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From 1951 to 2000, Pacific hurricanes most frequently struck the northwestern Mexican states Baja California Sur or Sinaloa, as well as Michoacán in southern Mexico. Atlantic hurricanes during the same period were most likely to hit Quintana Roo along the eastern Yucatán peninsula and Veracruz along the Bay of Campeche. Along both coasts, the ...
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 ...
Print/export Download as PDF; Printable version; ... Largest Atlantic hurricanes By diameter of gale-force winds; Rank System Season Diameter mi km 1 Sandy: 2012: 1,150
The 10 costliest Atlantic hurricanes as of January 2023.. As of November 2024, there have been 1,745 tropical cyclones of at least tropical storm intensity, 971 at hurricane intensity, and 338 at major hurricane intensity within the Atlantic Ocean since 1851, the first Atlantic hurricane season to be included in the official Atlantic tropical cyclone record. [1]
The hurricane damaged more than 30,000 homes and left 1,900 people homeless. The storm also damaged 1,373 businesses and destroyed 50, including a hospital. The storm killed 3, injured 38, [36] and caused up to $330 million in damage (2004 USD). [35] This was the first hurricane ever reported in the Atlantic, south of the equator.
Tropical Storm Marco in the Bay of Campeche [26] Largest eye: 370 km (230 mi) August 20, 1960 August 17, 1997: Typhoon Carmen and Typhoon Winnie in the northwest Pacific Ocean [27] [28] Smallest eye : 3.7 km (2.3 mi) October 19, 2005: Hurricane Wilma in the Caribbean Sea [29] Fastest intensification (1-minute sustained surface winds)
The storm destroyed plantations and limited the supply of cassava bread. [23] September 1642 – Unnamed hurricane as day of storm is unknown. Based on reports, was a strong and large size hurricane. [24] August 1657 – Unnamed hurricane as day of storm is unknown. Caused significant damage to agriculture and crops on the island. [25]
The most intense storm by lowest pressure and peak 10-minute sustained winds was Typhoon Tip, which was also the most intense tropical cyclone ever recorded in terms of minimum central pressure. Storms with a minimum pressure of 899 hPa (26.55 inHg) or less are listed. Storm information was less reliably documented and recorded before 1950. [6]