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Hurricane Bob, the most recent tropical cyclone to make landfall in New England at hurricane strength on August 19, 1991. A New England hurricane is a tropical cyclone originating in the Atlantic Ocean that affects the U.S. states of Connecticut, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, Vermont, New Hampshire, or Maine.
Lesser Antilles Hurricane 1780 November 17 New England: A tropical cyclone moved up the east coast of the United States, disrupting the British blockade of the New England states. 1781 August 1–2 Jamaica: N/A Many ships washed ashore [220] 1781 August 9–11 South Carolina, North Carolina: N/A The Occupation of Charleston Storm [221] [222] 1781
The title "Great Chesapeake Bay Hurricane of 1769" is only one name for the storm, and one of recent origin. [13] [10] [14] [15] Modern tropical cyclone naming schemes were not institituted until later. Historian and meteorologist David M. Ludlum discusses the storm twice in his 1963 work Early American Hurricanes 1492-1970.
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 ...
Unlikely connected storm with three 1838 storms affecting New England coastline this year given the date. 1638 Rhode Island, Massachusetts and New England coast October 5 [O.S. September 25] Rain, winds, caused high tides in river and bay, but did little damage. Hurricane out at sea. [36] 1638 Rhode Island, Massachusetts and New England coast
The Galveston Hurricane. Year: 1900 Death Toll: 6,000–12,000 Financial Impact: Estimated $30 million at the time (~$700 million adjusted for inflation) At the time, 38,000 people lived in ...
It was the costliest natural disaster in the history of the U.S. at the time. When the 1992 hurricane season ended, the name Andrew was removed from the list of future names for Atlantic tropical ...
Using sediment samples from Puerto Rico, the Gulf coast and the Atlantic coast from Florida to New England, Michael E. Mann et al. (2009) found consistent evidence of a peak in Atlantic tropical cyclone activity during the Medieval Warm Period followed by a subsequent lull in activity. [4]