List of Atlantic hurricane seasons

This is a list of Atlantic hurricane seasons, which covers the annual cycle of tropical cyclone formation in the Atlantic Ocean. Historical records of hurricane seasons date back to the 1800s, and these hurricanes and tropical storms can affect Central America, the United States, and Canada. The Atlantic hurricane season runs from June 1 to November 30, and this period is when most tropical activity occurs, with the peak occurring in September. Although storms can form outside of these months as well.

1494–1850 (pre-HURDAT era) Period Seasons Individual years Pre-19th century Pre-17th century (pre 1600), 17th century (1600s), 18th century (1700s) 1780 1800–1850 1800–1809, 1810–1819, 1820–1829, 1830–1839, 1840–1849 1842, 1850.

1851–1899 (within HURDAT data) 1850s Year Deaths Strongest storm Major landfalling storms Notes 1851 6 3 1 36.24 24 "San Agapito" "San Agapito"First Atlantic hurricane season to be included in the HURDAT. 1852 5 5 1 73.28 100+ "Great Mobile" "Great Mobile"One of three seasons in which all known cyclones became hurricanes. 1853 8 4 2 76.49 40 ThreeEarliest known Category 4 hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson scale. 1854 5 3 1 31.00 30+ "South Carolina" "South Carolina" 1855 5 4 1 18.12 Unknown "Middle Gulf Shore" "Middle Gulf Shore" 1856 6 4 2 48.94 200+ "Last Island" "Southeastern States" "Last Island" 1857 4 3 0 46.84 424 SS Central America Disaster Four SS Central America Disaster 1858 6 6 0 44.79 None Three Six Hurricane ThreeOne of three seasons in which all known cyclones became hurricanes. 1859 8 7 1 55.73 Numerous Six Hurricane Five Hurricane Six Hurricane Eight

1860s Year Deaths Strongest storm Major landfalling storms Notes 1860 7 6 1 62.06 60+ One Hurricane One 1861 8 6 0 49.71 22+ One Three "Key West" "Expedition" 1862 6 3 0 46.03 3 Two Three 1863 9 5 0 50.35 90 "Amanda" "Amanda" 1864 5 3 0 26.55 None One Three Five 1865 7 3 0 49.13 326 Four Seven Hurricane Four 1866 7 6 1 83.65 383 "Nassau" "Nassau" 1867 9 7 1 59.97 811 "San Narciso" "San Narciso" 1868 4 3 0 34.65 2 One Two Four 1869 10 7 1 51.02 38 New England Gale New England Gale Saxby Gale

1870s Year Deaths Strongest storm Major landfalling storms Notes 1870 11 10 2 87.80 2,052 Four "First Key West" "Second Key West" 1871 8 6 2 88.39 30 Three "Santa Juana" Hurricane Three "Santa Juana" 1872 5 4 0 65.38 Unknown Two 1873 5 3 2 69.47 626 "Central Florida" "Central Florida" 1874 7 4 0 47.05 Unknown Seven 1875 6 5 1 72.48 800 "Indianola" "Indianola" 1876 5 4 2 56.05 19 "San Felipe" "San Felipe" "Cuba-South Florida" 1877 8 3 1 73.36 34 "Florida Panhandle" "Florida Panhandle" 1878 12 10 2 180.85 108 Seven Gale of 1878 First known above-average season (in modern-day terms) 1879 8 6 2 63.63 47 "Louisiana" "Great Beaufort" "Louisiana"

1880s Year Deaths Strongest storm Major landfalling storms Notes 1880 11 9 2 131.08 133 Eight Hurricane Two 1881 7 4 0 59.25 700 "Georgia" "Georgia" 1882 6 4 2 59.47 6 "Cuba" "Pensacola" "Cuba" 1883 4 3 2 66.70 236 Two "Bahamas-North Carolina" 1884 4 4 1 72.06 8 Two 1885 8 6 0 58.30 25 Two 1886 12 10 4 166.17 200+ "Indianola" "Indianola" "Cuba" "Texas-Louisiana" Seven hurricanes struck the United States, the most during a single year. 1887 19 11 2 181.26 2 Seven Record five off-season storms. 1888 9 6 2 84.95 924 "San Gil" "Louisiana" "San Gil" 1889 9 6 0 104.04 40 Six

1890s Year Deaths Strongest storm Major landfalling storms Notes 1890 4 2 1 33.35 14 Three 1891 10 7 1 116.11 700+ "Martinique" "Martinique" 1892 9 5 0 115.84 16 Three Five Seven 1893 12 10 5 231.15 4,028 "Cheniere Caminada" "San Roque" "New York" "Sea Islands" "Charleston" "Cheniere Caminada" Two hurricanes caused more than 2,000 deaths in the United States.Four simultaneous hurricanes on August 22, one of two times on record. 1894 7 5 4 135.42 200+ Six "Florida Panhandle" 1895 6 2 0 68.77 56 Two 1896 7 6 2 136.08 286 "Cedar Keys" "San Ramón" "Cedar Keys" 1897 6 3 0 54.54 262 One 1898 11 5 1 113.24 562 "Georgia" "Georgia" 1899 10 5 2 151.03 4,167 "San Ciríaco" "San Ciríaco" The San Ciríaco hurricane was the longest-lasting Atlantic hurricane on record

1900s NOTE: In the following tables, all estimates of damage costs are expressed in contemporaneous US dollars (USD).

1900s

Year Map Deaths Damage Strongest storm Major landfalling storms Notes 1900 7 3 2 83.35 8,000+ $35.4M "Galveston" "Galveston" The Galveston hurricane was the deadliest disaster in the United States. 1901 13 6 0 98.98 35-40 $1M Seven "Louisiana" 1902 5 3 0 32.65 5 Unknown Four 1903 10 7 1 102.07 222 $18.5M "Jamaica" "Jamaica" "Florida" "New Jersey" 1904 6 4 0 30.35 112 $2.5M Two One 1905 5 1 1 28.38 8 Unknown Four 1906 11 6 3 162.88 381 $25.4M Four "Mississippi" "Florida Keys" 1907 5 0 0 13.06 0 Unknown One One of two seasons with no recorded hurricanes, the other being 1914. 1908 10 6 1 95.11 37 Unknown Six Includes the only known March tropical cyclone in the basin. 1909 12 6 4 93.34 4,673 $77.3M "Grand Isle" "Velasco" "Monterrey" "Grand Isle" "Florida Keys" "Greater Antilles"

1910s Year Map Deaths Damage Strongest storm Major landfalling storms Notes 1910 5 3 1 63.90 100 $1.25M "Cuba" "Cuba" 1911 6 3 0 34.29 27 $3M Three 1912 7 4 1 57.26 116 $1.6M "Jamaica" "Jamaica" 1913 6 4 0 35.60 5 $4M Four 1914 1 0 0 2.53 0 Unknown One Least active season on record.One of two seasons with no recorded hurricanes, along with 1907. 1915 6 5 3 130.10 675 $63M "New Orleans" "Galveston" "New Orleans" Two Category 4 hurricanes made landfall in the United States. 1916 15 10 5 144.01 31 $5.9M "Texas" "Gulf Coast" "Charleston" "Texas" 1917 4 2 2 60.67 76 $170,000 "Nueva Gerona" "Nueva Gerona" 1918 6 4 1 39.87 55 $5M "Louisiana" "Louisiana" 1919 5 2 1 55.04 828 $22M "Florida Keys" "Florida Keys"

1920s Year Map Deaths Damage Strongest storm Major landfalling storms Notes 1920 5 4 0 29.81 1 $1.5M "Louisiana" "Louisiana" 1921 7 5 2 86.53 6 $36.5M "Tampa Bay" "San Pedro" "Tampa Bay" 1922 5 3 1 54.52 105 $2.3M Two 1923 9 4 1 49.31 15 $1.3M Five 1924 11 5 2 100.19 179 Unknown "Cuba" "Cuba" First official Category 5 Atlantic hurricane on the Saffir–Simpson scale. 1925 4 1 0 7.25 59+ $19.9M One "Florida" 1926 11 8 6 229.56 1,448 $247.4M "Miami" "Nassau" "Nova Scotia" "Louisiana" "Miami" "Havana–Bermuda" 1927 8 4 1 56.48 184 Unknown "Nova Scotia" "Nova Scotia" 1928 6 4 1 83.48 4,289 $102M "Okeechobee" "Okeechobee" Least active season that featured a category 5 hurricane, tied with 1977. One of four seasons to have a category 5 as the sole major hurricane of the season. 1929 5 3 1 48.07 62 $10.0M "Bahamas" "Bahamas"

1930s Year Map Deaths Damage Strongest storm Major landfalling storms Notes 1930 3 2 2 49.77 8,000 $50M "San Zenón" "San Zenón" The San Zenón hurricane was the fifth deadliest on record.Second least active season in terms of tropical storms. 1931 13 3 1 47.84 2,502 $7.5M "British Honduras" "British Honduras" 1932 15 6 4 169.66 3,315 $37M "Cuba" "Freeport" "Bahamas" "San Ciprián" "Cuba" Only season with a Category 5 hurricane in November, which was the longest lasting category 5, at 3.6 days. First season to have multiple (more than one) Category 5 hurricanes. 1933 20 11 6 258.57 651 $86.6M "Tampico" "Chesapeake–Potomac" "Cuba–Brownsville" "Treasure Coast" "Outer Banks" "Tampico" Fourth most active season on record. Most Accumulated Cyclone Energy (ACE) in an Atlantic season on record. But until 2005 we had 28 named storms. 1934 13 7 1 79.07 2,017 $4.26M Thirteen 1935 8 5 3 106.21 2,604 $12.5M "Labor Day" "Labor Day" "Cuba" Most intense landfalling Atlantic hurricane known to date ("Labor Day"). 1936 17 7 1 99.78 5 $1.23M "Mid-Atlantic" 1937 11 4 1 65.85 0 Unknown Six 1938 9 4 2 77.58 ~700 $290.3M "New England" "New England" Earliest-starting season on record (January 3). 1939 6 3 1 43.68 5 Unknown Five

1940s Year Map Deaths Damage Strongest storm Major landfalling storms Notes 1940 9 6 0 67.79 101 $4.7M "New England" "South Carolina" 1941 6 4 3 51.77 63 $10M "Nicaragua" "Texas" "Nicaragua" "Florida" 1942 11 4 1 62.49 17 $30.6M "Matagorda" "Matagorda" 1943 10 5 2 94.01 19 $17.2M Three "Surprise" First year of hurricane hunters. 1944 14 8 3 104.45 1,153 $202M "Great Atlantic" "Great Atlantic" "Cuba–Florida"Great Atlantic hurricane was the only Category 5 of the entire decade 1945 11 5 2 63.42 80 $80M "Homestead" "Texas" "Homestead" 1946 7 3 0 19.61 5 $5.2M Four "Florida" 1947 10 5 2 88.49 94 $145.3M "Fort Lauderdale" "Fort Lauderdale" (George) "Cape Sable" (King) First year of internal Atlantic tropical cyclone naming. 1948 10 6 4 94.98 94 $30.9M "Florida" "Bermuda-Newfoundland" "Florida" (Easy) "Miami" (Fox) 1949 16 7 2 96.45 3 $58.2M "Florida" "Florida" "Texas"

1950s Year Map Deaths Damage Strongest storm Retired names Notes 1950 16 11 6 211.28 20 $37M Dog None First year of external Atlantic tropical cyclone naming Record-breaking 8 tropical storms in October. 1951 12 8 3 126.33 257 $80M Easy None 1952 11 5 2 69.08 607 $3.75M Fox None Includes the only known February tropical cyclone in the basin. 1953 14 7 3 98.51 1 $6M Carol None First year of female names for storms.One of only 4 seasons to have both a preseason and postseason storm. Carol was one of seven Category 5 hurricanes whose name was not retired (Carol was retired in 1954 as a Category 3) 1954 16 7 3 110.88 1,069 $752M Hazel Carol Edna Hazel Includes Alice, one of two storms in the basin to span two calendar years. 1955 13 9 4 158.17 1,518 $1.2bn Janet Connie Diane Ione Janet 1956 12 4 1 56.67 76 $67.8M Betsy None 1957 8 3 2 78.66 513 $152.5M Carrie AudreyFirst of only three seasons to feature a major hurricane in June. 1958 12 7 3 109.69 41 $12M Helene None 1959 14 7 2 77.11 59 $23.3M Gracie None Total 128 68 29 1096.38 4,161 $2.54bn Janet 8 names

1960s Year Map Deaths Damage Strongeststorm Retirednames Notes 1960 8 4 2 72.90 455 $442.34M Donna Donna 1961 12 8 5 188.89 345 $392M Hattie Carla Hattie Two Category 5 hurricanes.Lowest number of named storms for an extremely active season. Esther was one of seven Category 5 hurricanes whose name was not retired 1962 7 4 0 50.45 39 >$4.88M Ella None 1963 10 7 3 112.09 7,225 $589M Flora Flora Flora was the sixth-deadliest hurricane on record. 1964 13 7 5 153.04 261 $605M Cleo Cleo Dora Hilda 1965 10 4 1 86.74 76 $1.45bn Betsy BetsyBetsy became the first Atlantic tropical cyclone to inflict at least $1 billion USD in damages. 1966 15 7 3 138.68 1,094 $410M Inez Inez Second of only three seasons to feature a major hurricane in June. 1967 13 6 1 125.43 64 $217M Beulah BeulahFirst hurricane season in the modern satellite era.Features the highest number of tropical depressions in a season at the time. One of four seasons to have a category 5 as the sole major hurricane of the season. 1968 9 5 0 46.60 10 $10M Gladys None There was one subtropical storm with Category 1 hurricane strength. 1969 18 12 3 149.25 364 $1.7bn Camille Camille Tied for the third most hurricanes in a season on record. Total 116 64 23 1124.09 9,933 $5.82bn Camille 11 names

1970s Year Map Deaths Damage Strongeststorm Retirednames Notes 1970 14 7 2 66.63 71 $454M Celia Celia First season of a 24-year period of decreased activity in the Atlantic (-AMO)Current extent of the reanalysis project 1971 13 6 1 96.53 45 $213M Edith None Includes first documented hurricane to cross Central America, Irene. 1972 7 3 0 35.61 122 $2.1bn Betty Agnes Includes three subtropical storms. 1973 8 4 1 47.85 15 $18M Ellen None 1974 11 4 2 68.13 8,260+ $1.97bn Carmen Carmen Fifi Includes four subtropical storms.Fifi was the third-deadliest hurricane on record. 1975 9 6 3 76.06 80 $100M Gladys Eloise 1976 10 6 2 84.17 72 $100M Belle None Includes two subtropical storms. 1977 6 5 1 25.32 10 $10M Anita Anita Features the strongest Atlantic hurricane to strike Mexico. Least active season to feature a category 5, tied with 1928.

One of four seasons to have a category 5 as the sole major hurricane of the season.