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The 1935 Labor Day hurricane was an extremely powerful and devastating Atlantic hurricane that struck the southeastern United States in early September 1935. For several decades, it was the most intense Atlantic hurricane on record in terms of barometric pressure until being surpassed by Hurricane Gilbert in 1988; [1] the strongest Atlantic hurricane on record in terms of 1-minute sustained ...
In early September, the Labor Day hurricane made landfall in Florida twice, the first time as a Category 5 hurricane on the modern day Saffir–Simpson scale, the first Category 5 U.S. landfall on record, resulting in about 490 deaths and $100 million (1935 USD) in damage along its path.
The Labor Day Hurricane, the most intense in history, made landfall at Cedar Key, Florida. It would kill a total of more than 400 people by the time it dissipated in the North Atlantic on September 10.
Florida Keys Labor Day hurricane, 1935. This storm reached the middle Florida Keys on Sept. 2, 1935, as a Category 5, blasting the Keys then turning northward almost parallel to the Florida west ...
The Great Labor Day Hurricane slammed through Florida in early September 1935, becoming what the hurricane center says is the most intense storm ever to make landfall in the U.S.
Dissipated: October 16, 2018: Category 5 major hurricane; 1-minute sustained (SSHWS/NWS) ... behind the 1935 Labor Day hurricane and Hurricane Camille in 1969.
The Labor Day hurricane of 1935. Labor Day arrives during the peak of hurricane season, and there have been a number of memorable storms on or around Labor Day weekend, including 2005's Hurricane ...
This was also its landfalling pressure; the only hurricane to hit the United States with a lower pressure at landfall was the Labor Day Hurricane of 1935. [7] [46] A reconnaissance flight indicated a pressure of 901 millibars (26.6 inHg), [47] but this pressure was later corrected in 1969 by researchers to 919 mb (27.14 inHg). [7]