1940 season

Unnamed Hurricane, AL05 1940

Sep 7, 6:00 PM UTC – Sep 19, 6:00 PM UTC (12.0 days)

Peak
Hurricane, Category 2
Max sustained wind
100 mph (85 kt)
Lowest pressure
—
Landfalls
0

Track

  • Hurricane
  • Tropical Storm
  • Tropical Depression
  • Other
  • Large white-ringed dots: landfall
Every track point (49)
UTCStatusPositionWind ktmbNote
1940-09-07 18:00TD15.2°N 47.3°W25—
1940-09-08 00:00TD15.4°N 48.4°W25—
1940-09-08 06:00TD15.7°N 49.5°W25—
1940-09-08 12:00TD16.2°N 50.5°W25—
1940-09-08 18:00TD16.7°N 51.4°W25—
1940-09-09 00:00TD17.2°N 52.3°W30—
1940-09-09 06:00TD17.7°N 53.2°W30—
1940-09-09 12:00TD18.2°N 54.1°W30—
1940-09-09 18:00TD18.7°N 55.0°W30—
1940-09-10 00:00TD19.1°N 55.9°W30—
1940-09-10 06:00TS19.4°N 56.8°W35—
1940-09-10 12:00TS19.6°N 57.7°W35—
1940-09-10 18:00TS19.7°N 58.5°W35—
1940-09-11 00:00TS19.8°N 59.3°W40—
1940-09-11 06:00TS19.9°N 60.1°W40—
1940-09-11 12:00TS20.1°N 61.0°W45—
1940-09-11 18:00TS20.4°N 62.2°W45—
1940-09-12 00:00TS20.7°N 63.3°W50—
1940-09-12 06:00TS21.1°N 64.4°W50—
1940-09-12 12:00TS21.5°N 65.6°W55—
1940-09-12 18:00HU21.8°N 66.9°W65—
1940-09-13 00:00HU22.2°N 68.2°W70—
1940-09-13 06:00HU22.6°N 69.5°W80—
1940-09-13 12:00HU23.2°N 70.6°W85—
1940-09-13 18:00HU24.0°N 71.2°W85—
1940-09-14 00:00HU25.3°N 71.5°W85—
1940-09-14 06:00HU26.6°N 71.2°W85—
1940-09-14 12:00HU27.8°N 70.6°W85—
1940-09-14 18:00HU29.0°N 70.1°W85—
1940-09-15 00:00HU30.1°N 70.1°W85—
1940-09-15 06:00HU31.4°N 70.0°W85—
1940-09-15 12:00HU32.8°N 69.8°W85—
1940-09-15 18:00HU34.2°N 69.6°W80—
1940-09-16 00:00HU35.7°N 69.2°W80—
1940-09-16 06:00HU37.3°N 68.5°W75—
1940-09-16 12:00HU39.0°N 67.6°W75—
1940-09-16 18:00HU40.8°N 66.6°W75—
1940-09-17 00:00HU43.0°N 65.7°W75—
1940-09-17 06:00HU45.2°N 64.7°W65—
1940-09-17 12:00EX46.5°N 63.5°W60—
1940-09-17 18:00EX47.4°N 62.0°W60—
1940-09-18 00:00EX47.7°N 60.3°W60—
1940-09-18 06:00EX47.9°N 58.3°W55—
1940-09-18 12:00EX48.0°N 56.0°W50—
1940-09-18 18:00EX48.1°N 53.4°W40—
1940-09-19 00:00EX48.2°N 50.5°W35—
1940-09-19 06:00EX48.4°N 46.7°W30—
1940-09-19 12:00EX48.8°N 42.0°W30—
1940-09-19 18:00EX49.5°N 37.0°W30—

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.