All storm pages · 1932 Atlantic season
Storm 14 of 1932 1932
Category 5 hurricane · Atlantic · October 30 to November 13, 1932
Storm 14 of 1932 produced 59.8 units of accumulated cyclone energy (ACE), the seventh-most of any Atlantic storm since 1851. The storm reached Category 5 with 175 mph winds, one of 44 Atlantic storms to do so since 1851. No other storm of the 1932 Atlantic season matched the storm's 175 mph peak; the season had 15 storms.
Strength over time
- First record (tropical depression) 310 miles east-northeast of Bridgetown, Saint Michael, Barbados
- Tropical storm 40 miles south-southwest of Roseau, Saint George, Dominica
- Hurricane 115 miles northeast of Oranjestad, Aruba
- Major hurricane 185 miles north-northwest of Santa Marta, Magdalena, Colombia
- Peak 220 miles east-northeast of San Andrés, Colombia; lowest pressure 918 mb
- No longer tropical (extratropical low) 775 miles east-southeast of Sydney, Nova Scotia, Canada
- Last record far out at sea, at 39.8°N, 36.0°W
Against every Atlantic storm since 1851
In the 1932 season
Storm 14 of 15 in 1932, hurricane 5 of 6; it formed after Storm 13 of 1932 and before Storm 15 of 1932. See the season.
Places the center passed
The center came within 50 miles of 4 towns or cities of 10,000 people or more while the system was tropical. Distances are to the interpolated track line, not the storm's edge.
| Place | Closest | Wind then | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Camagüey, Cuba | 0 mi | 140 mph | November 9 |
| Nuevitas, Camagüey, Cuba | 10 mi | 140 mph | November 9 |
| Fort-de-France, Martinique, France | 13 mi | 35 mph | October 31 |
| Roseau, Saint George, Dominica | 34 mi | 40 mph | October 31 |
Also peaked at 175 mph
Of 9 storms from other Atlantic seasons, the nearest in time:
- Janet (1955)914 mb, landfall in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
- Camille (1969)900 mb, landfall in Cuba
- Anita (1977)926 mb, no landfall record
- David (1979)924 mb, no landfall record