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The 1979 Atlantic hurricane season was the first Atlantic hurricane season to include both male and female names on its list of tropical cyclone names. The season officially began on June 1, and lasted until November 30. These dates conventionally delimit the period of each year when most tropical cyclones form in the Atlantic basin. [1]
The 1979 Pacific hurricane season was an inactive North Pacific hurricane season, featuring 10 named storms, 6 hurricanes, and 4 major hurricanes. [ nb 1 ] All tropical cyclone activity this season was confined to the Eastern Pacific, east of 140°W .
As of 2024, 96 storm names have been retired. ... Ahead of the 1971 Atlantic hurricane season, ... August 25 – September 8, 1979: Category 5 hurricane: 175 mph (280 ...
Pages in category "1979 Atlantic hurricane season" The following 8 pages are in this category, out of 8 total. ... This page was last edited on 26 November 2024, at ...
A long-lived Cape Verde hurricane, David was the fourth named storm, second hurricane, and first major hurricane of the 1979 Atlantic hurricane season. David formed on August 25, in the eastern tropical Atlantic Ocean near Cape Verde off the coast of West Africa.
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 ...
Hurricane Bob was the first Atlantic tropical cyclone to be officially designated using a masculine name after the discontinuation of Joint Army/Navy Phonetic Alphabet names. [1] Bob brought moderate damage to portions of the United States Gulf Coast and areas farther inland in July 1979.
1979 hurricane season may refer to: The 1979 Atlantic hurricane season; The 1979 Pacific hurricane season This page was last edited on 10 ...