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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. Due to geography and climatology, the vast majority of tropical cyclone strikes to the New England region occur in Connecticut, Rhode Island, and eastern ...
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.
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
Tracks of hurricanes that made landfall between 1938 and 1991. NOTE: This entry was written before Post-Tropical Storm Lee made landfall in Nova Scotia with 70 mph sustained winds on Sept. 16, 2023.
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 ...
The Great New England Hurricane. Year: 1938 Death Toll: 682 Financial Impact: Estimated $306 million at the time (~$4.7 billion adjusted for inflation) Called the "Long Island Express," this ...
Here are the top 5 U.S. states hit with the most hurricanes, ... A heavy rain falls on the New Orleans Katrina Memorial the day after the 15th anniversary of the storm. Hurricane Katrina, in ...
These hurricanes affected the six states of New England. Subcategories. ... 1815 New England hurricane; 1821 Norfolk and Long Island hurricane; 1869 Saxby Gale;