Storm history › Atlantic › 1940 season
Unnamed hurricane 7, 1940 Atlantic
This storm was a Category 2 hurricane of the 1940 Atlantic season. It was tracked from September 22, 1940 to September 28, 1940, about 7 days, and covered 2,407 miles.
At its peak it had winds of 100 mph (155 km/h) and a lowest pressure of 984 mb.
- Peak wind
- 100 mph
- Lowest pressure
- 984 mb
- Strongest
- Category 2 hurricane
- Landfalls
- None recorded
- Duration
- 7 days
- Track length
- 2,407 mi
- Energy (ACE)
- 10.3
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How it compares
- Peak winds: 515th highest of 2,017 Atlantic storms on record, tied with Hurricane Ernesto (2024), Hurricane Nigel (2023), Hurricane Arthur (2014) and 26 more.
- Lowest pressure: 584th lowest of 1,294 Atlantic storms with a recorded pressure, tied with Hurricane Oscar (2024), Tropical Storm Alex (2022), Tropical Storm Ian (2016) and 8 more.
- Energy: 15% of the 1940 Atlantic season's ACE.