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The 1938 New England Hurricane (also referred to as the Great Long Island - New England Hurricane and the Long Island Express Hurricane) [1] [2] was one of the deadliest and most destructive tropical cyclones to strike the United States.
The 1938 Atlantic hurricane season produced fifteen tropical cyclones, of which nine strengthened into tropical storms.Four storms intensified into hurricanes. Two of those four became major hurricanes, the equivalent of a Category 3 or greater storm on the modern day Saffir–Simpson scale.
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.
September 17, 1938 – The 1938 New England hurricane is initially—but erroneously—forecast to strike Florida, with storm warnings issued from Jacksonville through Key West. [ 54 ] June 16, 1939 – The first storm of the season hits near Mobile, Alabama , with its outer rainbands dropping heavy rainfall across Florida and killing one child ...
Hollywood legend Katharine Hepburn, seen here in a still from the 1940 film 'The Philadelphia Story,' had a brush with death in 1938 when a powerful unnamed hurricane slammed parts of Long Island ...
On Sept. 21, 1938, Whale Rock's keeper, Daniel Sullivan, was ashore buying supplies while Eberle, an assistant, manned the lighthouse alone. With little warning, the hurricane struck.
September 21, 1938 – The New England Hurricane of 1938 passes a short distance east of the Outer Banks, causing heavy rainfall and gusty winds. [2] October 24, 1938 – A former tropical storm crosses the eastern portion of the state. [2] August 18, 1939 – A tornado spawned by a weakening tropical depression kills a person in the state. [19]
While Hurricane Diane is the wettest known tropical cyclone to impact New England, the 1938 New England hurricane produced the most rain in the state of Connecticut. [1] Nonetheless, the flood from Hurricane Diane led to a significant death toll (nearly 200) from Pennsylvania eastward through southern New England.