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The List of Atlantic hurricanes in the 17th century encompasses all known and suspected Atlantic tropical cyclones from the 1600 to 1699. Although records of every storm that occurred do not survive, the information presented here originated in sufficiently populated coastal communities and ships at sea that survived the tempests.
This was the first hurricane in the Atlantic basin observed and reported by Europeans as it occurred during Christopher Columbus's second voyage to Hispaniola. His fleet arrived at Saona on 23 September [O.S. 14 September] 1494, and the storm occurred shortly after this time. [11] 1495 late October Hispaniola
17th; 18th; 19th; 20th; ... Pages in category "17th-century Atlantic hurricane seasons" The following 2 pages are in this category, out of 2 total. This list may not ...
The 1780 Atlantic hurricane season was extraordinarily destructive and was the deadliest Atlantic hurricane season in recorded history with over 25,000 deaths. Four different hurricanes, three in October and one in June, caused at least 1,000 deaths each; this event has never been repeated and only in the 1893 and 2005 seasons were there two ...
Specifics on the hurricane's track and strength are unknown, as the official Atlantic hurricane database only goes back to 1851. [ 5 ] The hurricane struck Barbados likely as a Category 5 hurricane , with at least one estimate of wind gusts as high as 200 mph (320 km/h), [ 6 ] before moving past Martinique , Saint Lucia , and Sint Eustatius ...
The Great Colonial Hurricane of 1635 was an extraordinarily powerful and devastating Atlantic hurricane that brushed Colonial Virginia and struck the New England Colonies in late August 1635. Accounts of the storm are very limited, but it was likely the most intense hurricane to hit New England since European colonization.
Part of the 1775 Atlantic hurricane season The 1775 Newfoundland hurricane , also known as the Independence Hurricane , was a hurricane that struck the Thirteen Colonies and the Colony of Newfoundland in August and September, 1775, at the outset of the American War of Independence . [ 1 ]
2004 – A record number of hurricanes strike Florida in one year, Charley, Frances, Ivan, and Jeanne. 2005 – A record 27 named storms occur in the Atlantic. National Hurricane Center runs out of names from its standard list and uses Greek alphabet for the first time. [81] [82]