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Storm 4 of 1947 1947

Category 4 hurricane · Atlantic · September 4 to September 21, 1947

Storm 4 of 1947 has landfall records in 3 different places: the Bahamas, Florida and Louisiana. No other storm of the 1947 Atlantic season matched the storm's 145 mph peak; the season had 10 storms. The storm generated 47% of the season's accumulated cyclone energy, more than any other 1947 storm.

Track of Storm 4 of 1947 from the best-track record, coloured by strength20°N30°N90°W80°W70°W60°W50°W40°W30°WBahamas, 120 mphFlorida, 130 mphLouisiana, 110 mphPeak 145 mphFirst recordNot tropicalDepressionTropical stormCategory 1Category 2Category 3Category 400 and 12 UTCLandfall

Strength over time

Maximum sustained wind of Storm 4 of 1947 over time, in mphTSCat 1Cat 2Cat 3Cat 4Cat 504080120160Sep 5Sep 7Sep 9Sep 11Sep 13Sep 15Sep 17Sep 19Sep 21mph
  1. First record (tropical depression) far out at sea, at 14.5°N, 20.1°W
  2. Tropical storm far out at sea, at 14.1°N, 24.0°W
  3. Hurricane 405 miles east-northeast of Bridgetown, Saint Michael, Barbados
  4. Major hurricane 205 miles north-northeast of Christiansted, the US Virgin Islands
  5. Peak 285 miles north-northeast of Puerto Plata, the Dominican Republic; lowest pressure 938 mb
  6. Landfall Bahamas: Category 3, 120 mph, 954 mb
  7. Landfall Florida
  8. Landfall Louisiana: Category 2, 110 mph, 966 mb
  9. No longer tropical (extratropical low) 55 miles southeast of Jefferson City, Missouri
  10. Last record 55 miles southeast of Jefferson City, Missouri

Against every Atlantic storm since 1851

Peak sustained wind145 mph · tied 85th of 1,98830 mph190 mph
Lowest central pressure938 mb · tied 98th of 1,277882 mb1016 mb
Accumulated cyclone energy41.5 · 32nd of 1,7520.173.6
Days as a tropical or subtropical cyclone17.0 days · tied 18th of 1,9880.0 days31.8 days

More from the record

The storm came ashore in Florida as a Category 4 hurricane on September 17, 1947, with 130 mph winds.

In the 1947 season

04080120160this storm

Storm 4 of 10 in 1947, hurricane 3 of 5; it formed after Storm 3 of 1947 and before Storm 5 of 1947. 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
Fort Lauderdale, Florida2 mi130 mphSeptember 17
Freeport, the Bahamas4 mi125 mphSeptember 17
Fort Smith, Arkansas5 mi30 mphSeptember 21
Metairie, Louisiana7 mi100 mphSeptember 19
Longview, Texas7 mi40 mphSeptember 20
Baton Rouge, Louisiana9 mi85 mphSeptember 19
New Orleans, Louisiana11 mi100 mphSeptember 19
Coral Springs, Florida12 mi125 mphSeptember 17

Every storm within 50 miles of Fort Lauderdale, Florida

Similar landfalls in Florida

Storms whose strongest landfall record in Florida came closest to this one's 130 mph:

  • Irma (2017)130 mph, September 10, 2017
  • King (1950)130 mph, October 18, 1950
  • Storm 2 of 1949130 mph, August 26, 1949
  • Storm 8 of 1948130 mph, September 22, 1948

All 229 storms with a landfall record in Florida

Also peaked at 145 mph

Of 24 storms from other Atlantic seasons, the nearest in time:

  • Storm 13 of 1944937 mb, landfall in Florida
  • Dog (1950)953 mb, no landfall record
  • Fox (1952)934 mb, landfall in Cuba
  • Donna (1960)930 mb, landfall in Antigua and Barbuda