List of notable Atlantic hurricanes

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This is a list of notable Atlantic hurricanes, subdivided by reason for notability.

Contents 1 Retired names 2 Unnamed but historically significant 3 Listed by death toll 4 Listed by cost 4.1 Listed by cost (United States only) 4.1.1 Listed by 2005 inflation adjusted cost 4.1.2 Listed by cost at the time 4.1.3 Listed by wealth normalization for 2004 5 Listed by number of tornadoes spawned 6 Listed by duration 7 Fastest forward speed 8 Listed by seasonal activity 8.1 Listed by most total storms 8.2 Listed by fewest total storms 9 Off-season storms 10 Category 5 hurricanes 11 Listed by intensity 12 Strongest storm in each month 13 Atlantic-Eastern Pacific crossover storms 14 Unusual landfalls 14.1 Europe 14.2 Azores 14.3 West African Coast 14.4 Cape Verde Islands 14.5 Venezuela 14.6 Canary Islands 14.7 Panama 14.8 New Jersey 15 Extreme latitudes and longitudes 16 Earliest/Latest Formations for Each Category 16.1 Earliest 16.2 Latest 17 List of Atlantic Hurricane Records 18 Worldwide cyclone records set by Atlantic storms 19 Earliest formation records 19.1 By storm number 19.2 By category 20 Naming 21 Strength related 22 Intensification 23 Most number of named storms 24 Other records 25 References 26 See also

[edit] Retired names

Hurricane names can be retired due to the notoriety of the storm if a nation affected by the storm lobbies the World Meteorological Organization.

Further information: List of retired Atlantic hurricanes

Retired Atlantic hurricanes
Carol	Edna	Hazel	Connie
Diane	Ione	Janet	Audrey
Gracie	Donna	Carla	Hattie
Flora	Cleo	Dora	Hilda
Betsy	Inez	Beulah	Camille
Celia	Agnes	Carmen	Fifi
Eloise	Anita	David	Frederic
Allen	Alicia	Elena	Gloria
Gilbert	Joan	Hugo	Diana
Klaus	Bob	Andrew	Luis
Marilyn	Opal	Roxanne	Cesar
Fran	Hortense	Georges	Mitch
Floyd	Lenny	Keith	Allison
Iris	Michelle	Isidore	Lili
Fabian	Isabel	Juan	Charley
Frances	Ivan	Jeanne	Dennis
Katrina	Rita	Stan	Wilma
Main article: List of retired Atlantic hurricanes

[edit] Unnamed but historically significant

Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale
TD	TS	1	2	3	4	5

Name	Year	Notes
Columbus Hurricane	1495	Reported by Christopher Columbus; First definite hurricane report; three ships sunk
Great Colonial Hurricane	1635	First recorded hurricane to hit New England
Harry Cane of 1667	1667	First major hurricane in Virginia, estimated 10,000 homes destroyed, estimated Cat 3/4
Newfoundland Hurricane	1775	Killed over 4,000 people
Great Hurricane	1780	Deadliest Atlantic hurricane on record; over 22,000 killed
Great September Gale	1815	Category 4 New England strike
Norfolk and Long Island Hurricane	1821	200 deaths as it raced up the Atlantic coast
Racer's Storm	1837	105 deaths on 2,000 mile track from Caribbean to Texas to North Carolina
Last Island Hurricane	1856	400 people dead. The island and the resort on it never resurfaced.
Indianola Hurricane	1886	destroyed Indianola, Texas.
New York Hurricane	1893	Category 1 direct strike on New York City. Weakened from a category 3.
Sea Islands Hurricane	1893	killed 1,000 – 2,000 people on the Georgia and South Carolina coasts.
Chenier Caminanda Hurricane	1893	killed 2,000 people in Louisiana.
Hurricane San Ciriaco	1899	traversed the Atlantic for 31 days.
Galveston Hurricane of 1900	1900	Deadliest natural disaster in US history (as of 2005); 8,000 - 12,000 killed
March Hurricane	1908	reached Category 2 strength in March.
1915 Galveston Hurricane	1915	Strongest storm in 15 years; 17 foot tall Seawall, built after 1900 storm, saved city.
Great Miami Hurricane	1926	Florida's economy didn't recover until the 1950s.
Okeechobee Hurricane	1928	Wrecked Guadaloupe, Puerto Rico, and Florida; killed over 4,000
Dominican Republic Hurricane	1930	killed 8,000 people
Labor Day Hurricane	1935	Struck the Florida Keys; strongest storm to ever hit the United States. Killed 423. {164 residents+259 World War I Veterans}
Great New England Hurricane	1938	Killed 600, fastest moving hurricane recorded.
Surprise Hurricane	1943	First intentional flight into a hurricane; last hurricane advisory censored due to war; 19 killed.
Fort Lauderdale Hurricane	1947	stormed through Fort Lauderdale just weakened from a Category 5.
1991 Halloween Nor’easter	1991	Also known as "The Perfect Storm"

[edit] Listed by death toll

Deadliest Atlantic hurricanes
Rank	Hurricane	Season	Fatalities
1	"Great Hurricane"	1780	22,000
2	Mitch	1998	11,000 – 18,000
3	"Galveston"	1900	8,000 – 12,000
4	Fifi	1974	8,000 – 10,000
5	"Dominican Republic"	1930	2,000 – 8,000
6	Flora	1963	7,186 – 8,000
7	"Pointe-a-Pitre"	1776	6,000+
8	"Newfoundland	1775	4,000 – 4,163
9	"Okeechobee"	1928	4,075+
10	"San Ciriaco"	1899	3,433+
Main article: List of deadliest Atlantic hurricanes

[edit] Listed by cost

The following are the costliest known Atlantic hurricanes in 2007 USD.

Cost (billions)	Name	Year
$81.2	Hurricane Katrina[1]	2005
$38.1	Hurricane Andrew[2]	1992
$30.4	Hurricane Wilma[3][4][5][6]	2005
$18.1	Hurricane Ivan[7][8]	2004
$16.2	Hurricane Charley[9][10]	2004
$15.23	Hurricane Agnes[11]	1972
$14.1	Hurricane Hugo[12][13]	1989
$10.5	Hurricane Rita[14]	2005
$10.4	Hurricane Frances[12][8][15]	2004
$9.35	Hurricane Betsy[12][16]	1965
$8	Hurricane Jeanne[12][8][17][18]	2004
$7.97	Hurricane Camille[12]	1969
$7.92	Hurricane Georges[19][20][18]	1998
$7.8	Hurricane Mitch[21][22][23][24][25]	1998
$6.5	Hurricane Frederic[12]	1979
$6.39	Tropical Storm Allison[26][27][28]	2001
$6.38	Hurricane Diane[12]	1955
$5.6	Hurricane Floyd[12]	1999

[edit] Listed by cost (United States only)

There are several ways to express the monetary cost of a hurricane, by inflation adjusted cost, cost at the time, and cost if the hurricane were to strike today. ^[29][30]

Care should be taken not to confuse "economic impact" estimates (often used for modern hurricanes like Katrina) with damage costs; it is the latter that are included in this list (and in all hurricane articles).

Note that these charts are only based on damage in the U.S.; the total in many of these storms is higher due to damage in the Caribbean, Central America, Mexico or Canada, but information for most storms that affected these areas is not consistently available except for very recent systems.

Storms with a * next to their name indicates the name was not retired.

See also: Template:Costliest US Atlantic hurricanes

[edit] Listed by 2005 inflation adjusted cost

Cost (billions)	Name	Year
$81.2	Hurricane Katrina	2005
$44.9	Hurricane Andrew	1992
$20.6	Hurricane Wilma	2005
$15.4	Hurricane Charley	2004
$14.2	Hurricane Ivan	2004
$12.6	Hurricane Hugo	1989
$11.6	Hurricane Agnes	1972
$11.1	Hurricane Betsy	1965
$10.0	Hurricane Rita	2005
$9.1	Hurricane Frances	2004
$9.1	Hurricane Camille	1969
$7.2	Hurricane Diane	1955
$7.1	Hurricane Jeanne	2004
$6.5	Hurricane Frederic	1979
$6.2	New England Hurricane of 1938	1938
$6.0	Tropical Storm Allison	2001
$6.0	Hurricane Floyd	1999
$5.5	Great Atlantic Hurricane of 1944	1944
$4.6	Hurricane Fran	1996
$4.5	Hurricane Alicia	1983
$4.4	Hurricane Opal	1995
$4.0	Hurricane Carol	1954
$3.7	Hurricane Isabel	2003
$3.2	Hurricane Juan*	1985
$3.1	Hurricane Donna	1960
$2.9	Hurricane Celia	1970
$2.7	Hurricane Bob	1991
$2.7	Hurricane Elena	1985
$2.5	Hurricane Carla	1961
$2.23	Hurricane Dennis	2005
$2.2	Great Miami Hurricane of 1926	1926
$2.1	Hurricane Eloise	1975
$2.1	Galveston Hurricane of 1915	1915
$2.1	Hurricane Dora	1964
Source: [31] ([32])

[edit] Listed by cost at the time

Cost (billions)	Name	Year
$81.2	Hurricane Katrina	2005
$26.5	Hurricane Andrew	1992
$16.8	Hurricane Wilma	2005
$15.0	Hurricane Charley	2004
$14.2	Hurricane Ivan	2004
$9.4	Hurricane Rita	2005
$8.9	Hurricane Frances	2004
$7.0	Hurricane Hugo	1989
$6.9	Hurricane Jeanne	2004
$5.0	Tropical Storm Allison	2001
$4.5	Hurricane Floyd	1999
$3.37	Hurricane Isabel	2003
$3.2	Hurricane Fran	1996
$3.0	Hurricane Opal	1995
$2.3	Hurricane Frederic	1979
$2.23	Hurricane Dennis	2005
$2.1	Hurricane Agnes	1972
$2.0	Hurricane Alicia	1983
$1.5	Hurricane Bob	1991
$1.5	Hurricane Juan*	1985
$1.42	Hurricane Camille	1969
$1.42	Hurricane Betsy	1965
$1.25	Hurricane Elena	1985
$1.155	Hurricane Georges	1998
$0.9	Hurricane Gloria	1985
$0.86	Hurricane Lili	2002
$0.83	Hurricane Diane	1955
$0.80	Hurricane Irene*	1999
$0.72	Hurricane Bonnie*	1998
$0.70	Hurricane Erin*	1995
$0.50	Tropical Storm Allison*	1989
$0.50	Tropical Storm Alberto*	1994
$0.50	Tropical Storm Frances*	1998
$0.49	Hurricane Eloise	1975
$0.46	Hurricane Carol	1954
Source: NOAA

[edit] Listed by wealth normalization for 2004

This list is adjusted for 2004 inflation and wealth normalization, which is basically an estimation of what the hurricane would cost if it struck today. Estimates have been made for hurricanes that occurred after 2004.

Cost (billions)	Name	Year
$101.97	Great Miami Hurricane	1926
$81.20	Hurricane Katrina	2005
$43.15	Hurricane Andrew	1992
$37.54	Galveston Hurricane of 1900	1900
$31.81	Galveston Hurricane of 1915	1915
$23.78	Sanibel Island Hurricane of 1944	1944
$23.45	New England Hurricane of 1938	1938
$19.46	Lake Okeechobee Hurricane of 1928	1928
$17.54	Hurricane Betsy	1965
$16.99	Hurricane Donna	1960
$15.46	Hurricane Camille	1969
$15.10	Hurricane Agnes	1972
$15.00	Hurricane Charley	2004
$14.43	Hurricane Diane	1955
$14.20	Hurricane Ivan	2004
$13.23	Hurricane Hugo	1989
$12.79	Hurricane Carol	1954
$12.20	Hurricane Wilma	2005
$11.72	Fort Lauderdale Hurricane of 1947	1947
$9.97	Hurricane Carla	1961
$9.93	Hurricane Hazel	1954
$9.40	Hurricane Rita	2005
$9.11	Great Atlantic Hurricane of 1944	1944
$8.90	South Florida Hurricane of 1945	1945
$8.90	Hurricane Frances	2004
$8.88	Hurricane Frederic	1979
$8.23	South Florida Hurricane of 1949	1949
$7.54	South Texas Hurricane of 1919	1919
$6.90	Hurricane Jeanne	2004
$6.25	Tropical Storm Allison	2001
$5.72	Hurricane Alicia	1983
$5.48	Hurricane Floyd	1999
$4.71	Hurricane Celia	1970
Source: [33].

[edit] Listed by number of tornadoes spawned

Note that tornado detection has increased markedly in recent decades, so the number of tornadoes are underestimated for older events.

Count	Name	Year
123	Hurricane Frances	2004
117	Hurricane Ivan	2004
115	Hurricane Beulah	1967
86	Hurricane Rita	2005
62	Hurricane Katrina	2005
39	Hurricane Danny	1985
34	Hurricane David	1979
33	Hurricane Cindy	2005
31	Hurricane Opal	1995
29	Hurricane Allen	1980
29	Hurricane Gilbert	1988
23	Hurricane Alicia	1983
21	Hurricane Audrey	1957
20	Hurricane Carla	1961
17	Hurricane Agnes	1972
17	Hurricane Cleo	1964
16	Hurricane Edith	1971
16	Tropical Storm Alberto	2006
15	Hurricane Gaston	2004
14	Hurricane Babe	1977
13	Labor Day Hurricane	1935
12	Subtropical Storm One	1982
11	Hurricane Juan	1985
11	unnamed	1916
10	Hurricane Dennis	2005
10	Hurricane Wilma	2005
10	Hurricane Elena	1985
10	Hurricane Frederic	1979
10	Hurricane Hilda	1964
5	Tropical Storm Allison	2001
Sources: Grazulis, Thomas P. (1993). "11", Significant Tornadoes 1680-1991, A Chronology and Analysis of Events. St. Johnsbury, VT: The Tornado Project of Environmental Films, 124-127. ISBN 1-879362-03-1.  , NHC, NWS

See also History of tropical cyclone-spawned tornadoes

[edit] Listed by duration

Tropical systems which have lasted longer than eighteen days:

Duration (days)	Name	Date
28	Hurricane San Ciriaco	August 1899
27.25	Hurricane Ginger	September 1971
24.75	Hurricane Inga	September 1969
22	Hurricane Kyle	September 2002
20.75	Hurricane Carrie	September 1957
	Hurricane Inez	September 1966
19.75	Hurricane Alberto	August 2000
19.5	Storm 4	September 1926
19.25	Storm 9	September 1893
18.75	Hurricane Ivan	September 2004
18.50	"Sea Islands"	August 1893
18	Storm 2	August 1930
	Hurricane Irene	August 2005
Sources: NOAA [34], [35] NHC [36]

Note: Hurricane Joan-Miriam lasted 22 days total, but is not placed here because it lasted that long between two basins: the Atlantic and the East Pacific.

[edit] Fastest forward speed

These are the fastest estimated recorded speeds of any tropical system (including tropical depressions, tropical storms, and hurricanes) between 1851 and 2004. It does not include extratropical systems which routinely reach very high forward speeds.

Rank	Speed	Name	Year	Day	Time
1	69 mph (111 km/h)	Tropical Storm Six	1961	September 15	1800 UTC
	69 mph (111 km/h)	Hurricane Emily	1987	September 26	1200 UTC
3	66 mph (107 km/h)	Tropical Storm Four	1970	August 18	1800 UTC
4	65 mph (105 km/h)	Hurricane Luis	1995	September 11	1200 UTC
5	63 mph (101 km/h)	Hurricane Lisa	1998	October 9	1800 UTC
6	62 mph (100 km/h)	Hurricane Fox	1951	September 10	0600 UTC
		Tropical Storm Helene	2000	September 25	1200 UTC
		Hurricane Irene	1999	October 19	0000 UTC
9	61 mph (98 km/h)	Hurricane Debbie	1969	August 25	1200 UTC
		Hurricane Gladys	1975	October 3	1200 UTC
		Hurricane 3	1884	September 19	0000 UTC
		Escuminac Hurricane	1959	June 19	1200 UTC
13	59 mph (96 km/h)	Tropical Storm Three	1897	September 25	1200 UTC
14	58 mph (94 km/h)	Hurricane Baker	1952	September 8	0600 UTC
15	57 mph (92 km/h)	Hurricane Isidore	2002	September 27	1200 UTC
[37]

[edit] Listed by seasonal activity

A hurricane with a peak intensity of category 3 or higher on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale is classified as major.

[edit] Listed by most total storms

Tropical storms	Year	Hurricanes			Notes
		Total	Minor	Major
28	2005	15	8	7	4 category 5s, 1 subtropical storm
21	1933	10	5	5
19	1887	11	9	2
	1995	11	6	5
18	1969	12	7	5	1 subtropical storm, 1 category 5
16	1936	7	6	1
	2003	7	4	3	1 category 5
15	2000	8	5	3	1 subtropical storm
	2001	9	5	4
	2004	9	3	6	1 subtropical storm, 1 category 5
14	1953	6	2	4
	1990	8	7	1
	1998	10	7	3	1 category 5
13	1949	7	4	3
	1950	11	3	8	1 category 5
	1971	6	5	1
	1984	5	4	1	1 subtropical storm
	1996	9	3	6
12	1878	10	8	2
	1886	10	6	4
	1893	10	5	5
	1901	5	5	0
	1955	9	3	6	1 category 5
	1964	6	0	6
	1978	5	3	2	1 subtropical storm
	1981	7	4	3	1 subtropical storm
	1988	5	2	3	1 category 5
	1999	8	3	5
	2002	4	2	2

[edit] Listed by fewest total storms

Seasons prior to 1965 are not included due to lack of accurate data for the period.

Total storms	Year	Tropical storms	Hurricanes		Notes
			Minor	Major
4	1983	1	2	1
6	1965	2	3	1
	1977	1	4	1	1 category 5
	1982	3	1	1	1 subtropical storm
	1986	2	4	0
7	1972	1	3	0	3 subtropical storms
	1987	4	2	1
	1992	2	3	1	1 subtropical storm, 1 category 5
	1994	4	3	0

[edit] Off-season storms

This section lists Atlantic storms that formed outside of the official hurricane season; June 1 - November 30. These storms are very unusual and thus they all merit inclusion on this page. The majority of off-season storms formed in May, with 18 total storms since 1851 [1].

• Tropical Storm One, 1887 - formed May 15.
• Tropical Storm Two, 1887 - formed May 17.
• Hurricane Eighteen, 1887 - formed December 4.
• Tropical Storm Nineteen, 1887 - formed December 7, making 1887 the year with the most off season storms (four). 19 also made the only recorded landfall in Costa Rica.
• March Hurricane of 1908 – formed March 6. Earliest formation of a hurricane. Reached category two status.
• Hurricane Two, 1908 - formed May 24.
• Tropical Storm One, 1932 - formed May 5 and lasted until May 11.
• Tropical storm One formed on May 27 and lasted until the 31st. It struck the Everglades and became one of the earliest ever U.S. landfalling storms.
• Hurricane Able - Category 3 in May, 1951. Earliest major hurricane.
• 1952 Groundhog Day Storm, 1952 - formed on February 2 and hit south Florida. Earliest U.S. landfall.
• Tropical Storm Alice, 1953 - formed on May 25.
• Tropical Storm 14, 1953 - formed on December 7.
• Hurricane Alice, 1954 - formed in late December and continued until early January. Alice is the latest storm to form in a season.
• Hurricane Alma, 1970 - formed May 17.
• Subtropical Storm Two, 1975 - formed December 9.
• Subtropical Storm One, 1978 - formed January 18, the earliest formation on record in the Atlantic since record keeping began in 1851. Only storm to form in January. One of only three storms to exist in January, the other two being Alice (54-55) and Zeta (05-06).
• Tropical Storm Arlene, 1981 - formed May 6.
• Hurricane Lili, 1984 - formed December 12. Latest Atlantic landfall ever recorded; Dominican Republic on December 24 as a depression.
• Subtropical Storm One, 1992 - One of only five subtropical or tropical cyclones to develop in the Atlantic from January to April on record [2]. Formed April 21.
• Tropical Storm Ana, 2003 - First North Atlantic tropical system ever recorded to develop in April.
• Tropical Storm Odette, 2003 - First tropical system to develop in December in the Caribbean Sea in recorded history.
• Tropical Storm Peter, 2003 - First time two tropical systems developed in December in 116 years.
• Tropical Storm Zeta, 2005 - formed December 30, just falling short of Alice's record for latest storm development on record.

[edit] Category 5 hurricanes

Becoming a Category 5 (sustained windspeeds greater than 155 mph) is achieved on a regular basis in the Western Pacific but is rare in the Atlantic. Only 29 Atlantic hurricanes are known to have reached Category 5 and only 11 made landfall while at this intensity. Only three times have more than one Category 5 formed in the same season: two in 1960 and 1961, and four in 2005. (Several earlier storms may have also reached Category 5 intensity, but their peak winds cannot be verified due to the lack of technology necessary to measure wind speeds.)

Category 5 Atlantic hurricanes
Name	Season	Name	Season
"Okeechobee"	1928	"Bahamas"	1932
"Labor Day"	1935	"New England"	1938
"Fort Lauderdale"	1947	Dog	1950
Easy	1951	Janet	1955
Cleo	1958	Donna	1960
Ethel	1960	Carla	1961
Hattie	1961	Beulah	1967
Camille	1969	Edith	1971
Anita	1977	David	1979
Allen	1980	Gilbert	1988
Hugo	1989	Andrew	1992
Mitch	1998	Isabel	2003
Ivan	2004	Emily	2005
Katrina	2005	Rita	2005
Wilma	2005
Main article: List of Category 5 Atlantic hurricanes

[edit] Listed by intensity

Most intense Atlantic hurricanes Intensity is measured solely by central pressure
Rank	Hurricane	Season	Min. pressure
1	Wilma	2005	882 mbar (hPa)
2	Gilbert	1988	888 mbar (hPa)
3	"Labor Day"	1935	892 mbar (hPa)
4	Rita	2005	895 mbar (hPa)
5	Allen	1980	899 mbar (hPa)
6	Katrina	2005	902 mbar (hPa)
7	Camille	1969	905 mbar (hPa)
	Mitch	1998	905 mbar (hPa)
9	Ivan	2004	910 mbar (hPa)
10	Janet	1955	914 mbar (hPa)
Source: U.S. Department of Commerce

[edit] Strongest storm in each month

The Atlantic hurricane season runs from June 1 to November 30. Intensity is measured solely by central pressure.

Month	Name	Year	Minimum pressure
January	Zeta*	2006	994 mb (hPa)
February	unnamed**	1952	1004 mb (hPa)
March	unnamed**	1908	<999 mb (hPa)
April	Ana	2003	994 mb (hPa)
May	unnamed†	1908	989 mb (hPa)
June	Audrey	1957	946 mb (hPa)
July	Emily	2005	929 mb (hPa)
August	Allen	1980	899 mb (hPa)
September	Gilbert	1988	888 mb (hPa)
October	Wilma	2005	882 mb (hPa)
November	Lenny	1999	933 mb (hPa)
	Michelle	2001	933 mb (hPa)
December	Nicole‡	1998	979 mb (hPa)

* Tropical storm Zeta formed in 2005 but continued into January 2006

** These are the strongest systems in these months by virtue of being the only known systems.

† Hurricane Able in May 1951 was a Category 3, a full two categories stronger than the unnamed May hurricane of 1908. However, there were no readings of pressure for this storm, so it can not accurately be placed on this list.

‡ Storm 2 reached category two strength in December of 1925, but there was also a lack of pressure readings. Nicole was only a category one.

[edit] Atlantic-Eastern Pacific crossover storms

Season	Storm (Atlantic)	Storm (E.Pacific)
1961	Hattie - Inga (see below)	Simone
1971	Irene	Olivia
1974	Fifi	Orlene
1978	Greta	Olivia
1988	Joan	Miriam
1996	Cesar	Douglas

Tropical Storm Bret from 1993 retained its circulation and was designated Tropical Depression 8-E upon reaching the Pacific. The depression dissipated, reorganized, and became Hurricane Greg.

Tropical Storm Simone in the Pacific, itself formerly Hurricane Hattie in the Atlantic, appears to have became Tropical Storm Inga in the Atlantic. (From Weatherwise, August 1963). ^[38]

Hurricane Debby in 1988 crossed over Mexico and became Tropical Depression 17-E in the E. Pacific, but ended up dissipating before becoming a storm.

Hurricane Gert in 1993 crossed over Mexico and became Tropical Depression 14-E in the E. Pacific, but ended up dissipating before becoming a storm.

In addition, numerous storms have crossed Central America and lost their circulation, but reformed over open waters. Remnants of tropical cyclones have done this as well, for example, the remnants of 2004's Tropical Storm Earl becoming Hurricane Frank in the Pacific.

[edit] Unusual landfalls

[edit] Europe

See also: Category:Hurricanes in Europe

Note: Europe has been hit by many tropical cyclones after they became extratropical. The following includes either a European tropical landfall, or came close to hitting as a tropical cyclone.

• 1961 - Hurricane Debbie became extratropical just before striking western Ireland, causing heavy damage.
• 1966 - Hurricane Faith struck Faroe Islands (while tropical) and Scandinavia (while extratropical), killing one person.
• 1967 - Hurricane Chloe became extratropical just before making landfall in France as a 40 mph storm.
• 1996 - Hurricane Lili was declared extratropical shortly before striking the British Isles with tropical storm force winds.
• 1998 - Hurricane Jeanne became extratropical as it made landfall in Portugal in October.
• 2005 - Hurricane Vince made landfall while tropical in southern Spain, the only tropical system ever recorded to make landfall on mainland Europe.[3]
• 2006 - Hurricane Gordon became extratropical shortly before performing a large loop off the coast of Europe, causing minimal wind damage.

[edit] Azores

• 1926 - A hurricane performed a large loop around the islands as a category three, two, one and a tropical storm.
• 1959 - Hurricane Hannah passed over the Azores as a category two.
• 1990 - Tropical Storm Edouard stalled directly over the Azores but there was little damage.
• 1992 - Hurricane Bonnie skirted the islands. One person died on the island of St. Michaels.
• 1995 - Hurricane Tanya affected the Azores causing minimal damage.
• 2005 - An unnamed subtropical storm passed almost directly over the Azores, although there was no damage reported
• 2006 - Hurricane Gordon passed through the Azores as a Category 1 and then a tropical storm, nearly making landfall on Pico Island and causing damage in northern parts of Spain and Portugal.

[edit] West African Coast

• 1973 - Tropical Storm Christine formed as a 35-mph tropical depression inland along the northern coast of Guinea. This is the only time a tropical cyclone has ever existed over the West African mainland.
• 2005 - Tropical Storm Delta's remnants made landfall in Morroco, but caused no damage.

[edit] Cape Verde Islands

• 1982 - Tropical Storm Beryl made landfall in Brava, killing 115 people.
• 1984 - Tropical Storm Fran killed 32 in the archipelago

[edit] Venezuela

See also: Category:Hurricanes in Venezuela

• 1933 - An early season hurricane made landfall in Venezuela as a category one. Any damage is unknown. ^[39]
• 1974 - Tropical Storm Alma made landfall in Venezuela in August, causing almost no damage.
• 1988 - Hurricane Joan affected Venezuela as a tropical storm, bringing heavy rains that caused severe flashflooding.
• 1993 - Tropical Storm Bret caused severe mudslides that killed 173 people.

[edit] Canary Islands

See also: Category:Hurricanes in the Canary Islands

• 2005 - Tropical Storm Delta caused severe damage across the Canary Islands and left 7 people dead shortly after becoming extratropical. It caused no significant damage in Morocco when it later made landfall there.

[edit] Panama

• 1969 - Hurricane Martha made the only recorded landfall in Panama as a tropical storm.

[edit] New Jersey

See also: List of New Jersey hurricanes

• 1804 - A hurricane hit near Atlantic City, capsizing two ships in the state
• 1821 - The Norfolk and Long Island Hurricane moved across the Delaware Bay and hits Cape May as a major hurricane, causing heavy damage
• 1903 - A hurricane made landfall on Atlantic City with winds of 80 mph

[edit] Extreme latitudes and longitudes

This list contains tropical cyclones that formed or moved to an extraordinary latitude or longitude. This list may include storms that reach extreme north latitude, or very equatorial cyclones.

• 1966 - Hurricane Faith became extratropical farther north than any other tropical cyclone, at about 62°N. It was still a Category 2-strength storm at the time.
• 1971 - Hurricane #2 became a hurricane at 46°N, the highest latitude a Tropical Storm has been upgraded in the Atlantic.
• 1973 - Tropical Storm Christine developed as a tropical depression at 14°W over western Africa, the eastern-most tropical depression formation in the Atlantic basin.
• 1973 - Hurricane Ellen became a major hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson Scale at 42.1°N, making Ellen the furthest north a hurricane has reached major hurricane strength, and was one of only two storm to reach that strength above 38°N.
• 1990 - Hurricane Isidore formed lower than any other tropical cyclone on record for the North Atlantic, 7.2°N.
• 2004 - Hurricane Alex was the other hurricane to gain major hurricane status above 38°N, obtaining it at 38.5°N and keeping it until it reached 42.7°N, and was stronger than Ellen at its peak. Ellen was farther north.
• 2004 - Hurricane Ivan became a Category 3 at 9.6°N latitude, the lowest latitude ever recorded for a major hurricane.
• 2005 - Hurricane Vince formed at a record northeast point in the Atlantic. Vince also became a hurricane further east than any storm in Atlantic history at 18.9°W.

[edit] Earliest/Latest Formations for Each Category

Below is a list of the earliest and latest forming hurricanes for each category.

[edit] Earliest

Category	Year	Storm	Date Reached
TS	1952	"Groundhog Day"	February 2
1	1908	Storm 1	March 6
2	1908	Storm 1	March 7
3	1951	Hurricane Able	May 21
4	1957	Hurricane Audrey	June 27
5	2005	Hurricane Emily	July 17

[edit] Latest

Category	Year	Storm	Date Reached
TS	1954	Hurricane Alice	December 30
1	1954	Hurricane Alice	December 31
2	1925	Storm 2	December 2
3	1985	Hurricane Kate	November 20
4	1999	Hurricane Lenny	November 17
	1912	Storm 6
5	1961	Hurricane Hattie	October 30

[edit] List of Atlantic Hurricane Records

This page contains records for the Atlantic Basin for each Hurricane Season since record keeping began. Only those storms that set basin or worldwide records are shown.

[edit] Worldwide cyclone records set by Atlantic storms

• Most rapid intensification in a 24 hour period: Wilma 2005 October 17 - 98mb (previous record: Super Typhoon Forrest 1983 - Western Pacific - 92mb)
• First Storm named after a Greek Letter: Alpha - 1972 (It should be noted that the Alpha that formed in 1972 was sub-tropical, whereas the Alpha that formed in 2005 was truly tropical.)

[edit] Earliest formation records

[edit] By storm number

Earliest formation of Atlantic Basin Hurricanes by storm number
Storm Number	Earliest		Next Earliest
	Name	Date of Formation	Name		Date of Formation
1	Unnamed	January 18, 1978	Unnamed		February 2, 1952
2	Unnamed	May 17, 1887	Unnamed		May 26, 1908
3	Unnamed	June 12, 1887	Unnamed		June 18, 1959
4	Dennis	July 5, 2005	Cindy		July 7, 1959
5	Emily	July 11, 2005	Danny		July 16, 1997
6	Franklin	July 21, 2005	Unnamed		August 4, 1936
7	Gert	July 24, 2005	Unnamed		August 7, 1936
8	Harvey	August 3, 2005	Unnamed		August 15, 1936
9	Irene	August 7, 2005	Unnamed		August 20, 1936
10	Jose	August 22, 2005	Jerry		August 23, 1995
11	Katrina	August 24, 2005	TIE	Unnamed	August 28, 1933
				Unnamed	August 28, 1936
				Karen	August 28, 1995
12	Luis	August 29, 1995	TIE	Unnamed	August 31, 1933
				Lee	August 31, 2005
13	Maria	September 2, 2005	Unnamed		September 8, 1936
14	Nate	September 5, 2005	Unnamed		September 10, 1936
15	Ophelia	September 7, 2005	Unnamed		September 16, 1933
16	Philippe	September 17, 2005	Unnamed		September 27, 1933
17	Rita	September 18, 2005	Unnamed		September 28, 1933
18	Unnamed	October 1, 1933	Stan		October 2, 2005
19	Tammy	October 5, 2005	Unnamed		October 25, 1933
20	Vince	October 9, 2005	Unnamed		October 26, 1933
21	Wilma	October 17, 2005	Unnamed		November 15, 1933
22	Alpha	October 22, 2005	N/A		N/A
23	Beta	October 27, 2005	N/A		N/A
24	Gamma	November 18, 2005	N/A		N/A
25	Delta	November 23, 2005	N/A		N/A
26	Epsilon	November 29, 2005	N/A		N/A
27	Zeta	December 30, 2005	N/A		N/A
Based on data from: U.S. NOAA Coastal Service Center - Historical Hurricane Tracks Tool

[edit] By category

• Earliest Category 1: - Unnamed - March 6, 1908
• Earliest Category 2: - Unnamed - March 7, 1908
• Earliest Category 3: - Able - May 21, 1951
• Earliest Category 4: - Audrey - June 27, 1957
• Earliest Category 4 (Caribbean): - Dennis - July 10, 2005
• Earliest Category 5: - Emily - July 16, 2005

[edit] Naming

• First season to use the letter "M": Martha, 1969
• First season to use the letter "N": Nana, 1990
• First season to use the letter "O": Opal, 1995
• First season to use the letter "P": Pablo, 1995
• First season to use the letter "R": Roxanne, 1995
• First season to use the letter "S": Sebastien, 1995
• First season to use the letter "T": Tanya, 1995
• First season to use the letter "V": Vince, 2005
• First season to use the letter "W": Wilma, 2005
• First season to use a Greek Letter Worldwide: 1972
• Season with most named storms: 28 - 2005

[edit] Strength related

Most intense Atlantic hurricanes Intensity is measured solely by central pressure
Rank	Hurricane	Season	Min. pressure
1	Wilma	2005	882 mbar (hPa)
2	Gilbert	1988	888 mbar (hPa)
3	"Labor Day"	1935	892 mbar (hPa)
4	Rita	2005	895 mbar (hPa)
5	Allen	1980	899 mbar (hPa)
6	Katrina	2005	902 mbar (hPa)
7	Camille	1969	905 mbar (hPa)
	Mitch	1998	905 mbar (hPa)
9	Ivan	2004	910 mbar (hPa)
10	Janet	1955	914 mbar (hPa)
Source: U.S. Department of Commerce

• Strongest storm in June - Audrey - 1957 Atlantic hurricane season - 946mb - 145mph
• Strongest storm in July - Emily - 2005 Atlantic Hurricane Season - 929mb - 160mph
• Strongest storm in August - Allen - 1980 Atlantic hurricane season - 899mb - 190mph
• Strongest storm in September - Gilbert - 1988 Atlantic hurricane season - 888mb - 185mph
• Strongest storm in October - Wilma - 2005 Atlantic hurricane season - 882mb - 185mph
• Strongest storm in November - Lenny (1999 Atlantic hurricane season) and Michelle (2001 Atlantic hurricane season) - 933mb (Lenny was stronger though due to higher maximum sustained winds by technicality...and a measurement of 929 mb by the hurricane hunter...[4])
• Strongest storm in the off-season - Nicole - 1998 Atlantic hurricane season - 979mb - 85mph

[edit] Intensification

• Hours to go from Tropical Storm to Category 5: 16 hours - 70mph to 155mph - Hurricane Wilma 2005
• Maximum pressure drop in 12 hours: 90+mb - Wilma 2005
• Maximum pressure drop in 24 hours: 98mb - Wilma 2005 - 1200 UTC October 18 to October 19

[edit] Most number of named storms

Number of named storm occurrences by Month
Month	During			Next
	Number of storms	Season		Number of storms	Season
June	5	2005
July
August	8	2004	7	TIE	1995
					2005
September	8	2002
October	6	TIE	1950
			2005
November
December
Based on data from: U.S. NOAA Coastal Service Center - Historical Hurricane Tracks Tool

• Hurricanes: 15 - 2005
• Retired Hurricanes: 5 - 2005
• Major Hurricanes - 8 - 1950
• 2 Consecutive Seasons - 43 - 2004 and 2005
• Category 5 - 4 - 2005
• Category 4 before August - 2 - 2005

[edit] Other records

• Earliest known hurricane spawned tornado - September 10, 1811, South Carolina
• Earliest known tropical cyclone to hit the Iberian Peninsula - Vince 2005

[edit] References

[edit] See also

• List of notable tropical cyclones
• List of notable Pacific hurricanes
• List of Atlantic hurricane seasons