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1889 Atlantic Hurricane Season





Hurricane Information

  Basin Atlantic hurricane
  First Storm Formed May 16 , 1889
  Last Storm Dissipated October 7 , 1889
  Strongest Storm #6 - 95 knots (110 mph)
  Total Storms 9
  Major Storms 0
  Total Damages Unknown
  Total Fatalities 40
  Five Seasons 1887 , 1888 , '''1889''', 1890 , 1891


The 1889 Atlantic hurricane season officially began on June 1 , 1889 , and lasted until November 30 , 1889 . These dates conventionally delimit the period of each year when most Tropical Cyclone s form in the Atlantic Basin .


STORMS

A hurricane formed on September 1 east of Barbados . It moved northwestward, becoming a 100 mph storm while crossing Puerto Rico . From September 9 to the 12th it caused flooding and storm surge to the Mid Atlantic as it stalled off the coast, causing 40 deaths.

On September 12 , a tropical storm formed over the northern Lesser Antilles . It moved westward across the northern Caribbean , and on the 18th, hit the eastern Yucatán Peninsula as a Category 2 hurricane. After weakening over land, it turned northward, where it again strengthened to a Category 2. While moving northeastward over the Gulf Of Mexico , it weakened, and hit near Pensacola, Florida on the 23rd. Its minimal intensity at its U.S. landfall resulted in little damage, but Yucatan fared a little worse. No damage was severe.


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