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October 13, 1871: A hurricane hit Nova Scotia. August 26, 1873: The Nova Scotia Hurricane of 1873 drifted south of Nova Scotia as a Category 3 hurricane. It weakened to a Category 1 before slowly making landfall in Newfoundland. It was a devastating hurricane that killed over 600.
January 17. 00:00 UTC (8:00 p.m. AST, January 16) at – The unnamed subtropical storm reaches peak intensity with maximum sustained winds of 70 mph (110 km/h) and a minimum central pressure of 976 mbar (28.82 inHg), about 345 mi (555 km) south-southeast of Halifax, Nova Scotia.
3 "Nova Scotia" 3 "Nova Scotia" ... Alex became the first satellite-era January hurricane. 2017: 18 17 10 6 224.87 3,364 ≥$294.7bn
1926 Nova Scotia hurricane; 1927 Nova Scotia hurricane; 1929 Grand Banks earthquake; 1993 Storm of the Century; Mid-December 2007 North American winter storms; Early December 2007 North American winter storm
1873 Nova Scotia Hurricane: Category 1 hurricane: August 26, 1873 () Point Lance: Avalon Peninsula: Severe damage, estimated at $3.5 million (1873 USD). 100 deaths in Newfoundland, many of which were due to shipwrecks, and 900 homes were destroyed. [2] Nova Scotia [nb 1] Unnamed: Tropical storm: August 7, 1874 () Hermitage-Sandyville
The 1927 Atlantic hurricane season was a relatively inactive season, with eight tropical storms, four of which became hurricanes. One of these became a major hurricane – Category 3 or higher on the modern day Saffir–Simpson scale . [ 1 ]
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The Atlantic hurricane season officially began on June 15. [1] It was an above average season in which twelve tropical storms formed; this was above the 1950–2000 average of 9.6 named storms. [2] Eight of these reached hurricane status, also above of the 1950–2000 average of 5.9. [3] [2] Furthermore, five storms reached major hurricane status.