1948 season

Unnamed Hurricane, AL05 1948

Sep 1, 6:00 PM UTC – Sep 6, 6:00 PM UTC (5.0 days)

Peak
Hurricane, Category 1
Max sustained wind
80 mph (70 kt)
Lowest pressure
983 mb
Landfalls
1

Track

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

Landfalls

  • Sep 4, 7:00 AM UTC · 29.1°N 90.5°W · Hurricane · 80 mph · 983 mb
Every track point (22)
UTCStatusPositionWind ktmbNote
1948-09-01 18:00TD24.3°N 94.8°W25—
1948-09-02 00:00TD24.3°N 94.8°W30—
1948-09-02 06:00TD24.3°N 94.8°W30—
1948-09-02 12:00TS24.3°N 94.7°W35—
1948-09-02 18:00TS24.3°N 94.3°W40—
1948-09-03 00:00TS24.5°N 93.8°W40—
1948-09-03 06:00TS25.1°N 93.2°W45—
1948-09-03 12:00TS25.9°N 92.6°W50998
1948-09-03 18:00TS26.9°N 91.9°W60990
1948-09-04 00:00HU27.9°N 91.3°W65—
1948-09-04 06:00HU28.9°N 90.6°W70983
1948-09-04 07:00HU29.1°N 90.5°W70983Landfall
1948-09-04 12:00TS29.9°N 90.0°W60986
1948-09-04 18:00TS31.1°N 89.4°W45—
1948-09-05 00:00TS32.3°N 89.1°W35—
1948-09-05 06:00TD33.5°N 89.1°W30—
1948-09-05 12:00TD34.8°N 89.2°W25—
1948-09-05 18:00TD35.8°N 89.3°W25—
1948-09-06 00:00TD36.5°N 89.3°W25—
1948-09-06 06:00TD37.5°N 89.1°W25—
1948-09-06 12:00TD38.8°N 88.6°W20—
1948-09-06 18:00TD40.0°N 87.6°W20—

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.