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The 1935 Labor Day hurricane was the most intense hurricane to make landfall on the country, having struck the Florida Keys with a pressure of 892 mbar.It was one of only seven hurricanes to move ashore as a Category 5 hurricane on the Saffir–Simpson hurricane scale; the others were "Okeechobee" in 1928, Karen in 1962, Camille in 1969, Andrew in 1992, Michael in 2018, and Yutu in 2018, which ...
The most active Atlantic hurricane season on record in terms of total storms took place in 2020, with 30 documented. The storm count for the 2020 season also includes fourteen hurricanes, of which seven strengthened to major hurricane status. On the converse, the least active season on record in terms of total storms took place in 1914. The ...
Few hurricanes occurred from the 1840s to 1860s; however, many struck in the early 19th century, including an 1821 storm that made landfall over New York City. Some historical weather experts say these storms may have been as high as Category 4 in strength. [72] These active hurricane seasons predated satellite coverage of the Atlantic basin.
[2] [3] The World Meteorological Organization decided that the new lists of hurricane name would start to be used in 1979. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Since 1979 the same lists have been used, but with names of significant tropical cyclones removed from the lists and replaced with new names. [ 2 ]
Lists of Atlantic hurricanes, or tropical cyclones in the Atlantic Ocean, are organized by the properties of the hurricane or by the location most affected.
The 2023 Atlantic hurricane season was the fourth-most active Atlantic hurricane season on record with 20 named storms forming, [nb 1] tied with 1933. Among them, 7 became hurricanes, with 3 reaching major hurricane strength.
Hurricane Betsy was the first hurricane to have damages exceeding US$1 billion. In 1960, four rotating lists of names were developed to avoid creating new lists each year, while the practice of retiring any particularly damaging storm names for 10 years continued, with 11 names deemed significant enough to be retired during the decade.
Hurricane Andrew was the costliest U.S. hurricane until 2005. One of five seasons to have a category 5 as the sole major hurricane of the season. 1993: 10 8 4 1 38.67 274 $271M 3 Emily: None: No storms were active in October. 1994: 12 7 3 0 32.02 1,184 $1.56bn 2 Florence: None: Last season of a 24-year period of decreased activity in the ...