1948 season

Unnamed Hurricane, AL09 1948

Oct 3, 12:00 PM UTC – Oct 16, 12:00 PM UTC (13.0 days)

Peak
Hurricane, Category 3
Max sustained wind
125 mph (110 kt)
Lowest pressure
971 mb
Landfalls
4

Track

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

Landfalls

  • Oct 5, 7:00 AM UTC · 22.4°N 83.2°W · Hurricane · 125 mph
  • Oct 5, 6:00 PM UTC · 24.7°N 81.2°W · Hurricane · 105 mph
  • Oct 5, 8:00 PM UTC · 25.1°N 80.9°W · Hurricane · 105 mph
  • Oct 7, 10:00 PM UTC · 32.3°N 64.9°W · Hurricane · 105 mph
Every track point (56)
UTCStatusPositionWind ktmbNote
1948-10-03 12:00TD16.7°N 83.5°W30—
1948-10-03 18:00TD17.4°N 84.3°W30—
1948-10-04 00:00TS18.1°N 84.7°W35—
1948-10-04 06:00TS18.8°N 85.0°W45—
1948-10-04 12:00TS19.5°N 85.2°W55—
1948-10-04 18:00HU20.2°N 85.0°W70991
1948-10-05 00:00HU21.2°N 84.2°W90—
1948-10-05 06:00HU22.3°N 83.3°W110—
1948-10-05 07:00HU22.4°N 83.2°W110—Landfall
1948-10-05 12:00HU23.5°N 82.3°W105—
1948-10-05 18:00HU24.7°N 81.2°W90—Landfall
1948-10-05 20:00HU25.1°N 80.9°W90—Landfall
1948-10-06 00:00HU25.8°N 80.2°W80979
1948-10-06 06:00HU26.8°N 79.2°W85—
1948-10-06 12:00HU27.7°N 77.9°W85—
1948-10-06 18:00HU28.7°N 76.4°W85—
1948-10-07 00:00HU29.7°N 74.7°W85—
1948-10-07 06:00HU30.7°N 72.8°W85—
1948-10-07 12:00HU31.4°N 70.0°W90—
1948-10-07 18:00HU31.9°N 67.0°W90—
1948-10-07 22:00HU32.3°N 64.9°W90—Landfall
1948-10-08 00:00HU32.4°N 63.6°W90971
1948-10-08 06:00HU32.5°N 60.1°W80—
1948-10-08 12:00HU32.4°N 56.6°W75—
1948-10-08 18:00HU32.1°N 53.2°W70—
1948-10-09 00:00HU31.8°N 51.0°W65—
1948-10-09 06:00TS31.4°N 49.2°W60—
1948-10-09 12:00TS31.0°N 47.5°W55—
1948-10-09 18:00TS31.0°N 45.8°W55—
1948-10-10 00:00TS31.2°N 44.1°W50—
1948-10-10 06:00TS31.5°N 42.4°W50—
1948-10-10 12:00TS31.8°N 41.0°W45—
1948-10-10 18:00TS31.8°N 40.0°W50—
1948-10-11 00:00TS32.0°N 39.3°W50—
1948-10-11 06:00TS31.8°N 38.7°W50—
1948-10-11 12:00TS31.5°N 38.2°W45—
1948-10-11 18:00TS31.0°N 38.0°W45—
1948-10-12 00:00TS30.6°N 38.2°W45—
1948-10-12 06:00TS30.3°N 38.5°W45—
1948-10-12 12:00TS30.2°N 39.0°W45—
1948-10-12 18:00TS30.2°N 39.6°W40—
1948-10-13 00:00TS30.3°N 40.3°W40—
1948-10-13 06:00TS30.5°N 40.7°W35—
1948-10-13 12:00TS30.8°N 41.3°W35—
1948-10-13 18:00TS31.2°N 42.6°W40—
1948-10-14 00:00TS31.6°N 43.9°W45—
1948-10-14 06:00TS32.1°N 45.2°W50—
1948-10-14 12:00TS32.6°N 46.4°W55—
1948-10-14 18:00TS33.4°N 47.0°W60—
1948-10-15 00:00TS34.4°N 47.5°W60989
1948-10-15 06:00TS35.4°N 47.8°W55—
1948-10-15 12:00TS36.4°N 47.7°W55—
1948-10-15 18:00TS38.0°N 47.9°W50—
1948-10-16 00:00TS40.7°N 46.6°W50—
1948-10-16 06:00EX43.7°N 43.0°W45—
1948-10-16 12:00EX46.5°N 37.5°W40—

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.