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Storm 9 of 1948 1948

Category 3 hurricane · Atlantic · October 3 to October 16, 1948

Storm 9 of 1948's 105 mph landfall in Bermuda on October 7, 1948 ranks the third-strongest of the 9 storms with a landfall record there. The storm has landfall records in 3 different places: Cuba, Florida and Bermuda. The storm's winds climbed 75 mph in the 24 hours to October 5.

Track of Storm 9 of 1948 from the best-track record, coloured by strength20°N30°N40°N80°W70°W60°W50°W40°WCuba, 125 mphFlorida, 105 mphBermuda, 105 mphPeak 125 mphFirst recordNot tropicalDepressionTropical stormCategory 1Category 2Category 300 and 12 UTCLandfall

Strength over time

Maximum sustained wind of Storm 9 of 1948 over time, in mphTSCat 1Cat 2Cat 3Cat 404080120160Oct 4Oct 6Oct 8Oct 10Oct 12Oct 14Oct 16mph
  1. First record (tropical depression) 185 miles north of Bilwi, Atlántico Norte, Nicaragua
  2. Tropical storm 215 miles northeast of La Ceiba, Atlántida, Honduras
  3. Hurricane 130 miles east of Cozumel, Quintana Roo, Mexico
  4. Major hurricane 25 miles east-southeast of Pinar del Rio, Cuba
  5. Peak, 125 mph 25 miles east-southeast of Pinar del Rio, Cuba; lowest pressure 971 mb
  6. Landfall Cuba: Category 3, 125 mph
  7. Landfall Florida: Category 2, 105 mph
  8. Landfall Florida: Category 2, 105 mph
  9. Landfall Bermuda
  10. No longer tropical (extratropical low) 800 miles east-southeast of Corner Brook, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
  11. Last record 960 miles east of Corner Brook, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada

Against every Atlantic storm since 1851

Peak sustained wind125 mph · tied 180th of 1,98830 mph190 mph
Lowest central pressure971 mb · tied 379th of 1,277882 mb1016 mb
Accumulated cyclone energy20.6 · tied 230th of 1,7520.173.6
Days as a tropical or subtropical cyclone12.5 days · tied 112th of 1,9880.0 days31.8 days

In the 1948 season

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Storm 9 of 10 in 1948, hurricane 5 of 6; it formed after Storm 8 of 1948 and before Storm 10 of 1948. This storm produced 22% of the season's accumulated cyclone energy and ranks third by peak wind. 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
Coral Gables, Florida0 mi90 mphOctober 5
Miami, Florida1 mi90 mphOctober 5
Hamilton, Bermuda1 mi105 mphOctober 7
Homestead, Florida2 mi100 mphOctober 5
Miami Beach, Florida3 mi90 mphOctober 6
Artemisa, La Habana, Cuba5 mi125 mphOctober 5
Havana, Ciudad de la Habana, Cuba12 mi120 mphOctober 5
Fort Lauderdale, Florida13 mi90 mphOctober 6

Every storm within 50 miles of Miami, Florida

Similar landfalls in Cuba

Storms whose strongest landfall record in Cuba came closest to this one's 125 mph:

All 56 storms with a landfall record in Cuba

Also peaked at 125 mph

Of 40 storms from other Atlantic seasons, the nearest in time:

  • Storm 4 of 1949974 mb, no landfall record
  • Able (1950)953 mb, landfall in Nova Scotia
  • Edna (1954)943 mb, landfall in Massachusetts
  • Storm 2 of 1941989 mb, landfall in Texas