1938 season

Unnamed Tropical Storm, AL08 1938

Oct 16, 12:00 PM UTC – Oct 21, 12:00 AM UTC (4.5 days)

Peak
Tropical Storm
Max sustained wind
40 mph (35 kt)
Lowest pressure
1004 mb
Landfalls
0

Track

  • Hurricane
  • Tropical Storm
  • Tropical Depression
  • Other
  • Large white-ringed dots: landfall
Every track point (19)
UTCStatusPositionWind ktmbNote
1938-10-16 12:00TD32.0°N 64.0°W25—
1938-10-16 18:00TD32.4°N 63.6°W25—
1938-10-17 00:00TD32.7°N 63.3°W25—
1938-10-17 06:00TD33.0°N 63.2°W25—
1938-10-17 12:00TD32.9°N 63.6°W251008
1938-10-17 18:00TD32.3°N 64.8°W25—
1938-10-18 00:00TD31.0°N 66.4°W30—
1938-10-18 06:00TD29.7°N 68.1°W30—
1938-10-18 12:00TD28.8°N 69.8°W301007
1938-10-18 18:00TD28.2°N 70.9°W30—
1938-10-19 00:00TS27.6°N 72.0°W35—
1938-10-19 06:00TS27.0°N 73.8°W35—
1938-10-19 12:00TS26.5°N 75.8°W35—
1938-10-19 18:00TS26.5°N 77.0°W35—
1938-10-20 00:00TS26.7°N 78.0°W35—
1938-10-20 06:00TS27.3°N 78.8°W35—
1938-10-20 12:00TS27.9°N 78.7°W351005
1938-10-20 18:00TD29.0°N 78.1°W30—
1938-10-21 00:00TD30.0°N 77.6°W301004

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.