W50—
1939-10-14 00:00TS21.6°N 66.9°W60—
1939-10-14 06:00HU21.9°N 67.4°W70—
1939-10-14 12:00HU22.3°N 67.9°W80—
1939-10-14 18:00HU23.1°N 68.1°W90—
1939-10-15 00:00HU24.1°N 68.0°W100—
1939-10-15 06:00HU25.2°N 67.5°W110—
1939-10-15 12:00HU26.3°N 66.9°W120—
1939-10-15 18:00HU27.4°N 66.4°W120—
1939-10-16 00:00HU28.5°N 65.9°W120—
1939-10-16 06:00HU29.6°N 65.4°W120—
1939-10-16 12:00HU30.8°N 64.9°W115—
1939-10-16 18:00HU32.2°N 64.0°W115—
1939-10-17 00:00HU33.7°N 62.8°W115—
1939-10-17 06:00HU35.3°N 61.5°W110—
1939-10-17 12:00HU37.0°N 60.0°W105—
1939-10-17 18:00HU39.9°N 58.0°W95—
1939-10-18 00:00EX43.9°N 55.8°W85—
1939-10-18 06:00EX47.0°N 53.6°W75—
1939-10-18 12:00EX50.2°N 51.0°W70—
1939-10-18 18:00EX53.5°N 48.0°W60—

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.