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The following list of names was used for named storms that formed in the North Atlantic in 2004. [95] This was the same list used for the 1998 season, [96] except for Gaston and Matthew, which replaced Georges and Mitch respectively. [97] Storms were named Gaston, Matthew, and Otto for the first time in 2004.
Hurricane Charley prior to moving ashore on South Florida on August 13. 12:30 a.m. EDT (0430 UTC) – Hurricane Charley makes its first landfall in Cuba as a Category 3 storm with 120 mph (190 km/h) winds, but weakening back down to Category 2 as it leaves the island just west of Havana. [5]
August 5 – Hurricane Debby made landfall near peak intensity as a Category 1 hurricane with sustained winds of 80 mph (130 km/h) near Steinhatchee in the Big Bend region, 17 miles (27 km) from where Hurricane Idalia struck a year prior. Five fatalities were reported in the state after the passage of the storm, three of which occurred in ...
The 1935 Labor Day hurricane was the most intense hurricane to make landfall on the country, having struck the Florida Keys with a pressure of 892 mbar.It was one of only seven hurricanes to move ashore as a Category 5 hurricane on the Saffir–Simpson hurricane scale; the others were "Okeechobee" in 1928, Karen in 1962, Camille in 1969, Andrew in 1992, Michael in 2018, and Yutu in 2018, which ...
What if All of the Hurricane Names for the Year Have Been Used Up? ... 2004: Charley, Frances, Ivan and Jeanne 2005: Dennis, Katrina, Rita, Stan and Wilma 2007: Dean, Felix and Noel
Since 1979, the same six lists have been used by the United States National Hurricane Center (NHC) to name systems, with names of significant tropical cyclones retired from the lists permanently and replaced with new names as required at the following year's hurricane committee meeting. [2]
2004's hurricanes challenged forecasters with their eccentricities. Norcross said the storms of 2004 were all very different. Tiny Charley exploded from a Cat 2 to a Cat 4 in just five hours.
Lists of Atlantic hurricanes, or tropical cyclones in the Atlantic Ocean, are organized by the properties of the hurricane or by the location most affected. By property [ edit ]