Ten storms attained hurricane status, with winds of 75 mph (119 km/h) or greater. Submit Storm Report, Radar Imagery Major landfall hurricanes Notes 1870: 11 10 2 87.80 2,052 Four • First Key West Hurricane 1870/Hurricane of San Marcos 1870 (cat 3) • Second Key West Hurricane 1870 (cat 2) 1871: 8 6 2 88.39 30 Three and Four • Central Florida Hurricane of 1871 (cat 3) • Hurricane Santa Juana of 1871 (cat 3) 1872: 5 4 0 65.38 Unknown Two: 1873: 5 3 2 69.47 626 Five On October 5, a tropical storm formed south of Haiti.
A subtropical storm in January also began the 1978 Atlantic hurricane season. Research 1902 Pensacola Hurricane
1932 Florida-Alabama Hurricane
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Local Hurricane Ethel
September 26, 1953, 1932
US Dept of Commerce Sorry, the location you searched for was not found. Of the eleven Atlantic cyclones known for 1870 only three made landfall.
The storm's subsequent progress is unknown. Climatology of Vertical Wind Shear Over the Tropical Atlantic. "Tropics: Nadine finally done, while Oscar strengthens", "What is the farthest a tropical cyclone has traveled?". [1], Tropical cyclones can be categorized by intensity.
This study has been divided into two periods. [11] Tropical Storm Zeta in 2005 was the latest tropical cyclone to attain tropical storm intensity as it did so on December 30. Hurricane Flossy
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[6], A tropical storm formed on August 30. [65] The focus of the report is on the latitude at which recent tropical cyclones in the Atlantic are reaching maximum intensity.
Preliminary data from the northern Atlantic coast seem to support the Azores High hypothesis. Hurricane Eloise
[12] Nonetheless, their central pressures are low enough to rank them among the strongest recorded Atlantic hurricanes. Marine Weather July 30, 1870, 1852
In terms of wind speed, Hurricane Allen (in 1980) was the strongest Atlantic tropical cyclone on record, with maximum sustained winds of 190 mph (305 km/h). SKYWARN Weather Radio Awareness Weeks Hurricane Florence
Climate Plot for Mobile According to the World Meteorological Organization, “recent increase in societal impact from tropical cyclones has largely been caused by rising concentrations of population and infrastructure in coastal regions.”[66] Pielke et al. It moved west-northwest, becoming a hurricane south of Cuba on the 6th. Mobile Radar
The Great Hurricane of 1780, also known as Huracán San Calixto, the Great Hurricane of the Antilles, and the 1780 Disaster, is the deadliest Atlantic hurricane on record. At the height of the storm, a floating dry dock broke free from its moorings and traveled about 8 mi (13 km) up the Mobile River, crushing wharves and boats along its path. [22], Climatology serves to characterize the general properties of an average season and can be used as one of many other tools for making forecasts. The hurricane rapidly strengthened to Category 3 with peak winds of 115 mph (185 km/h) prior to hitting Matanzas, Cuba on October 7.