1938 season

Unnamed Tropical Storm, AL07 1938

Oct 10, 6:00 PM UTC – Oct 17, 6:00 PM UTC (7.0 days)

Peak
Tropical Storm
Max sustained wind
60 mph (50 kt)
Lowest pressure
996 mb
Landfalls
1

Track

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

Landfalls

  • Oct 17, 1:00 PM UTC · 29.3°N 94.8°W · Tropical Storm · 45 mph · 1004 mb
Every track point (30)
UTCStatusPositionWind ktmbNote
1938-10-10 18:00TD16.0°N 87.5°W30—
1938-10-11 00:00TS16.4°N 87.7°W35—
1938-10-11 06:00TS17.4°N 87.9°W40—
1938-10-11 12:00TS18.7°N 88.1°W35—
1938-10-11 18:00TD19.8°N 88.8°W30—
1938-10-12 00:00TD20.8°N 89.6°W30—
1938-10-12 06:00TS21.8°N 90.0°W35—
1938-10-12 12:00TS22.8°N 90.2°W35—
1938-10-12 18:00TS23.8°N 90.3°W35—
1938-10-13 00:00TS24.8°N 90.0°W35—
1938-10-13 06:00TS25.2°N 89.6°W40—
1938-10-13 12:00TS25.3°N 88.7°W40—
1938-10-13 18:00TS25.2°N 87.7°W45—
1938-10-14 00:00TS25.1°N 86.9°W45—
1938-10-14 06:00TS25.0°N 86.0°W50—
1938-10-14 12:00TS25.0°N 85.1°W50—
1938-10-14 18:00TS25.3°N 84.8°W50—
1938-10-15 00:00TS25.6°N 84.6°W50996
1938-10-15 06:00TS25.9°N 84.7°W50—
1938-10-15 12:00TS26.1°N 84.9°W45—
1938-10-15 18:00TS26.1°N 85.3°W45—
1938-10-16 00:00TS26.1°N 86.1°W40—
1938-10-16 06:00TS26.2°N 87.6°W40—
1938-10-16 12:00TS26.4°N 89.1°W40—
1938-10-16 18:00TS27.0°N 90.7°W40—
1938-10-17 00:00TS27.7°N 92.1°W40—
1938-10-17 06:00TS28.4°N 93.4°W40—
1938-10-17 12:00TS29.2°N 94.7°W401004
1938-10-17 13:00TS29.3°N 94.8°W401004Landfall
1938-10-17 18:00TD29.9°N 96.1°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.