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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 ...
September 1 – Hurricane Hermine made landfall along the Big Bend of Florida with winds of 80 mph (130 km/h), making it the first hurricane landfall to the state since Hurricane Wilma in 2005. The highest recorded wind gust in the state was 78 mph (126 km/h) in Bald Point State Park.
The 2016 Atlantic hurricane season was the first above-average hurricane season since 2012, producing 15 named storms, 7 hurricanes and 4 major hurricanes.The season officially started on June 1 and ended on November 30, though the first storm, Hurricane Alex which formed in the Northeastern Atlantic, developed on January 12, being the first hurricane to develop in January since 1938.
September 2, 2016 – Tropical Storm Hermine produces sustained tropical storm-force winds across the state. Over 200,000 households lose power, with damages in Dare County totaling US$5.4 million. September 15, 2016 – Tropical Storm Julia passes to the south of the state and erratically drifts offshore. Parts of the state receive up to a ...
The 10 costliest Atlantic hurricanes as of January 2023.. As of November 2024, there have been 1,745 tropical cyclones of at least tropical storm intensity, 971 at hurricane intensity, and 338 at major hurricane intensity within the Atlantic Ocean since 1851, the first Atlantic hurricane season to be included in the official Atlantic tropical cyclone record. [1]
While multiple hurricanes that made landfall in the U.S. peaked at Category 5, ... It was the first Category 5 storm to make landfall on mainland U.S. since Andrew 26 years earlier. Mary Battles ...
September 13, 2007 – Hurricane Humberto passed through the state as a weakening tropical storm after making landfall at High Island, Texas as a Category 1 hurricane. Damage and impacts were fairly limited across the state. September 22, 2007 – Tropical Depression Ten was the first tropical cyclone to directly threaten New Orleans since ...
We're moving into the peak of a Hurricane season that could be the strongest since 2012, the year Hurricane Sandy hit the East Coast.