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October 3, 1929 – An extratropical storm caused winds of 35 miles per hour. [ 26 ] September 21, 1932 – A tropical depression caused winds of 20 miles per hour. [ 27 ] August 24, 1933 – A tropical storm caused winds of 50 miles per hour. [ 27 ] August 19, 1939 – A tropical depression caused winds of 30 miles per hour.
Commons: Floyd images. The effects of Hurricane Floyd in Pennsylvania were concentrated in southeastern portions of the state, and included over a dozen deaths. Hurricane Floyd made landfall in North Carolina and, in a weakened state, impacted the Mid-Atlantic States with torrential rainfall. Over 10 in (250 mm) of rain in the state caused ...
Tropical cyclones normally threaten the states during the summer and fall, with their main impact being rainfall. [3] Although Hurricane Agnes was barely a hurricane at landfall in Florida, its major impact was over the Mid-Atlantic region, where Agnes combined with a non-tropical low to produce widespread rains of 6 inches (150 mm) to 12 inches (300 mm) with local amounts up to 19 inches (480 ...
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 ...
Rainfall totals from Hurricane Isabel. Wind gusts reached 60 mph (97 km/h) in northeastern Pennsylvania, resulting in scattered reports of downed trees and power lines. Tens of thousands were left without power. A few downed trees hit cars and houses, with damage totaling about $350,000 (2003 USD, $410,000 in 2008 USD).
The 1989 Atlantic hurricane season was an average hurricane season with 11 named storms. The season officially began on June 1, and ended on November 30. [ 1 ][ 2 ] The first tropical cyclone, Tropical Depression One, developed on June 15, and dissipated two days later without any effects on land. Later that month, Tropical Storm Allison caused ...
Hurricane Diane was the first Atlantic hurricane to cause more than an estimated $1 billion in damage (in 1955 dollars, which would be $11,764,962,686 today [ 1 ]), including direct costs and the loss of business and personal revenue. [ nb 1 ] It formed on August 7 from a tropical wave between the Lesser Antilles and Cape Verde.
The 1963 hurricane season officially began on June 15 and ended on November 15. [1] It was an average season with ten tropical storms, [2] slightly above the 1950–2000 average of 9.6 named storms. [3] Seven of these reached hurricane status, [2] which is above the 1950–2000 average of 5.9. [3] Furthermore, three storms reached major ...