Atlantic Hurricanes

List of Atlantic Hurricanes

List of Retired Atlantic Hurricanes

https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/aboutnames_history.shtml

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_retired_Atlantic_hurricane_names

Continental United States Hurricane Strikes 1950 – 2014 (Map of all Hurricanes to Make Landfall with Category Markers)

https://www1.ncdc.noaa.gov/pub/data/images/posters/2014-Landfalling-Hurricanes-34×28.pdf

History of Hurricane Tracks by Year

https://weather.unisys.com/hurricane/index.php

Historical Hurricane Tracks Search

https://coast.noaa.gov/hurricanes/index.html

https://www.accuweather.com/en/hurricane/tracker

National Hurricane Center’s Tropical Cyclone Reports

https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/data/tcr/

Retired Atlantic Hurricanes listed by most recent:

2018 Atlantic Hurricanes

2017 Atlantic Hurricanes

2016 Atlantic Hurricanes

Hurricane Otto November 21, 2016 – November 26, 2016 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_Otto

Hurricane Otto was the first tropical cyclone since Hurricane Cesar–Douglas in 1996 to survive the crossover from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean, as well as the latest-forming major hurricane in the Atlantic basin on record. 

Highest winds: 115 mph

Damage: ≥ $190 million (2016 USD)

Direct fatalities: 17

Date: November 21, 2016 – November 26, 2016

Total fatalities: 23 total

Affected areas: Costa Rica, Colombia, Nicaragua, Panama

Hurricane Matthew September 28, 2016 – October 10, 2016 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_Matthew

Hurricane Matthew was a powerful and devastating tropical cyclone which became the first Category 5 Atlantic hurricane since Hurricane Felix in 2007. 

Date: September 28, 2016 – October 10, 2016

Category: Category 5 Hurricane (SSHS)

Total fatalities: 586 direct, 17 indirect

Lowest pressure: 934 mbar (hPa); 27.58 inHg

Affected areas: Haiti, Florida, Cuba, Venezuela, North Carolina, More

Did you know: Matthew is the ninth-costliest Atlantic hurricane ($15.09 billion in damage). 

2015 Atlantic Hurricanes

Hurricane Joaquin September 28, 2015 – October 15, 2015 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_Joaquin

Hurricane Joaquin was a powerful tropical cyclone that devastated several districts of the Bahamas and caused damage in the Turks and Caicos Islands, parts of the Greater Antilles, and Bermuda. 

Highest winds: 155 mph

Damage: $200 million (2015 USD)

Date: September 28, 2015 – October 15, 2015

Category: Category 4 Hurricane (SSHS)

Total fatalities: 34 direct

Affected areas: Cuba, Haiti, Bahamas, Bermuda, Archipelago of the Azores, Southeastern United States

Tropical Storm Erika August 25, 2015 – August 29, 2015 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tropical_Storm_Erika

Tropical Storm Erika of August 2015 was the deadliest natural disaster in Dominica since Hurricane David in 1979. The fifth named storm of the season, Erika developed from a westward-moving tropical wave while well east of the Lesser Antilles. 

Total fatalities: 30

Highest wind speed: 53 mph

Date: August 25, 2015 – August 29, 2015

Total fatalities: 31 direct, 4 indirect

Damage: $509.1 million (2015 USD)

Affected areas: Florida, Puerto Rico, Bahamas, Dominica, Antilles, Lesser Antilles, Southeastern United States

2014 Atlantic Hurricanes

No Atlantic Hurricanes were reported for 2014

2013 Atlantic Hurricanes

Hurricane Ingrid September 12, 2013 – September 17, 2013 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_Ingrid

Hurricane Ingrid was one of two tropical cyclones, along with Hurricane Manuel, to strike Mexico within a 24hour period, the first such occurrence since 1958. 

Highest winds: 85 mph

Damage: $1.5 billion (2013 USD)

Date: September 12, 2013 – September 17, 2013

Total fatalities: 32 total

Lowest pressure: 983 mbar (hPa); 29.03 inHg

Affected areas: Mexico, Texas

2012 Atlantic Hurricanes

Hurricane Sandy October 22, 2012 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_Sandy

Hurricane Sandy was the deadliest and most destructive hurricane of the 2012 Atlantic hurricane season, and the second-costliest hurricane in United States history. 

Formed: October 22, 2012

Fatalities: 233 total (direct and indirect)

Damage: $75 billion (2012 USD); (Second-costliest hurricane in U.S. history)

Highest winds: 1-minute sustained: 115 mph (185 km/h)

Lowest pressure: 940 mbar (hPa); 27.76 inHg

Did you know: Sandy is the second-costliest Atlantic hurricane ($75.0 billion in damage).

2011 Atlantic Hurricanes

Hurricane Irene August 21, 2011 – August 28, 2011

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_Irene

Hurricane Irene was a large and destructive tropical cyclone, which affected much of the Caribbean and East Coast of the United States during late August 2011. Irene is ranked as the seventh-costliest hurricane in United States history. 

Total fatalities: 56

Date: August 21, 2011 – August 28, 2011

Damage: $16.6 billion (2011 USD); (Seventh costliest tropical cyclone in U.S. history)

Category: Category 3 Hurricane (SSHS)

Affected areas: Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, Bahamas, More

Did you know: Irene is the seventh-costliest Atlantic hurricane ($16.6 billion in damage).

2010 Atlantic Hurricanes

Hurricane Tomas October 29, 2010 – November 14, 2010 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_Tomas

Hurricane Tomas was the latest recorded tropical cyclone on a calendar year to strike the Windward Islands. Wikipedia

Highest winds: 100 mph

Date: October 29, 2010 – November 14, 2010

Total fatalities: 51 total

Damage: $741 million (2010 USD)

Lowest pressure: 982 mbar (hPa); 29 inHg

Affected areas: Cuba, Jamaica, Bahamas, Greater Antilles, Windward Islands

Hurricane Igor September 8, 2010 – September 23, 2010 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_Igor

Hurricane Igor was the most destructive tropical cyclone on record to strike the Canadian island of Newfoundland and the second-largest Atlantic hurricane on record. 

Highest winds: 155 mph

Damage: $200 million (2010 USD)

Date: September 8, 2010 – September 23, 2010

Total fatalities: 4 direct

Lowest pressure: 924 mbar (hPa); 27.29 inHg

Affected areas: Cape Verde, Bermuda, Saint Pierre and Miquelon, Newfoundland, East Coast of the United States

2009 Atlantic Hurricanes

No Atlantic Hurricanes were reported for 2009

2008 Atlantic Hurricanes

Hurricane Paloma November 5, 2008 – November 14, 2008 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_Paloma

Hurricane Paloma was the third-strongest November Atlantic hurricane on record. It was the sixteenth tropical storm, eighth hurricane and fifth major hurricane of the 2008 Atlantic hurricane season. Wikipedia

Highest winds: 145 mph

Damage: $454.5 million (2008 USD)

Date: November 5, 2008 – November 14, 2008

Total fatalities: 1 total

Lowest pressure: 944 mbar (hPa); 27.88 inHg

Affected areas: Cuba, Florida, Jamaica, Bahamas, Nicaragua, More

Hurricane Ike September 1, 2008 – September 15, 2008

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_Ike

Hurricane Ike was a powerful tropical cyclone that swept through portions of the Greater Antilles and Northern America in September 2008, wreaking havoc on infrastructure and agriculture, particularly in Cuba and Texas. 

Total fatalities: 195

Highest wind speed: 143 mph

Date: September 1, 2008 – September 15, 2008

Category: Category 4 Hurricane (SSHS)

Affected areas: Cuba, Dominican Republic, Texas, Haiti, Bahamas, More

Did you know: Ike is the third-costliest Atlantic hurricane ($37.5 billion in damage). 

Hurricane Gustav August 25, 2008 – September 7, 2008 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_Gustav

Hurricane Gustav was the second most destructive hurricane of the 2008 Atlantic hurricane season. The storm was the seventh tropical cyclone, third hurricane, and second major hurricane of the season. 

Total fatalities: 153

Highest wind speed: 155 mph

Date: August 25, 2008 – September 7, 2008

Damage: $6.61 billion (2008 USD)

Category: Category 4 Hurricane (SSHS)

Affected areas: Cuba, Florida, Dominican Republic, Alabama, More

2007 Atlantic Hurricanes

Hurricane Noel October 28, 2007 – November 5, 2007 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_Noel

Hurricane Noel was the fourteenth named storm and sixth hurricane of the 2007 Atlantic hurricane season. Noel formed on October 27 from the interaction between a tropical wave and an upper-level low in the north-central Caribbean. 

Highest winds: 80 mph

Date: October 28, 2007 – November 5, 2007

Damage: $580 million (2007 USD)

Total fatalities: 222 total

Lowest pressure: 980 mbar (hPa); 28.94 inHg

Affected areas: Cuba, Florida, Massachusetts, Dominican Republic, More

Hurricane Felix August 31, 2007 – September 5, 2007 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_Felix

Hurricane Felix was the southernmost landfalling Category 5 hurricane in the Atlantic; surpassing Hurricane Edith of 1971. It is also the most recent Atlantic hurricane to make landfall as a Category 5. 

Highest winds: 175 mph

Date: August 31, 2007 – September 5, 2007

Damage: $720 million (2007 USD)

Total fatalities: 130 direct, 3 indirect

Lowest pressure: 929 mbar (hPa); 27.43 inHg

Affected areas: Mexico, Venezuela, Colombia, Costa Rica, More

Hurricane Dean August 13, 2007 – August 28, 2007 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_Dean

Hurricane Dean was the strongest tropical cyclone of the 2007 Atlantic hurricane season. It was the most intense North Atlantic hurricane since Hurricane Wilma of 2005, tying for seventh overall. 

Highest winds: 175 mph

Date: August 13, 2007 – August 28, 2007

Damage: $1.66 billion (2007 USD)

Fatalities: 23

Affected areas: Mexico, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, More

2006 Atlantic Hurricanes

No Atlantic Hurricanes were reported for 2006

2005 Atlantic Hurricanes

Hurricane Wilma October 16, 2005 – October 27, 2005 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_Wilma

Hurricane Wilma was the most intense tropical cyclone ever recorded in the Atlantic basin, and was the most intense tropical cyclone recorded in the western hemisphere until Hurricane Patricia in 2015. 

Total fatalities: 62

Date: October 16, 2005 – October 27, 2005

Damage: $29.4 billion (2005 USD); (Fourth costliest hurricane in Atlantic basin)

Category: Category 5 Hurricane (SSHS)

Affected areas: Florida, Cuba, Europe, Jamaica, Haiti, Bahamas, More

Did you know: Wilma is the fourth-costliest Atlantic hurricane ($29.4 billion in damage). 

Hurricane Stan October 1, 2005 – October 5, 2005 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_Stan

Hurricane Stan was a rather weak but yet a deadly and destructive tropical cyclone that affected areas of Central America in early October 2005. 

Date: October 1, 2005 – October 5, 2005

Damage: $3.96 billion (2005 USD)

Total fatalities: 1,668 total

Highest winds: 1-minute sustained: 80 mph (130 km/h)

Lowest pressure: 977 mbar (hPa); 28.85 inHg

Affected areas: Mexico, Costa Rica, Belize, Guatemala, Nicaragua, El Salvador, Honduras

Hurricane Rita September 18, 2005 – September 26, 2005 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_Rita

Hurricane Rita was the fourth-most intense Atlantic hurricane ever recorded and the most intense tropical cyclone ever observed in the Gulf of Mexico. 

Total fatalities: 120

Highest wind speed: 177 mph

Date: September 18, 2005 – September 26, 2005

Category: Category 5 Hurricane (SSHS)

Affected areas: Cuba, Florida, Europe, Texas, Bahamas, Louisiana, More

Did you know: Rita is the 10th-costliest Atlantic hurricane ($12.0 billion in damage).

Hurricane Katrina August 23, 2005 – August 31, 2005 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_Katrina

Hurricane Katrina was the costliest natural disaster and one of the five deadliest hurricanes in the history of the United States. 

Highest wind speed: 174 mph

Date: August 23, 2005 – August 31, 2005

Damage: $108 billion (2005 USD); (Costliest on record)

Category: Category 5 Hurricane (SSHS)

Affected areas: New Orleans, Cuba, Louisiana, Alabama, Georgia, More

Did you know: Katrina is the costliest Atlantic hurricane ($108.0 billion in damage).

Hurricane Dennis July 10, 2005 – July 18, 2005 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_Dennis

Hurricane Dennis was an early-forming major hurricane in the Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico during the record-breaking 2005 Atlantic hurricane season. Dennis was the fourth named storm, second hurricane, and first major hurricane of the season. 

Date: July 10, 2005 – July 18, 2005

Damage: $3.71 billion (2005 USD)

Highest winds: 1-minute sustained: 150 mph (240 km/h)

Total fatalities: 76 direct, 12 indirect

Lowest pressure: 930 mbar (hPa); 27.46 inHg

Affected areas: Cuba, Florida, Alabama, Jamaica, Haiti, Georgia, More

2004 Atlantic Hurricanes

Hurricane Jeanne September 13, 2004 – September 29, 2004 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_Jeanne

Hurricane Jeanne was the deadliest hurricane in the 2004 Atlantic hurricane season. It was the tenth named storm, the seventh hurricane, and the fifth major hurricane of the season, as well as the third …

Highest winds: 120 mph

Date: September 13, 2004 – September 29, 2004

Fatalities: >3,035 direct

Damage: $7.66 billion (2004 USD)

Total fatalities: >3,035 direct

Affected areas: Florida, Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, Haiti, Bahamas, United States Virgin Islands

Hurricane Ivan September 2, 2004 – September 24, 2004 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_Ivan

Hurricane Ivan was a large, long-lived, Cape Verde-type hurricane that caused widespread damage in the Caribbean and United States.

Total fatalities: 123

Date: September 2, 2004 – September 24, 2004

Damage: $23.3 billion (2004 USD); (Sixth costliest tropical cyclone in U.S. history)

Category: Category 5 Hurricane (SSHS)

Affected areas: Venezuela, Cuba, Florida, Alabama, Texas, More

Did you know: Ivan is the sixth-costliest Atlantic hurricane ($23.3 billion in damage).

Hurricane Frances August 24, 2004 – September 10, 2004 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_Frances

Hurricane Frances was the sixth named storm, the fourth hurricane, and the third major hurricane of the 2004 Atlantic hurricane season. 

Highest winds: 145 mph

Date: August 24, 2004 – September 10, 2004

Damage: $9.8 billion (2004 USD)

Total fatalities: 7 direct, 43 indirect

Lowest pressure: 935 mbar (hPa); 27.61 inHg

Affected areas: Florida, Puerto Rico, Georgia, Bahamas, More

Hurricane Charley August 9, 2004 – August 15, 2004 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_Charley

Hurricane Charley was the third named storm, the second hurricane, and the second major hurricane of the 2004 Atlantic hurricane season.

Total fatalities: 15

Date: August 9, 2004 – August 15, 2004

Damage: $16.3 billion (2004 USD); (Eighth costliest tropical cyclone in U.S. history)

Category: Category 4 Hurricane (SSHS)

Affected areas: Cuba, Florida, Jamaica, North Carolina, South Carolina, Cayman Islands

Did you know: Charley is the eighth-costliest Atlantic hurricane ($16.3 billion in damage).

2003 Atlantic Hurricanes

Hurricane Juan September 24, 2003 – September 29, 2003 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_Juan

Hurricane Juan was a significant tropical cyclone that heavily damaged parts of Atlantic Canada in late September 2003. 

Total fatalities: 4

Damage: $200 million (2003 USD)

Date: September 24, 2003 – September 29, 2003

Category: Category 2 Hurricane (SSHS)

Total fatalities: 2 deaths

Affected areas: Nova Scotia, Atlantic Canada

Hurricane Isabel September 6, 2003 – September 20, 2003 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_Isabel

Hurricane Isabel was the costliest, deadliest, and strongest hurricane in the 2003 Atlantic hurricane season. 

Highest winds: 165 mph

Date: September 6, 2003 – September 20, 2003

Fatalities: 17 direct, 34 indirect

Damage: $5.37 billion (2003 USD)

Total fatalities: 17 direct, 34 indirect

Affected areas: United States of America, Puerto Rico, Bahamas, More

Hurricane Fabian August 25, 2003 – September 8, 2003 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_Fabian

Hurricane Fabian was a powerful Cape Verde-type hurricane that hit Bermuda in early September during the 2003 Atlantic hurricane season. Fabian is the most recent major hurricane to directly impact Bermuda until Hurricane Nicole of 2016. 

Highest winds: 145 mph

Damage: $300 million (2003 USD)

Date: August 25, 2003 – September 8, 2003

Total fatalities: 8 direct

Lowest pressure: 939 mbar (hPa); 27.73 inHg

Affected areas: Europe, Bermuda, Atlantic Canada, Leeward Islands, Eastern Canada

2002 Atlantic Hurricanes

Hurricane Lili September 21, 2002 – October 4, 2002 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_Lili

Hurricane Lili was the second deadliest and second costliest hurricane of the 2002 Atlantic hurricane season, being surpassed by Hurricane Isidore, which affected the same areas around a week before Lili. 

Highest winds: 145 mph

Date: September 21, 2002 – October 4, 2002

Damage: $925 million (2002 USD)

Total fatalities: 13 direct, 2 indirect

Lowest pressure: 938 mbar (hPa); 27.7 inHg

Affected areas: Cuba, Jamaica, Haiti, Louisiana, Cayman Islands, Windward Islands

Hurricane Isidore September 14, 2002 – September 27, 2002 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_Isidore

Hurricane Isidore was the ninth named storm and the second hurricane in the 2002 Atlantic hurricane season. Isidore was the fifth of eight named storms to occur in September. Wikipedia

Date: September 14, 2002 – September 27, 2002

Total fatalities: 19 direct, 3 indirect

Damage: $1.3 billion (2002 USD)

Highest winds: 1-minute sustained: 125 mph (205 km/h)

Lowest pressure: 934 mbar (hPa); 27.58 inHg

Affected areas: Venezuela, Cuba, Jamaica, Louisiana, Mississippi, Cayman Islands, Yucatán Peninsula

2001 Atlantic Hurricanes

Hurricane Michelle October 29, 2001 – November 6, 2001 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_Michelle

Hurricane Michelle was the fourth costliest tropical cyclone in Cuban history and strongest of the 2001 Atlantic hurricane season. 

Highest winds: 140 mph

Damage: $2 billion (2001 USD)

Fatalities: 22 direct, 62 missing

Date: October 29, 2001 – November 6, 2001

Total fatalities: 22 direct, 62 missing

Affected areas: Cuba, Florida, Costa Rica, Jamaica, Bahamas, More

Hurricane Iris October 4, 2001 – October 9, 2001 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_Iris

Hurricane Iris of 2001 was the most destructive hurricane in Belize since Hurricane Hattie in 1961. Iris was the second-strongest storm of the 2001 Atlantic hurricane season, behind Hurricane Michelle. 

Highest winds: 145 mph

Damage: $250 million (2001 USD)

Date: October 4, 2001 – October 9, 2001

Total fatalities: 36 direct

Lowest pressure: 948 mbar (hPa); 27.99 inHg

Affected areas: Mexico, Dominican Republic, Jamaica, Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, Hispaniola, Windward Islands

Tropical Storm Allison June 4, 2001 – June 18, 2001 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tropical_Storm_Allison

Tropical Storm Allison was a tropical storm that devastated southeast Texas in June of the 2001 Atlantic hurricane season. 

Total fatalities: 55

Highest wind speed: 59 mph

Date: June 4, 2001 – June 18, 2001

Category: Tropical Storm (NHC/CPHC)

Total fatalities: 41 direct, 14 indirect

Affected areas: Texas, Louisiana, Mid-Atlantic states, Southeastern United States, Eastern United States

2000 Atlantic Hurricanes

Hurricane Keith September 28, 2000 – October 6, 2000 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_Keith

Hurricane Keith was a storm in October 2000 that caused extensive damage in Central America, especially in Mexico and Belize. 

Highest winds: 140 mph

Damage: $319 million (2000 USD)

Date: September 28, 2000 – October 6, 2000

Total fatalities: 62 direct, 6 indirect

Lowest pressure: 939 mbar (hPa); 27.73 inHg

Affected areas: Mexico, Belize, Central America, Yucatán Peninsula

1999 Atlantic Hurricanes

Hurricane Lenny November 13, 1999 – November 23, 1999 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_Lenny

Hurricane Lenny is the second-strongest November Atlantic hurricane on record, behind a hurricane in 1932. It was the twelfth tropical storm, eighth hurricane, and record-breaking fifth Category 4 hurricane in the 1999 Atlantic hurricane season. 

Highest winds: 155 mph

Date: November 13, 1999 – November 23, 1999

Total fatalities: 17 direct

Damage: $685.8 million (1999 USD)

Lowest pressure: 933 mbar (hPa); 27.55 inHg

Affected areas: Colombia, Puerto Rico, Leeward Islands

Hurricane Floyd September 7, 1999 – September 19, 1999 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_Floyd

Hurricane Floyd was a very powerful Cape Verde-type hurricane which struck the east coast of the United States. It was the sixth named storm, fourth hurricane, and third major hurricane in the 1999 Atlantic hurricane season. 

Highest winds: 155 mph

Date: September 7, 1999 – September 19, 1999

Fatalities: 57 direct, 20–30 indirect

Damage: $6.9 billion (1999 USD)

Total fatalities: 57 direct, 20–30 indirect

Affected areas: Florida, Bahamas, North Carolina, Maryland, Maine, East Coast of the United States, Atlantic Canada

1998 Atlantic Hurricanes

Hurricane Mitch October 22, 1998 – November 9, 1998 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_Mitch

Hurricane Mitch was the most powerful and destructive hurricane of the 1998 Atlantic hurricane season, with maximum sustained winds of 180 mph. The storm was the thirteenth tropical storm, ninth hurricane, and third major hurricane of the season. 

Total fatalities: 19,325

Date: October 22, 1998 – November 9, 1998

Damage: $6.2 billion (1998 USD)

Category: Category 5 Hurricane (SSHS)

Total fatalities: ≥ 19,325

Affected areas: Florida, Honduras, Nicaragua, Central America, Yucatán Peninsula

Hurricane Georges September 15, 1998 – October 1, 1998 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_Georges

Hurricane Georges was a powerful and long-lived Cape Verde-type Category 4 hurricane which caused severe destruction as it traversed the Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico in September 1998, making seven landfalls along its path. 

Highest winds: 155 mph

Date: September 15, 1998 – October 1, 1998

Damage: $9.72 billion (1998 USD)

Total fatalities: 604 direct

Lowest pressure: 937 mbar (hPa); 27.67 inHg

Affected areas: Cuba, Florida, Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic, More

1997 Atlantic Hurricanes

No Atlantic Hurricanes were reported for 1997

1996 Atlantic Hurricanes

Hurricane Hortense September 3, 1996 – September 16, 1996 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_Hortense

Hurricane Hortense was the first hurricane to make landfall in Guadeloupe and Puerto Rico since Hurricane Hugo in 1989. 

Highest winds: 140 mph

Damage: $158 million (1996 USD)

Date: September 3, 1996 – September 16, 1996

Total fatalities: 39 direct

Lowest pressure: 935 mbar (hPa); 27.61 inHg

Affected areas: Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, More

Hurricane Fran August 23, 1996 – September 10, 1996 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_Fran

Hurricane Fran caused extensive damage in the United States in early September 1996. The sixth named storm, fifth hurricane, and fourth major hurricane of the 1996 Atlantic hurricane season, Fran

Highest winds: 120 mph

Date: August 23, 1996 – September 10, 1996

Damage: $3.2 billion (1996 USD)

Total fatalities: 22 direct, 5 indirect

Lowest pressure: 946 mbar (hPa); 27.94 inHg

Affected areas: Pennsylvania, North Carolina, Virginia, South Carolina, Maryland, West Virginia

Hurricane Cesar July 24, 1996 – August 6, 1996 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_Cesar%E2%80%93Douglas

Hurricane Cesar–Douglas was the most recent tropical cyclone to survive the crossover from the Atlantic to east Pacific basin until Hurricane Otto in 2016, and was also the last tropical cyclone to receive two names upon doing so. 

Highest winds: 130 mph

Damage: $203 million (1996 USD)

Date: July 24, 1996 – August 6, 1996

Total fatalities: 113 deaths, 29 missing (all as Cesar)

Lowest pressure: 946 mbar (hPa); 27.94 inHg

Affected areas: Mexico, Venezuela, Colombia, Guatemala, More

1995 Atlantic Hurricanes

Hurricane Roxanne October 7, 1995 – October 21, 1995 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_Roxanne

Hurricane Roxanne was a rare and erratic tropical cyclone that caused extensive flooding in Mexico due to its unusual movement. 

Highest winds: 115 mph

Date: October 7, 1995 – October 21, 1995

Total fatalities: 29 total

Damage: $1.5 billion (1995 USD)

Affected areas: Mexico, Yucatán Peninsula

Hurricane Opal September 27, 1995 – October 6, 1995 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_Opal

Hurricane Opal was a Category 4 hurricane with the lowest barometric pressure in a hurricane which did not reach Category 5 strength within the north Atlantic basin. Opal formed in the Gulf of Mexico in September 1995. 

Highest winds: 150 mph

Date: September 27, 1995 – October 6, 1995

Damage: $5.1 billion (1995 USD)

Fatalities: 63 total

Total fatalities: 63 total

Affected areas: Alabama, Georgia, Guatemala, Ontario, Yucatán Peninsula, Florida Panhandle

Hurricane Marilyn September 12, 1995 – September 30, 1995 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_Marilyn

Hurricane Marilyn was the fifteenth tropical depression and thirteenth named storm of the unusually busy 1995 Atlantic hurricane season, following closely on the heels of Hurricane Luis. Wikipedia

Highest winds: 115 mph

Date: September 12, 1995 – September 30, 1995

Fatalities: 13

Fatalities: 13

Damage: $2.5 billion (1995 USD)

Affected areas: Puerto Rico, Barbados, Bermuda, Martinique, More

Hurricane Luis August 27, 1995 – September 12, 1995 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_Luis

Hurricane Luis was an extremely destructive Cape Verde-type hurricane as well as one of the strongest, deadliest and most notable hurricanes of the incredible 1995 Atlantic hurricane season, with maximum sustained winds of 140 mph. 

Highest winds: 140 mph

Date: August 27, 1995 – September 12, 1995

Total fatalities: 19 total

Damage: $3 billion (1995 USD)

Lowest pressure: 935 mbar (hPa); 27.61 inHg

Affected areas: Puerto Rico, Bermuda, Anguilla, Newfoundland, Northeastern United States, Leeward Islands

1994 Atlantic Hurricanes

No Atlantic Hurricanes were reported for 1994

1993 Atlantic Hurricanes

No Atlantic Hurricanes were reported for 1993

1992 Atlantic Hurricanes

Hurricane Andrew August 16, 1992 – August 28, 1992 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_Andrew

Hurricane Andrew was, at the time of its occurrence in August 1992, the most destructive hurricane in United States history. 

Total fatalities: 65

Highest wind speed: 175 mph

Date: August 16, 1992 – August 28, 1992

Category: Category 5 Hurricane (SSHS)

Affected areas: Florida, Bahamas, Louisiana, South Florida, Southern United States

Did you know: Andrew is the fifth-costliest Atlantic hurricane ($26.5 billion in damage). 

1991 Atlantic Hurricanes

Hurricane Bob August 16, 1991 – August 20, 1991 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_Bob

Hurricane Bob was one of the costliest hurricanes in New England history. The second named storm and first hurricane of the 1991 Atlantic hurricane season, Bob developed from an area of low pressure near The Bahamas on August 16. 

Highest winds: 115 mph

Date: August 16, 1991 – August 20, 1991

Damage: $1.5 billion (1991 USD)

Total fatalities: 15 direct, 2 indirect

Lowest pressure: 950 mbar (hPa); 28.05 inHg

Affected areas: Massachusetts, North Carolina, Maine, New England, Long Island, Mid-Atlantic states, Atlantic Canada

1990 Atlantic Hurricanes

Hurricane Klaus October 3, 1990 – October 9, 1990

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_Klaus

Hurricane Klaus was a minimal Atlantic hurricane that dropped heavy rainfall across the Lesser Antilles in October 1990. 

Highest winds: 80 mph

Date: October 3, 1990 – October 9, 1990

Total fatalities: 11 direct

Damage: > $1 million (1990 USD)

Affected areas: United States of America, Puerto Rico, Bahamas, More

Hurricane Diana August 4, 1990 – August 9, 1990 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_Diana

Hurricane Diana was the deadliest tropical cyclone during the 1990 Atlantic hurricane season, killing 139 people in Mexico. 

Highest winds: 100 mph

Date: August 4, 1990 – August 9, 1990

Total fatalities: 139 total

Damage: $90.7 million (1990 USD)

Affected areas: Mexico, Costa Rica, Belize, Nicaragua, Honduras, Yucatán Peninsula

1989 Atlantic Hurricanes

Hurricane Hugo September 10, 1989 – September 25, 1989 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_Hugo

Hurricane Hugo was a powerful Cape Verde-type hurricane that caused widespread damage and loss of life in the Leeward Islands, Puerto Rico, and the Southeast United States. 

Total fatalities: 61

Highest wind speed: 162 mph

Date: September 10, 1989 – September 25, 1989

Category: Category 5 Hurricane (SSHS)

Damage: $10 billion (1989 USD)

Affected areas: Puerto Rico, Bahamas, North Carolina, Ohio, More

1988 Atlantic Hurricanes

Hurricane Joan October 10, 1988 – November 2, 1988 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_Joan%E2%80%93Miriam

Hurricane Joan was a powerful hurricane that caused death and destruction in over a dozen countries in the Caribbean and Central America. 

Highest winds: 145 mph

Date: October 10, 1988 – November 2, 1988

Total fatalities: 216-334 total (all as Joan)

Damage: $2 billion (1988 USD)

Lowest pressure: 932 mbar (hPa); 27.52 inHg

Affected areas: Mexico, Venezuela, Colombia, Costa Rica, Panama, Nicaragua, Guatemala, El Salvador, Curaçao, Windward Islands

Hurricane Gilbert September 8, 1988 – September 19, 1988 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_Gilbert

Hurricane Gilbert was an extremely powerful tropical cyclone that formed during the 1988 Atlantic hurricane season and brought widespread destruction to the Caribbean and the Gulf of Mexico. 

Highest winds: 185 mph

Date: September 8, 1988 – September 19, 1988

Damage: $7.1 billion (1988 USD)

Total fatalities: 318 total

Lowest pressure: 888 mbar (hPa); 26.22 inHg; (Second-lowest recorded in the Atlantic)

Affected areas: Mexico, Venezuela, Dominican Republic, More

1987 Atlantic Hurricanes

No Atlantic Hurricanes were reported for 1987

1986 Atlantic Hurricanes

No Atlantic Hurricanes were reported for 1986

1985 Atlantic Hurricanes

Hurricane Gloria September 16, 1985 – October 2, 1985 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_Gloria

Hurricane Gloria was the first significant system to strike the northeastern United States since Hurricane Agnes in 1972 and the first major storm to affect New York and Long Island directly since Hurricane Donna in 1960. 

Total fatalities: 8

Date: September 16, 1985 – October 2, 1985

Category: Category 4 Hurricane (SSHS)

Damage: $900 million (1985 USD)

Total fatalities: 14 total

Affected areas: North Carolina, New Jersey, New England, Long Island, Mid-Atlantic states, Atlantic Canada

Hurricane Elena August 28, 1985 – September 4, 1985 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_Elena

Hurricane Elena was an unpredictable and damaging tropical cyclone that affected eastern and central portions of the United States Gulf Coast in late August and early September 1985. 

Highest winds: 125 mph

Date: August 28, 1985 – September 4, 1985

Damage: $1.3 billion (1985 USD)

Total fatalities: 9 total

Lowest pressure: 953 mbar (hPa); 28.14 inHg

Affected areas: United States of America, Cuba, Florida, Alabama, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Arkansas

1984 Atlantic Hurricanes

No Atlantic Hurricanes were reported for 1984

1983 Atlantic Hurricanes

Hurricane Alicia August 15, 1983 – August 20, 1983 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_Alicia

Hurricane Alicia was the costliest tropical cyclone in the Atlantic since Hurricane Agnes in 1972. Alicia was the third depression, the first tropical storm, and the only major hurricane of the 1983 Atlantic hurricane season. 

Highest winds: 115 mph

Date: August 15, 1983 – August 20, 1983

Damage: $2.6 billion (1983 USD)

Total fatalities: 21 direct

Lowest pressure: 963 mbar (hPa); 28.44 inHg

Affected areas: Texas, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Louisiana, Mississippi

1982 Atlantic Hurricanes

No Atlantic Hurricanes were reported for 1982

1981 Atlantic Hurricanes

No Atlantic Hurricanes were reported for 1981

1980 Atlantic Hurricanes

Hurricane Allen July 31, 1980 – August 11, 1980 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_Allen

Hurricane Allen was a rare and extremely powerful Cape Verde-type hurricane which struck the Caribbean, eastern and northern Mexico then southern Texas. It was the first and strongest hurricane of the 1980 Atlantic hurricane season. 

Highest winds: 190 mph

Date: July 31, 1980 – August 11, 1980

Damage: $1.24 billion (1980 USD)

Total fatalities: 269 total

Lowest pressure: 899 mbar (hPa); 26.55 inHg

Affected areas: Mexico, Puerto Rico, Texas, Jamaica, Haiti, More

1979 Atlantic Hurricanes

Hurricane Frederic August 29, 1979 – September 15, 1979 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_Frederic

Hurricane Frederic was an intense and damaging tropical cyclone that carved a path of damage from the Lesser Antilles to Quebec, in particular devastating areas of the United States Gulf Coast. 

Highest winds: 130 mph

Date: August 29, 1979 – September 15, 1979

Damage: $2.3 billion (1979 USD)

Fatalities: 12

Fatalities: 12

Affected areas: Cuba, Alabama, Puerto Rico, Mississippi, More

Hurricane David August 25, 1979 – September 8, 1979 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_David

Hurricane David was a Cape Verde-type hurricane that reached Category 5 hurricane status on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale. 

Highest winds: 175 mph

Date: August 25, 1979 – September 8, 1979

Damage: $1.54 billion (1979 USD)

Fatalities: 2,068

Fatalities: 2,068

Affected areas: Cuba, Florida, Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, More

1978 Atlantic Hurricanes

No Atlantic Hurricanes were reported for 1978

1977 Atlantic Hurricanes

Hurricane Anita August 29, 1977 – September 4, 1977 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_Anita

Hurricane Anita was a powerful Atlantic hurricane during an otherwise quiet 1977 Atlantic hurricane season. The first tropical cyclone of the season, Anita developed from a tropical wave on August 29 in the north-central Gulf of Mexico. 

Highest winds: 175 mph

Affected area: Mexico

Date: August 29, 1977 – September 4, 1977

Total fatalities: 11 direct

Lowest pressure: 926 mbar (hPa); 27.34 inHg

1976 Atlantic Hurricanes

No Atlantic Hurricanes were reported for 1976

1975 Atlantic Hurricanes

Hurricane Eloise September 13, 1975 – September 24, 1975 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_Eloise

Hurricane Eloise was the most destructive tropical cyclone of the 1975 Atlantic hurricane season. The fifth tropical storm, fourth hurricane, and second major hurricane of the season, Eloise formed as … 

Highest winds: 125 mph

Date: September 13, 1975 – September 24, 1975

Total fatalities: 80 direct

Damage: $560 million (1975 USD)

Lowest pressure: 955 mbar (hPa); 28.2 inHg

Affected areas: Florida, Yucatán, Yucatán Peninsula, Lesser Antilles, Greater Antilles, Eastern United States

1974 Atlantic Hurricanes

Hurricane Fifi September 14, 1974 – September 24, 1974 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_Fifi%E2%80%93Orlene

Hurricane Fifi was a catastrophic tropical cyclone that killed between 3,000 and 10,000 people in Honduras in September 1974, ranking it as the fourth deadliest Atlantic hurricane on record. 

Highest winds: 110 mph

Date: September 14, 1974 – September 24, 1974

Total fatalities: At least 8,200 total

Damage: $1.8 billion (1974 USD)

Lowest pressure: 971 mbar (hPa); 28.67 inHg

Affected areas: Mexico, Puerto Rico, Jamaica, Belize, El Salvador, Arizona, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Honduras, Hispaniola

Hurricane Carmen August 29, 1974 – September 10, 1974 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_Carmen

Hurricane Carmen was the most intense tropical cyclone of the 1974 Atlantic hurricane season. A destructive and widespread storm, Carmen originated as a tropical disturbance that emerged from Africa toward the end of August. 

Highest winds: 150 mph

Date: August 29, 1974 – September 10, 1974

Damage: $162 million (1974 USD)

Total fatalities: 8 total