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1901 Atlantic Hurricane Season




  Last Storm Dissipated Nov 5 , 1901
  Strongest Storm #6 - 90 knots (100 mph)
  Total Storms 12
  Major Storms 5
  Total Damages $1 million+ (1901 dollars)
  Total Fatalities 10
  Basin Atlantic hurricane
  Five Seasons 1899 , 1900 , '''1901''', 1902 , 1903


The 1901 season was slightly above average, with twelve Tropical Storm s, of which five became Hurricane s, none major.


STORMS


Tropical Storm One

The season had an early start with a tropical storm forming near the Isle Of Youth on June 11 . It passed Cuba and moved through the Gulf Of Mexico as a weak tropical storm, finally hitting land on the Florida Panhandle on June 14 .


Tropical Storm Two

The next storm formed on July 1 east of Venezuela . It moved briskly through the Caribbean Sea , hitting Jamaica and the western tip of Cuba on the way, and finally made landfall in Southeast Texas as a minimal tropical storm.


Hurricane Three

Another July storm formed near the same location as the previous storm on July 4 . It moved westward, hitting the Lesser Antilles , Puerto Rico , and the Dominican Republic as a tropical storm. The storm strengthened to hurricane strength, hit the Outer Banks , and looped around to hit near the North Carolina / South Carolina border.


Tropical Storm Four

The season's fourth storm had an unusual origin southwest of the Azores Islands on August 2 . It moved west-southwestward for six days before reaching tropical storm strength near the Bahamas . It hit near West Palm Beach on August 10 , crossed Florida . It hit Grand Isle, Louisiana on August 14th, producing Levee breeches which flooded New Orleans , and destroying every building in Port Eads, Louisiana other than the Lighthouse . It hit near Gulfport, Mississippi on the August 16 , after causing 10 deaths and over $1 million in damage (1901 USD).


Tropical Storm Five

The fifth storm formed and moved through Grenada in middle August.


Hurricane Six

The next storm, a Cape Verde-type Hurricane , made it to 100 mph winds before going out to sea.


Tropical Storm Seven

Tropical Storm Seven moved through the northern Lesser Antilles and the Greater Antilles , recurved, and hit near Pensacola, Florida in early to middle September.


Tropical Storm Eight

The season's eighth storm formed and died off the coast of Africa .


Tropical Storm Nine

The ninth storm of the season formed in the central Caribbean, moved northward through Cuba, and hit Florida in late September.


Tropical Storm Ten

The tenth storm remained out at sea.


Tropical Storm Eleven

Tropical Storm Eleven formed south of Cuba, crossed over, and strengthened before becoming extratropical.


Hurricane Twelve

The final storm formed north of Puerto Rico in late October, reached hurricane strength southeast of Bermuda, and dissipated in early November.



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