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Pre-1900 South Pacific cyclone seasons; 1900–1940 South Pacific cyclone seasons; 1929 New Zealand cyclone; 1936 New Zealand cyclone; 1940s South Pacific cyclone seasons; 1950s South Pacific cyclone seasons; 1960s South Pacific cyclone seasons
Oregon's share exceeded $200 million in 1962 US dollars. This is comparable to land-falling hurricanes that occurred within the same time frame (for example, Audrey, Donna, and Carla from 1957 to 1961). [11] The Metropolitan Life Insurance Co. (now MetLife) named the Columbus Day Storm the nation's worst natural disaster of 1962. [12]
A storm brought high winds, heavy rain, flooding, and slips to much of the North Island as well as the upper South Island. Manawatū-Whanganui and Wellington were particularly hard hit. Two people drowned in the sea in Wellington and one person is presumed to have drowned in the Marlborough Sounds.
Australian Bureau of Meteorology (TCWC's Perth, Darwin & Brisbane) Archived 2008-07-23 at the Wayback Machine – South Indian Ocean & South Pacific Ocean from 90°E to 160°E, south of 10°S; Meteorological Service of New Zealand Limited – South Pacific west of 160°E, south of 25°S
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 ...
Tracks of hurricanes that made landfall between 1938 and 1991. NOTE: This entry was written before Post-Tropical Storm Lee made landfall in Nova Scotia with 70 mph sustained winds on Sept. 16, 2023.
Hurricane Tina, the longest-lasting Pacific hurricane east of the International Date Line. This lists all Pacific hurricanes that existed as tropical cyclones while in the Pacific Ocean east of the dateline for more than two weeks continuously. Hurricanes John and Dora spent some time in the west Pacific before dissipating.
It might make sense why water off the coast of Washington and Oregon would be chilly, but cold water persists all the way south to Cabo San Lucas at the tip of Mexico’s Baja California peninsula.