1940 season

Unnamed Hurricane, AL08 1940

Oct 20, 12:00 AM UTC – Oct 24, 12:00 PM UTC (4.5 days)

Peak
Hurricane, Category 1
Max sustained wind
80 mph (70 kt)
Lowest pressure
993 mb
Landfalls
0

Track

  • Hurricane
  • Tropical Storm
  • Tropical Depression
  • Other
  • Large white-ringed dots: landfall
Every track point (19)
UTCStatusPositionWind ktmbNote
1940-10-20 00:00TD12.0°N 79.1°W30—
1940-10-20 06:00TD12.0°N 79.3°W30—
1940-10-20 12:00TD12.0°N 79.5°W30—
1940-10-20 18:00TS12.0°N 79.7°W35—
1940-10-21 00:00TS12.1°N 79.9°W40—
1940-10-21 06:00TS12.1°N 80.1°W45—
1940-10-21 12:00TS12.2°N 80.4°W50—
1940-10-21 18:00TS12.4°N 80.6°W55993
1940-10-22 00:00TS12.7°N 80.9°W60—
1940-10-22 06:00HU13.1°N 81.2°W65—
1940-10-22 12:00HU13.4°N 81.5°W70—
1940-10-22 18:00HU13.7°N 81.8°W70—
1940-10-23 00:00HU14.0°N 82.1°W70—
1940-10-23 06:00HU14.1°N 82.4°W70—
1940-10-23 12:00HU14.2°N 82.8°W70—
1940-10-23 18:00HU14.0°N 83.3°W70—
1940-10-24 00:00TS13.7°N 83.9°W50—
1940-10-24 06:00TS13.3°N 84.6°W35—
1940-10-24 12:00TD12.8°N 85.3°W25—

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.