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Storm name Key: (*) Storm was Retired also here, (^) NHC's Hurricane's in History list,
Cat (LF): Storm reached the first number at sea, but the second number at landfall.
Surge: (*) NHC Storm Surge List, (!) COASTAL Act List, (#) Potential Validation List (7/5/2018), (^) AT List, (@) latest major on record for Area, (+) latest minor on record for Area, p[x] P-Surge List where x are the advisories, (NOAA) Was on NOAA Storm Surge website
Deaths: (value) where value is based on NHC Info, [value] based on other NHC Info
$Billion: Based on NHC Costliest, Also based on other NHC Info
US Areas: (*) Key damage was not in US
Year | Storm | Start | Stop | Cat (LF) | Surge | Deaths | $Billion | US Areas |
2019 | Barry | Jul 10 | Jul 14 | p[1-16] | ||||
2018 | Michael* | Oct 7 | Oct 11 | 5 | p[7-17] | [74] | $25.1 | US Gulf Coast |
2018 | Gordon | Sep 3 | Sep 8 | TS | p[3-11] | 3 | MS, AR, FL Keys (track over NHC) | |
2018 | Florence* | Aug 31 | Sep 17 | 4 | p[48-65] | [57] | $24 | Eastern US |
2018 | Alberto | May 25 | Jun 1 | TD | p[1] | 12 | MS | |
2017 | Nate* | Oct 4 | Oct 9 | 1 | #p[7-16] | [48] | $0.787 | AL, LA, MS |
2017 | Maria* | Sep 16 | Sep 30 | 5 (4) | p[35-46] | [3,057] | $91.6 | PR, VI |
2017 | Irma* | Aug 30 | Sep 12 | 5 (4) | #p[34-51] | [134] | $64.8 | FL |
2017 | Harvey* | Aug 17 | Sep 1 | (4) | #p[23-42] | [107] | $125 | TX, LA |
2016 | Otto* | Nov 20 | Nov 26 | 3 | [23] | $0.192 | Panama, Costa Rica, Nicaragua* | |
2016 | Matthew* | Sep 28 | Oct 9 | 5 (1) | !#p[26-44] | [603] | $15.1 | SE US |
2016 | Hermine | Aug 28 | Sep 8 | 1 | !#p[11-24] | 1 | $0.550 | FL Panhandle |
2016 | Colin | p[26-40] | ET Surge? | |||||
2015 | Joaquin* | Sep 28 | Oct 8 | 4 | [34] | $0.200 | Bahamas, Bermuda* | |
2015 | Erika* | Aug 24 | Aug 28 | TS | [35] | $0.511 | Lesser Antilles* | |
2014 | Arthur | !p[6-14] | ||||||
2013 | Ingrid* | Sep 12 | Sep 17 | 1 | [32] | $1.5 | Mexico* | |
2012 | Sandy* | Oct 22 | Oct 29 | 3 (1) | !#p[21-31] | [234] | $68.7 | Mid-Atlantic, North East |
2012 | Isaac | (1) | !#p[16-38] | $2.8 | LA | |||
2011 | Lee | NOAA | ||||||
2011 | Irene* | Aug 21 | Aug 28 | 3 (1) | !#p[20-34] | [58] | $14.2 | Mid-Atlantic, North East |
2010 | Tomas* | Oct 29 | Nov 7 | 2 | [44] | $0.348 | Caribbean* | |
2010 | Igor* | Sep 8 | Sep 21 | 4 | [4] | $0.2 | Bermuda* | |
2010 | Hermine | p[3-4] | ||||||
2010 | Earl | p[26-40] | ||||||
2010 | Alex | p[12-22] | ||||||
2009 | Ida | Nov 4 | Nov 12 | 2 | p[22-24] | 4 | AL, NJ, VA, GA, LA, MS, FL Panhandle | |
2008 | Paloma* | Nov 5 | Nov 10 | 4 | [1] | $0.300 | Cayman Is* | |
2008 | Ike*^ | Sep 1 | Sep 14 | 4 (2) |
15-20 ft *!#+ p[25-50] |
195 | $38 | TX, LA: MS, FL Keys |
2008 | Gustav* | Aug 25 | Sep 4 | 4 (2) | #+ p[25-33] | 153 | $8.31 | LA: FL, PR, AL, TX, TN, IL, MI, MO, OK, MS, AR |
2008 | Fay | Aug 15 | Aug 29 | TS | p[7-20] | 36 | FL, PR, AL, TN, GA, LA, MS, KY, AR, WV | |
2008 | Dolly | Jul 20 | Jul 25 | 1 (1) | +p[5-14] | 22 | $1.3 | S TX: AZ, NM |
2007 | Noel* | Oct 28 | Nov 2 | 1 | [163] | $0.580 | Greater Antilles* | |
2007 | Humberto | Sep 12 | Sep 14 | 1 | p[5-6] | 1 | TX, LA, MS, South East | |
2007 | Felix* | Aug 31 | Sep 5 | 5 | [130] | $0.720 | Nicaragua, Honduras* | |
2007 | Dean* | Aug 13 | Aug 23 | 5 | [45] | $1.78 | Carribean, Central America* | |
2007 | Barry | Jun 1 | Jun 5 | TS | storm tide | 3 | FL, East Coast | |
2006 | Ernesto | Aug 24 | Sep 1 | 1 | NOAA | 11 | FL, PR, NC | |
2006 | Alberto | Jun 10 | Jun 14 | TS | storm tide | 3 | FL, South East | |
2005 | Wilma*^ | Oct 15 | Oct 26 | 5 (3) | ^@+ p[29-35] | [23] | $27.4 | S FL, Belize* |
2005 | Stan* | Oct 1 | Oct 5 | 1 | [1,668] | $3.96 | Mexico, Central America* | |
2005 | Rita*^ | Sep 18 | Sep 26 | 5 (3) |
#^@ NOAA |
[62] | $18.5 | SW LA, N TX: S FL, FL Panhandle, IL, MO, MS, AK |
2005 | Ophelia | (1) | +NOAA | NC - New Hanover Co. | ||||
2005 | Katrina*^ | Aug 23 | Aug 30 | 5 (3) | 25-28 ft *^@+ p[18-25] | [1,836] (1,200) | $125 | SE FL, LA, MS: AL, PA, NJ, TN, VA, GA, OH |
2005 | Dennis*^ | Jul 4 | Jul 13 | 4 (3) |
5-9 ft *^@+ p[17-24] |
[89] | $3.98 | NW FL: AL, GA, MS |
2005 | Cindy | Jul 3 | Jul 12 | 1 | CO-OPS | 5 | AL, NC, SC, LA, MS | |
2004 | Jeanne*^ | Sep 13 | Sep 28 | 3 (3) | @+ p[44-49] | 3,035 | $7.94 | FL: PR, VI |
2004 | Ivan*^ | Sep 2 | Sep 24 | 5 (3) | ^@+ p[48-54] | [124] | $26.1 | AL, NW FL: TX, LA |
2004 | Gaston | (1) | + | SC - Charleston Co. | ||||
2004 | Frances*^ | Aug 24 | Sep 10 | 4 (2) | p[37-44] | [50] | $9.8 | FL: PR, NC, GA, SC, VI |
2004 | Charley*^ | Aug 9 | Aug 15 | 4 (4) | ^@+ p[10-16] | [40] | $16.9 | SW FL: NC, SC |
2004 | Alex | NOAA | ||||||
2003 | Juan* | Sep 24 | Sep 29 | 2 | [5] | $0.2 | Canada* | |
2003 | Isabel*^ | Sep 6 | Sep 20 | 5 (2) | 8 feet *!^+ p[43-49] | [50] | $5.5 | SC, NC, VA, DC, MD, NJ, NY: PR |
2003 | Fabian* | Aug 25 | Sep 8 | 4 | [4] | $0.3 | Bermuda* | |
2003 | Claudette | Jul 8 | Jul 17 | 1 | +NOAA | 3 | TX - Matagorda Co. | |
2003 | Bill | Jun 29 | Jul 3 | TS | CO-OPS | 4 | US Gulf Coast | |
2002 | Lili* | Sep 21 | Oct 4 | 4 (1) | p[41-47] | [16] | $1.16 | SC, LA |
2002 | Isidore* | Sep 14 | Sep 27 | 3 | ^NOAA | [17] | $1.3 | LA, MS |
2002 | Gustav | NOAA | ||||||
2001 | Michelle* | Oct 29 | Nov 6 | 4 | ]17] | $2 | Central America* | |
2001 | Iris* | Oct 4 | Oct 9 | 4 | [31] | $0.140 | Mexico* | |
2001 | Allison*^ | Jun 4 | Jun 18 | TS | [50] | $8.5 | N TX: FL, AL, DC, PA, NJ, NC, MA, VA, GA, SC, LA, MS, RI, MD, DE, NY | |
2000 | Keith* | Sep 28 | Oct 6 | 4 | [56] | $0.319 | Central America* | |
1999 | Lenny* | Nov 13 | Nov 23 | 4 | [17] | $0.686 | PR, VI | |
1999 | Floyd*^ | Sep 7 | Sep 19 | 4 (2) | p[27-33] | [57] | $6.9 | FL, NC, PA, MD, ME, NY |
1999 | Dennis | Aug 24 | Sep 9 | 2 | NOAA | 6 | FL, NC, VA, GA, MD, New England | |
1999 | Bret | Aug 18 | Aug 25 | 4 | SDP | 7 | TX | |
1998 | Mitch*^ | Oct 22 | Nov 5 | 5 | 19,325 | $6.08 | FL, Central America* | |
1998 | Georges* | Sep 15 | Oct 1 | 4 (3|2) | p[44-52] | [604] | $9.37 | (VI, PR|FL Keys, MS, AL): GA, AR, LA |
1998 | Frances | NOAA | ||||||
1998 | Earl | Aug 31 | Sep 8 | 2 (2) | +NOAA | 3 | FL Franklin Co., GA | |
1998 | Bonnie | Aug 19 | Aug 30 | 3 (2) | NOAA | 5 | $1 | NC, SC |
1996 | Josephine | NOAA | ||||||
1996 | Hortense* | Sep 3 | Sep 16 | 4 | [39] (18) | $0.158 | SW PR | |
1996 | Fran* | Aug 23 | Sep 8 | 3 (3) | @NOAA | [26] | $5 | NC: PA, VA, SC, MD, WV |
1996 | Cesar* | Jul 24 | Jul 29 | 1 | [113] | $0.203 | Mexico, Central America* | |
1996 | Bertha | NOAA | ||||||
1995 | Roxanne* | Oct 7 | Oct 21 | 3 | [14] | $1.5 | Mexico* | |
1995 | Opal*^ | Sep 27 | Oct 6 | 4 (3) | 24 feet *@+ NOAA | [59] | $4.7 | NW FL: AL, GA |
1995 | Marilyn* | Sep 12 | Sep 30 | 3 (2) | [8] | $2.1 | PR, Caribbean, Bermuda | |
1995 | Luis* | Aug 27 | Sep 11 | 4 | [19] | $2.5 | PR, Bahamas | |
1995 | Erin | Jul 31 | Aug 6 | 2 | SDP | 13 | FL, AL, MS | |
1994 | Alberto^ | Jun 30 | Jul 7 | TS (TS) | NOAA | 33 (30) | $1.03 | AL, GA: FL Panhandle |
1993 | Emily | (3) | @NOAA | NC - Dare Co. | ||||
1992 | Iniki | Sep 5 | Sep 13 | 4 (4) | NOAA | 6 (4) | $3.1 | Kauai |
1992 | Andrew*^ | Aug 16 | Aug 28 | 5 | !@NOAA | 65 (26) | $27.3 | SE FL, LA |
1991 | Bob* | Aug 16 | Aug 20 | 3 (2) | +NOAA | 17 | $1.5 | RI - Providence, MA - Cape Cod, CT - New London, NC |
1990 | Klaus* | Oct 3 | Oct 9 | 1 | [11] | $0.001 | Bahamas* | |
1990 | Diana* | Aug 4 | Aug 9 | 2 | [46] | $0.090 | Central Mexico* | |
1989 | Hugo*^ | Sep 9 | Sep 25 | 5 (4) | *@NOAA | [49] | $9.7 | (VI, PR|SC) |
1988 | Joan* | Oct 11 | Nov 2 | 4 | [216] | $2 | Central America* | |
1988 | Gilbert*^ | Sep 8 | Sep 19 | 5 | [318] | $2.98 | Central America* | |
1988 | Florence | Sep 7 | Sep 11 | 1 | SDP | 1 | FL, AL, LA, MS | |
1985 | Juan | (1) | NOAA | $1.5 | LA | |||
1985 | Gloria* | Sep 16 | Oct 2 | 4 | @+SDP | [9] | $0.9 | NY, CT, NH, ME |
1985 | Elena* | Aug 28 | Sep 4 | (3) | @NOAA | [9] | $1.3 | MS, AL, NW FL |
1983 | Alicia*^ | Aug 15 | Aug 21 | (3) | @NOAA | [21] | $3 | TX, LA |
1982 | Iwa | Nov 23 | (1) | Kauai | ||||
1980 | Allen* | Jul 31 | Aug 11 | 5 (3) | @NOAA | [269] | $1.24 | So. TX |
1979 | Frederic* | Aug 29 | Sep 15 | 4 (TS|3) | NOAA |
[12] (7|?) |
$1.7 | (PR|AL, MS) |
1979 | David* | Aug 25 | Sep 15 | 5 (?|2) | + | [2,068] | $1.54 | Dominican Republic*, (S. of PR|GA Chatham Co.) |
1979 | Claudette^ | TS | [1] | $0.400 | Rain!!! (43 inch in 24 hr) | |||
1978 | Greta* | Sep 13 | Sep 23 | (4) | (5) | $0.026 | Caribbean, Central America, Mexico | |
1977 | Anita* | Aug 29 | Sep 4 | (5) | (10) | Mexico | ||
1975 | Eloise* | Sep 13 | Sep 24 | (TS|3) | SDP | (44|80) | $0.550 | (PR|FL) |
1974 | Fifi* | Sep 14 | Sep 24 | (2) | [8,200] | $1.8 | Central America* | |
1974 | Carmen* | Aug 29 | Sep 10 | (4) | [8] | $0.162 | Central America, Mexico, US Gulf Coast | |
1972 | Agnes*^ | Jun 14 | Jun 23 | (1) | NOAA | [124] (122) | $2.1 | FL, North East |
1971 | Fern | (1) | + | TX - Nueces Co. | ||||
1970 | Celia* | Jul 31 | Aug 5 | (3) | @NOAA | [20] | $0.93 | Cuba, US Gulf Coast |
1969 | Camille*^ | Aug 14 | Aug 22 | (5) | *NOAA | (256) | $1.4207 | MS, SE LA, VA |
1968 | Gladys | (1) | + | FL - Citrus Co. | ||||
1967 | Beulah* | Sep 5 | Sep 22 | 5 | [59] | $0.208 | Caribbean, Mexico, TX | |
1966 | Inez* | Sep 21 | Oct 11 | 4 | [710] | $0.616 | Caribbean, Mexico, FL | |
1966 | Alma | NOAA | ||||||
1965 | Betsy* | Aug 27 | Sep 14 | 4 (3) | NOAA | (75) | $1.4205 | SE FL, SE LA |
1964 | Hilda* | Sep 28 | Oct 4 | 4 (3) | NOAA | (38) | $0.125 | LA |
1964 | Dora* | Aug 28 | Sep 14 | (4) | +NOAA | [5] | $0.250 | FL - Duval Co. |
1964 | Cleo* | Aug 20 | Sep 5 | (4) | [217] | $0.198 | Caribbean, SE US | |
1963 | Flora* | Sep 26 | Oct 12 | (4) | [7,193] | $0.529 | Caribbean* | |
1961 | Hattie* | Oct 27 | Nov 1 | (5) | [319] | $0.0603 | Central America* | |
1961 | Carla* | Sep 3 | Sep 16 | 5 (4) | @NOAA | (46) | $0.408 | TX, LA |
1960 | Donna*^ | Aug 29 | Sep 14 | (4|4) | +NOAA | [164] (107|50) | $0.400 | (St Thomas|FL Volusia Co., MA - Boston, Eastern US) |
1959 | Dot | Aug 6 | (0) | Kauai | ||||
1959 | Gracie | (3) | @NOAA | SC - Beaufort Co. | ||||
1957 | Nina | Dec 02 | (4) | Kauai | ||||
1957 | Audrey*^ | Jun 25 | Jun 29 | 3 | 12 feet *NOAA | (416) | $0.150 | |
1956 | Flossy | NOAA | ||||||
1956 | Betsy | (16) | Santa Clara | |||||
1955 | Janet* | Sep 21 | Sep 30 | 5 | [1,023] | $0.047 | Central America* | |
1955 | Ione* | Sep 10 | Sep 21 | 4 | 5.3 ft | [7] | $0.088 | NC |
1955 | Diane*^ | Aug 7 | Aug 21 | 2 (1) | (184) | $0.831 | NE US | |
1955 | Connie*^ | Aug 3 | Aug 15 | 4 (3) | NOAA | (25) | $0.040 | NC |
1954 | Hazel*^ | Oct 5 | Oct 15 | (4) | @NOAA | [581] (95) | $0.382 | SC, NC |
1954 | Edna*^ | Sep 5 | Sep 11 | (3) | @ | (21) | $0.042 | MA - Barnstable Co. |
1954 | Carol*^ | Aug 25 | Sep 1 | (3) | @NOAA | (60) | $0.462 | CT - Bridgeport C. NE US |
1950 | Hiki | Aug 15 | (NA) | Hawaii | ||||
1950 | King | (3) | @ | FL - Ft Lauderdale | ||||
1950 | Easy | (3) | @ | FL - Citrus Co. | ||||
1949 | TX | NOAA | ||||||
1949 | OKE | SDP | ||||||
1949 | VI | (NA) | San Mateo, ST Croix | |||||
1947 | FL/GA/SC | Oct | NOAA | FL, GA, SC | ||||
1947 | New Orleans | Sep 19 | (4) | SDP | (51) | SE LA, MS | ||
1946 | Tampa | (1) | + | FL - Hillsboro Co. | ||||
1945 | TX | Aug | NOAA | |||||
1944 | Great Atlantic^ | (3) | @SDP | (64) | VA - VA Beach Co., NE US | |||
1944 | Sarasota | (3) | @NOAA | FL - Sarasota Co. | ||||
1942 | TX | Aug 30 | NOAA | |||||
1940 | SC | (2) | NOAA | (50) | SC, GA, NC | |||
1939 | So. Cal | (TS) | (45) | So. California | ||||
1938 | Mokapu | Aug 19 | (NA) | Oahu | ||||
1938 | New England^ | (3) | 10-12 ft *@NOAA | (256) | CT - New Haven Co. | |||
1936 | VA | Sep 18 | NOAA | |||||
1935 | Labor Day^ | (5) | NOAA | (408) | FL Keys | |||
1933 | S TX | (3) | (40) | |||||
1933 | VA | Sep 16 | (3) | NOAA | ||||
1933 | VA | Aug 23 | (2) | NOAA | ||||
1932 | TX | (4) | (40) | Freeport | ||||
1932 | PR/VI | (2) | (225) | San Ciprian | ||||
1931 | PR | (2) | San Nicolas | |||||
1928 | Nassau | (2) | + | FL - Nassau Co, GA - Camden Co. | ||||
1928 | OKE^ | Sep 16 | (4) | NOAA | (2,500) | |||
1928 | PR | Sep 13 | (5) | SDP | (312) | San Felipe | ||
1926 | LA | (3) | (25) | |||||
1926 | Miami^ | Sep 18 | (4) |
NOAA 15ft, 12ft |
(372) | FL Miami, MS, AL | ||
1926 | PR | (2) | (25) | San Liborio | ||||
1921 | Tampa | Oct 27 | (3) | @SDP | FL - Hillsboro Co. | |||
1919 | Keys | (3) | NOAA | (287) | TX, FL? | |||
1918 | LA/TX | (3) | (34) | SW LA, Upper TX | ||||
1916 | PR | (1) | San Hipolito | |||||
1915 | LA | Sep 29 | (3) | NOAA | (275) | New Orleans, Grand Isle | ||
1915 | TX | Aug 17 | (4) | NOAA | (275) | Galveston | ||
1910 | SW FL | (3) | (30) | SW FL | ||||
1909 | LA | Sep 20 | (4) | NOAA | (400) | |||
1909 | TX | Jul 21 | (3) | NOAA | (41) | Velasco | ||
1906 | SE FL | Oct 18 | (3) | NOAA | (164) | |||
1906 | MS/AL | (2) | NOAA | (134) | Pensacola | |||
1903 | NJ | (1) | + | NJ - Cape May Co. | ||||
1900 | Galveston^ | Sep 8 | (4) | 8-15 ft *NOAA | (8,000) | |||
1899 | PR | (3) | (3,369) | San Ciriaco | ||||
1899 | NC/SC | (3) | NOAA | (50) | ||||
1898 | GA | (4) | @NOAA 16ft | (179) | $0.0015 | GA - Camden Co,SC,NC | ||
1896 | FL/GA/SC | (3) | (130) | |||||
1893 | Charleston | Oct 13 | (3) | NOAA | (28) | SC, FL | ||
1893 | Savannah | Aug 27 | (3) | @NOAA | (1,000) | SC/GA | ||
1893 | LA | (4) | NOAA | (1,100) | ||||
1889 | MidAtlantic | (TS) | NOAA | (40) | ||||
1888 | PR | (1) | (100) | San Gil | ||||
1886 | TX | (2) | (27) | |||||
1886 | TX | (4) | (150) | Indianola | ||||
1883 | NC | (2) | (53) | |||||
1881 | GA/SC | (2) | (700) | |||||
1879 | NC/VA | (3) | (46) | |||||
1878 | New England | (2) | (27) | |||||
1878 | MD | (1) | + | MD - Worcester Co, DE - New Castle Co. | ||||
1875 | TX | (3) | (176) | |||||
1871 | VI | (3) | (27) | Santa Juana | ||||
1869 | Boston | (3) | @ | MA - Suffolk Co. | ||||
1867 | PR/VI | (3) | (811) | San Narcico | ||||
1860 | LA | (2) | (47) | |||||
1856 | LA | (4) | (400) | |||||
1852 | PR | (1) | (800) | San Lorenzo | ||||
1815 | PVD | SDP |