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Storm 3 of 1935 1935

Category 5 hurricane · Atlantic · August 29 to September 6, 1935

Storm 3 of 1935's peak sustained wind of 185 mph is tied for the third-highest of the 1,988 storms in the Atlantic record since 1851, and one of 44 Category 5 storms in that record. The storm's central pressure fell to 892 mb, tied for the third-lowest among the 1,277 Atlantic storms with a recorded pressure. No storm in the record came ashore in Florida with stronger winds than the storm's 185 mph landfall on September 3, 1935; 229 storms have a landfall record there.

Track of Storm 3 of 1935 from the best-track record, coloured by strength30°N40°N50°N80°W70°W60°W50°W40°W30°WVirginia BeachFlorida, 185 mphPeak 185 mphFirst recordNot tropicalDepressionTropical stormCategory 1Category 2Category 3Category 4Category 500 and 12 UTCLandfall

Strength over time

Maximum sustained wind of Storm 3 of 1935 over time, in mphTSCat 1Cat 2Cat 3Cat 4Cat 504080120160200Aug 30Sep 1Sep 3Sep 5Sep 7Sep 9mph
  1. First record (tropical depression) 270 miles north-northeast of Puerto Plata, the Dominican Republic
  2. Tropical storm 280 miles northeast of Banes, Holguín, Cuba
  3. Hurricane 95 miles south of Nassau, the Bahamas
  4. Major hurricane 85 miles north-northeast of Caibarién, Villa Clara, Cuba
  5. Peak 60 miles south of Homestead, Florida
  6. Landfall Florida
  7. Landfall Florida: Category 2, 100 mph, 965 mb
  8. No longer tropical (extratropical low) 315 miles east-southeast of New Bedford, Massachusetts
  9. Last record 960 miles northeast of Corner Brook, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada

Against every Atlantic storm since 1851

Peak sustained wind185 mph · tied 3rd of 1,98830 mph190 mph
Lowest central pressure892 mb · tied 3rd of 1,277882 mb1016 mb
Accumulated cyclone energy23.3 · 182nd of 1,7520.173.6
Days as a tropical or subtropical cyclone8.5 days · tied 393rd of 1,9880.0 days31.8 days

More from the record

The storm's winds climbed 80 mph in the 24 hours to September 3.

In the 1935 season

04080120160200this storm

Storm 3 of 8 in 1935, hurricane 2 of 5; it formed after Storm 2 of 1935 and before Storm 4 of 1935. This storm produced 22% of the season's accumulated cyclone energy. See the season.

Places the center passed

The center came within 50 miles of at least 8 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.

PlaceClosestWind thenDate
Douglas, Georgia4 mi70 mphSeptember 5
Norfolk, Virginia5 mi70 mphSeptember 6
Hampton, Virginia8 mi70 mphSeptember 6
Naples, Florida9 mi155 mphSeptember 3
Valdosta, Georgia9 mi75 mphSeptember 5
Raleigh, North Carolina10 mi60 mphSeptember 6
Columbia, South Carolina13 mi50 mphSeptember 5
Virginia Beach, Virginia13 mi70 mphSeptember 6

Every storm within 50 miles of Virginia Beach, Virginia

Similar landfalls in Florida

Storms whose strongest landfall record in Florida came closest to this one's 185 mph:

All 229 storms with a landfall record in Florida

Also peaked at 185 mph

Of 3 storms from other Atlantic seasons, the nearest in time: