in late september, a cold front moved into the gulf of mexico. by october 3, a low pressure associated with the front developed. initially extratropical, the low moved east-northeastward and crossed florida on october 4. after entering the atlantic early on october 5, the low began strengthening and soon reached the equivalency in intensity to a tropical storm. around 00:00 utc on october 6, the system transitioned into a tropical cyclone while situated about southeast of cape fear in north carolina. already a strong tropical storm, the cyclone intensified into a hurricane about six hours later. late on october 6, a vessel observed a barometric pressure of , the lowest in relation to the stop. based on this, it is estimated that the hurricane peaked with maximum sustained winds of 90 mph (150 km/h). the storm then began to execute a small cyclonic loop, which continued until early on october 8. by then, the cyclone was moving eastward and weakened to a tropical storm around 00:00 utc on october 9. about 24 hours later, the system weakened to a tropical depression. at 18:00 utc on october 10, the depression dissipated about northeast of bermuda.