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1851 Aug Cat 3 Great Middle Florida Hurricane
(San Agapito Hurricane)
1852 Aug Cat 3 Great Mobile Hurricane
(Damage along the Coastline was Estimated to be about $1 Million Equaling
Approximately $26 Million Today)
1854 Sep Cat 3 Great Carolina Hurricane
1856 Aug Cat 4 Hurricane 1 (Last Island
Hurricane) Hitting Louisiana
and Killing 400 with an Additional 200 Losses Offshore
1860 Aug Cat 3 Hurricane 1 that Swept Over
the Deep South
1866 Sep Cat 4 Hurricane 6 Striking the
Bahamas and Killing 387
1867 Oct Cat 3 Hurricane 9 Smashing into the
Dominican Republic and Killing 811
1870 Oct Cat 3 Hurricane 6 Crossing W Cuba
to S Florida and Killing 2,000
1871 Aug Cat 3 Hurricane 4 Passing thru the
Bahamas and Hitting Central Florida
1875 Sep Cat 3 Hurricane 3 Hitting Cuba and
Texas Killing 800
1876 Sep
Cat 3 Hurricane 2 (San Filipe Hurricane) Crossing N Leewards, PR<
Hispaniola, E to C Cuba, Passing between S Florida and Bahamas, and Moving
Up E Coast to Massachusetts
1877 Sep Cat 3 Hurricane 4 Crossing S.
Leewards and Hitting the Florida Panhandle
1879 Aug Cat 3 Hurricane 2 that Curved Just
Off the Eastern Seaboard
1880 Aug Cat 4 Hurricane 2 Crossing N
Leewards and Hitting Jamaica, Yucatán, and Texas
1882 Oct Cat 4 Hurricane 6 Hitting W Cuba
and N Florida Killing 140
1883 Sep Cat 3 Hurricane 3 Striking
Hispaniola, Bahamas, and Carolinas Killing 156
1885 Aug
Cat 3 Hurricane 2 Hitting SE coastline from S Florida to N Carolina
1886 Aug
Cat 4 Hurricane 5 (Indianola Hurricane) Hitting Leewards, Hispaniola, Cuba, and Texas
Killing 150
1888 Sep
Cat 3 Hurricane 4 Striking W Cuba, Yucatán, and S Mexico Killing 921
1891 Aug
Cat 3 Hurricane 3 Hitting Leewards, PR, DR, Bahamas, and Florida Killing 703
1893
Aug Cat 3 Hurricane 6 (Sea Islands Hurricane) Hitting Bahamas, FL, and GA to Maritimes
Killing 1,100 to 1,400
1893
Oct Cat 3 Hurricane 10 (Chenier Caminanda Hurricane) Hitting Yucatán and Louisiana to N Carolina
Killing 1,000 to
2,000
1894 Sep Cat 3 Hurricane 4 Crossing
Leewards, Hispaniola, Cuba, and Florida Killing 200
1896 Sep Cat 3 Hurricane 4 Hitting Leewards
and Skirting Cuba to N Florida Killing 130
1898 Sep
Cat 3 Hurricane 7 Starting N Leewards and directly into Georgia
Killing
179
1899 Aug
Cat 4 Hurricane 3 Hitting Leewards, PR, DR, Bahamas, and NC Killing 3,433
1900 Sep
Cat 4 Great Galveston Hurricane Causing 6,000 to 12,000 Deaths and $30
Million in US Damages
1903 Aug
Cat 3 Hurricane 2 Hitting Leewards, Yucatán and C Mexico Killing 188
1906
Sep Cat 3 Hurricane 6 Starting N of Panama and hitting Mississippi Killing 134
1906
Oct Cat 3 Hurricane 8 Starting N of Columbia, Hitting C America, W Cuba, S
Florida, and Reversing thru N to S Florida and back to
Yucatán Killing 193
1909
Jul Cat 3 Hurricane 4 (Velasco Hurricane) Starting S Leewards, Skirting thru Caribbean and Gulf
to Texas
1909
Aug Cat 3 Hurricane 6 Hitting Leewards, PR, Hispaniola, Cuba, Yucatán,
and Mexico Killing 1,500
1909
Sep Cat 3 Hurricane 8 (Grand Isle Hurricane) Skirting Haiti and Cuba and Hitting Louisiana
Killing 353
1909
Oct Cat 3 Hurricane 10 Starting N of Columbia, Skirting W Cuba and S Florida
and Hitting N End of Bahamas
1909
Nov Cat 2 Hurricane 11 Hitting Haiti and Jamaica and Ending N of Panama
Killing
130
1910 Oct
Cat 4 Hurricane 5 Starting N of Panama, Circling W Cuba, Hitting Florida W
to N, and Running Up the Coast to NC Killing 101
1912 Oct
Cat 2 Hurricane 6 Starting W of Jamaica and Hitting Yucatán and then Texas
Killing 200
1915 Aug
Cat 3 Hurricane 2 (Galveston Hurricane) Hitting N Leewards, By-passing Hispaniola and Cuba to S, and
Hitting Texas and across to Quebec Killing
405
1916 Aug Cat 3 Hurricane 6 Hitting C
Leewards, By-passing Hispaniola and Cuba to S, and Hitting Texas
1917 Sep Cat 4 Hurricane 4 Hitting C
Leewards, By-Passing Hispaniola to S, Hitting W Cuba and then Alabama
1918 Aug Cat 3 Hurricane 1 Hitting S
Leewards, By-passing Hispaniola and Cuba to S, and Hitting Texas-Louisiana
Border
1919 Sep Cat 4 Hurricane
(Atlantic-Gulf Hurricane) 2 Hitting N
Leewards, PR, Hispaniola, Bahamas, FL Keys, and S Texas Causing 600 to 900
Deaths and $22 Million in US Damages
1921 Oct Cat 4 Hurricane 6 Starting E
of Nicaragua, Passing thru Yucatán Channel, and Hitting C Florida
1925 Nov Cat 2 Hurricane 2 Starting
NE of Honduras, Passing thru Yucatán Channel, and Hitting C Florida
1926 Jul Cat 4 Hurricane 1
Hitting C Leewards, PR, DR, Bahamas, and S to N Florida Killing 287
1926 Sep Cat 4 Great Miami
Hurricane Passing N of Leewards, PR and DR and Hitting Bahamas, S Florida,
Florida Panhandle and Alabama Killing 349 (1st severe hurricane to
trouble Miami Costing $ 90 Billion in Current Money)
1926 Oct Cat 3 Hurricane 10
Starting N of Panama and Hitting W Cuba and S Florida before Passing into
the N Atlantic Killing 709
1928 Sep Cat 5 Hurricane 4
(Okeechobee Hurricane or San Felipe Segundo Hurricane-named after the 1876
hurricane that occurred on St Philip's Feast Day of Sep 13th: first recorded
hurricane in Atlantic basin to reach Cat 5 on Saffir-Simpson Scale) Hitting N
Leewards, PR, DR, Bahamas, Florida and Northward Causing 3,411 Deaths (2,500
in S Florida alone when storm surge from Lake Okeechobee breached
dike surrounding lake, flooding hundreds of square miles) and $25 Million in
Florida and $50 Million in PR
1929 Sep Cat 4 Hurricane 2 Starting N
of PR and Hitting Bahamas, S Florida, Florida Panhandle and Northward
1930 Sep Cat 4 Hurricane 2 Hitting N
Leewards, PR, Hispaniola, Cuba, and C Florida Killing 8,000
1931 Sep Cat 3 Hurricane 5 Hitting S
Leewards and Straight to Belize Killing 2,500
1932 Aug Cat 4 Hurricane 2
(Freeport hurricane) Starting NW of Yucatán and Hitting E Texas
1932 Oct Cat 3 Hurricane 10
Hitting N Leewards, Circling in Wide Arc around Jamaica, and Striking C Cuba
and C Bahamas Killing 3,107
1933 Sep Cat 3 Hurricane 11 Passing N
of Leewards, PR and DR, Hitting Bahamas S to C, skirting along N Coast of
Cuba, and Hitting the FL Keys and S Texas Killing 179
1934 Jun Cat 1 Hurricane 2 Circling
in C America, Crossing the Yucatán and the Gulf, Hitting Louisiana, and
Moving Inland and Up to the Maritimes Killing 3,000
1935 Sep Cat 4 Great
(Florida Keys) Labor Day
Hurricane Hitting the C Bahamas, S and N Florida, and Northward Causing 409
Deaths (mostly World War I Veterans Working in the Keys) and $6 Million in US Damages
1935 Oct Cat 1 Hurricane 5
Starting N of Panama, Circling around Jamaica, and Hitting Honduras Killing
2,150
1938 Sep Cat 5 Hurricane 4
(New England hurricane) Coming Off
N African Coast, Passing E of Bahamas, and Hitting New York Causing 682
Deaths and $308 million in US Damages
1941 Sep Cat 3 Hurricane 4 Crossing C
Leewards, Hitting N Nicaragua, and Traveling Inland to E Coast of Mexico
1944 Aug Cat 3 Hurricane 4
Crossing S Leewards, Hitting Yucatán, and Crossing to E Coast of Mexico
Killing
216
1944 Oct Cat 3 Hurricane 11
Emerging E of Honduras, Hitting W Cuba, Moving across Florida, and Heading
Northward Killing 318
1945 Sep Cat 4 Hurricane 9 Passing N
of Leewards, PR and Hispaniola, Hitting S Bahamas, S to N Florida, and
Northward Costing $60 Million in US Damages
1948 Sep Cat 4 Hurricane 7 Starting
Due W of Jamaica and Hitting W Cuba and S Florida Costing $12 Million in
US Damages
1949 Aug Cat 4 Hurricane 2 Passing N
of Leewards, PR and DR, Hitting N Bahamas and S to N Florida, and Traveling
Up to Canada Costing $52 Million in US Damages
1950 Oct Cat 3 Hurricane King
Starting Off Honduras and Hitting C Cuba and S to N Florida Costing $28
Million in US Damages
1951 Aug Cat 3 Hurricane Charlie
Crossing C Leewards, Hitting Yucatán and Traveling to E Coast of Mexico Killing 259
1952 Oct Cat 4 Hurricane Fox Starting
N of Panama and Striking W Cuba and N Bahamas Killing 600
1954 Oct Cat 4 Hurricane Hazel
Crossing S Leewards, Hitting Haiti, E Cuba and S Bahamas, and Traveling
Northward to Carolinas and Up to Canada Causing 1,000 Deaths (95 in US, 100
in Canada, and remainder in Haiti) and $281
Million in US and $100 million in Canadian Damages
1955 Sep Cat 5 Hurricane Janet
Crossing S Leewards, Hitting Belize, Yucatán and C Mexico Killing 681
1957 Jun Cat 4 Hurricane Audrey
Starting in Gulf, Hitting border of Texas and Louisiana, and Moving Inland
Up to Lake Erie Causing 550 Deaths and $150 Million in US Damages
1960 Sep Cat 5 Hurricane Donna Coming
Off N African Coast, Passing N End of Leewards and PR, Hitting S Bahamas,
Nearing C Cuba, Hitting S to N Florida, and Moving Up to Canada along E
Coast Causing 148 Deaths (50 in US, 107 in PR, and remainder in L Antilles
and Bahamas) and $387 Million in US Damages
1961 Sep Cat 4 Hurricane Carla
Starting N of Columbia, By-passing Yucatán, Hitting Texas, and Moving Inland
Up to Canada Costing $400 Million in US Damages
1963 Oct Cat 4 Hurricane Flora
Crossing S Leewards, Hitting E Cuba, Crossing S Bahamas, and Moving Out into
N Atlantic Killing 8,000
1964 Aug Cat 4 Hurricane Cleo
Crossing N Leewards, Hitting C Cuba and S to N Florida, and Moving Up Coast
to Carolinas and Out to Atlantic Causing 217 Deaths and $128 Million in US
Damages
1964 Sep Cat 3 Hurricane Dora
Coming Off N African Coast, Hitting N Florida, and Moving Up E Coast to
Canada Costing $250 Million in US Damages
1964 Oct Cat 4 Hurricane Hilda
Starting W of C Cuba, Hitting Louisiana, and Moving Eastward Costing $125
Million in US Damages
1965 Sep Cat 4 Hurricane Betsy
Hitting Leewards, N Bahamas, Florida Keys and Louisiana Costing $1.42 Billion
in US Damages
1966 Jun Cat 3 Hurricane Alma
Starting in Nicaragua, Crossing Honduras, W Cuba and Florida Panhandle, and
Moving across to E Seaboard Up to Connecticut Costing $10 Million in US
Damages
1966 Oct Cat 4 Hurricane Inez Crossing N Leewards, Hitting Haiti, E to C
Cuba, N Bahamas, S Florida and Keys, Yucatán, and C Mexico Causing 1,000
Deaths and $5 Million in US Damages
1967 Sep Cat 5 Hurricane Beulah
Crossing C Leewards, Brushing S Coast of Hispaniola, Hitting Belize,
Yucatán, S Texas and NE Mexico
1969 Aug Cat 5 Hurricane Camille
Starting in N Caribbean, Hitting Louisiana and Mississippi, and Circling
through Kentucky and Virginia to N Atlantic Causing 259 Deaths and $1.42
Billion in US Damages
1970 Aug Cat 3 Hurricane Celia
Starting in N Caribbean and Hitting S Texas Costing $454 Million in US
Damages
1971 Sep Cat 4 Hurricane Edith
Crossing S Leewards, Hitting NE Nicaragua, E Honduras Up through Yucatán,
across Gulf to NE Mexico, By-passing Texas, and Hitting Louisiana and Inland
to Georgia Costing $25 Million in US Damages
1972 Jun
Cat 1 Hurricane Agnes Starting in Yucatán, Crossing Gulf to Florida
Panhandle, and Moving Up E Coast to New York Causing 129 Deaths and $2.1
Billion in US Damages
1974 Sep
Cat 2 Hurricane Fifi Starting in E Caribbean and Striking Honduras,
Guatemala and Mexico Killing 8,000
1975 Sep
Cat 3 Hurricane Eloise Hitting PR, Hispaniola, E Cuba, Belize, Yucatán and
Florida Panhandle and Moving Inland to W Virginia Costing $490 Million in US
Damages
1979
Sep Cat 5 Hurricane David Crossing N Leewards, Striking Hispaniola, E Cuba
and S to N Florida, and Moving Up through States to Canada Causing 2,068
Deaths and $320 Million in US Damages
1979
Sep Cat 3 Hurricane Frederic Hitting PR, Hispaniola, E to W Cuba,
Mississippi and Alabama, and Moving Up through States to Canada Costing $2.3
Billion in US Damages
1980 Aug
Cat 5 Hurricane Allen Crossing S Leewards, Hitting Jamaica and S Texas
Causing 259 Deaths and $300 Million in US Damages
1983 Aug
Cat 3 Hurricane Alicia Starting in Gulf S of Louisiana, Hitting E Texas, and
Moving Inland Costing $2 Billion in US Damages
1985
Sep Cat 3 Hurricane Elena Starting W of Haiti,
Moving over Cuba E to W, Crossing Gulf, Hitting Mississippi and Alabama, and
Moving Inland across Louisiana and Up to Nebraska Costing 1.25 Billion in US
Damages
1985
Oct Cat 1 Hurricane Juan Starting in C Gulf, Hitting Louisiana, and Moving
Inland to Kentucky Costing $1.5 Billion in US Damages
1988 Sep
Cat 5 Hurricane Gilbert Crossing C Leewards, Hitting Belize, Yucatán, NE
Mexico and SW Texas, and Moving Inland Up to Lake Superior Causing 327
Deaths and $50 Million in US Damages
1989 Sep
Cat 5 Hurricane Hugo Crossing N Leewards and PR, Hitting SC, and Moving
through States Up to Canada Costing $7 Billion in US Damages
1992 Aug
Cat 5 Hurricane Andrew Striking N Bahamas, S Florida, and Louisiana and
Traveling Inland Costing $26.5 Billion in US Damages
1994 Nov
Cat 1 Hurricane Gordon Starting E of Nicaragua, Hitting E Cuba, S to C
Florida, Moving Out to Sea and Up to NC Coast, and Turning About and
Circling Back through N Florida to Georgia and S Carolina Causing 1,145
Deaths and $400 Million in US Damages
1995
Aug Cat 1 Hurricane Erin Starting in S Bahamas, Traveling through N Bahamas,
C Florida, Florida Panhandle and Mississippi, and Moving Inland to W
Virginia Costing $700 Million in US Damages
1995
Oct Cat 4 Hurricane Opal Starting in Belize, Crossing Yucatán and the Gulf,
Hitting Florida Panhandle and Alabama, and Moving Inland to Canada Costing
$3 Billion in US Damages
1996 Sep
Cat 3 Hurricane Fran Coming Off N African Coast and Passing All the Way to
NC Costing $3.2 Billion in US Damages
1998
Sep Cat 4 Hurricane Georges Coming Off N African Coast, Hitting N Leewards,
PR, Hispaniola, E to C Cuba and Keys, Crossing Gulf, Hitting Louisiana, and
Moving Due Eastward through N Florida Causing 602 Deaths and $1.15 Billion
in US Damages
1998
Oct-Nov Cat 5 Hurricane Mitch Starting N of Columbia, Hitting Honduras,
Circling through C America and Mexico to Yucatán, and Crossing Gulf to S
Florida and Out to Sea Causing 9,086 Deaths and $40 Million in US Damages
1999 Oct
Cat 2 Hurricane Irene Starting E of Honduras, Crossing Caribbean, W Cuba and
S Florida, and Moving Up E Coast toward NC and thence Out to Sea Causing
$800 Million in US Damages
2001
Jun Tropical Storm Allison Starting Off Coast of Texas, Hitting Texas,
Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, Carolinas, and Up NE Coast to
Maritimes Costing $5 Billion
2002 Oct
Cat 4 Hurricane Lili Crossing S Leewards, Hitting Jamaica, Moving Just Off S
Coast of Cuba, Crossing Gulf, and Hitting Louisiana Costing $860 Million in
US Damages
2003 Sep
Cat 5 Hurricane Isabel Hitting NC and Virginia and Moving Inland to Canada
Costing $3.37 Billion in US Damages
2004
Aug Cat 4 Hurricane Charley Crossing S Leewards, Hitting Jamaica, W Cuba and
C to N Florida, and Moving Up E Coast to New England Costing $15 Billion in
US Damages
2004
Sep Cat 4 Hurricane Francis Hitting S to N Bahamas and C to N Florida and
moving U through States to Maritimes Cost $9 Billion in US Damages
2004
Sep Cat 5 Hurricane Ivan Crossing S Leewards, Passing through the Caribbean
and Gulf to Alabama, Circling through the South to NE Virginia, Turning
About and Back Down the E Coast to S Florida and Keys, and Across Gulf to SE
Texas Costing $14.2 Billion in US Damages
2004
Sep Cat 3 Hurricane Jeanne Crossing N Leeward, PR, DR and S Bahamas,
Circling in Atlantic, Hitting C to N Florida, and Moving Up through States
to S NJ Causing 3,000 Deaths and $6.9 Billion in US Damages
2005
Jul Cat 4 Hurricane Dennis Crossing S Leewards, Hitting Jamaica, W Cuba,
Florida Panhandle and Alabama, and Moving Inland Up to Canada Costing $2.23
Million in US Damages
2005
Aug Cat 5 Hurricane Katrina Starting in C Bahamas, Moving to N Bahamas,
Hitting S Florida and Keys, Crossing Gulf, Hitting Louisiana and Mississippi
Causing 1,833 Deaths and $8.1 Billion in US Damages
2005
Sep Cat 5 Hurricane Rita Crossing S Bahamas, Hitting Florida Keys, and
Crossing the Gulf to SE Texas and SW Louisiana Costing $11.3 Billion in US
Damages
2005
Oct Cat 5 Hurricane Wilma Starting SW of Jamaica, Hitting Belize, Yucatán
and S Florida and Traveling in Atlantic Up Seaboard to E of Nova Scotia
Costing $20.6 in US Damages
2006 Aug
Cat 1 Hurricane Ernesto Starting in S Leewards, Hitting E Cuba and S
Florida, and Moving Up E Seaboard to Canada Costing $500 Million in US
Damages
2008
Aug Cat 4 Hurricane Gustav Starting S of DR, Hitting Haiti, Jamaica, W Cuba,
and Louisiana Causing 138 Deaths and $15 Billion in US and $3 Billion in
Cuban Damages
2008
Sep Cat 4 Hurricane Ike Hitting E to W Cuba and SE Texas Causing 145 Deaths
in Haiti and $27 Billion in US and $4 Billion in Cuban Damages
