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August 8, 1926: The 1926 Nova Scotia hurricane made landfall in Nova Scotia as an extratropical storm, killing 55–58 people. August 24, 1927: The 1927 Nova Scotia hurricane made landfall in Nova Scotia as a Category 2 hurricane with 105 mph (169 km/h) winds, causing immense damage, reaching $1.6 million (1927 USD), and killed 172–193 people.
The largest hurricane (in gale diameter winds) on record to form in the North Atlantic was Hurricane Sandy (2012) with a gale diameter of 870 miles (1,400 km). [52] The longest-lasting hurricane was the 1899 San Ciriaco hurricane, which lasted for 27 days and 18 hours as a tropical cyclone. [53]
Frank Parker Day's 1928 novel Rockbound features a vivid depiction of the sinking of the schooner Sylvia Mosher during the 1926 Nova Scotia hurricane at Sable Island. [69] One of the island's most notable temporary residents was Nova Scotian author Thomas Head Raddall , whose early experiences working at the wireless post there served as the ...
A busy hurricane season that saw the National Hurricane Center in Miami issue the first-ever tropical storm warning for the coast of California and hurricane warnings as far north as Nova Scotia ...
Snow from White Juan covers the 2300 block of Maynard Street in Halifax making passing impossible. White Juan is the unofficial name given to the hurricane-strength nor'easter blizzard of February 2004 that affected most of Atlantic Canada and the Eastern United States between February 17 and 20, 2004—five months after Hurricane Juan devastated Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island.
This Satellite image provided by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) shows Leslie, now a hurricane, on Thursday, Oct. 3, 2024, in the Atlantic Ocean. Credit - NOAA—AP
It was about 590 miles south of Halifax, Nova Scotia, on Sunday morning, moving north-northeast at an accelerated speed of 16 mph with maximum sustained winds of 70 mph.
The hurricane peaked in intensity with sustained winds of 105 mph (169 km/h) that same day, losing some strength as it raced over cooler waters toward the coast of Nova Scotia, before making landfall between Shad Bay and Prospect in the Halifax Regional Municipality early on September 29 as a Category 2 hurricane with winds of 100 mph (160 km/h ...