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1921 Atlantic Hurricane Season




  Last Storm Dissipated Oct 28 , 1921
  Strongest Storm #6 - 120 knots (140 mph)
  Total Storms 6
  Major Storms 2
  Total Damages $3 million (1921 USD)
  Total Fatalities 6
  Basin Atlantic hurricane
  Five Seasons 1919 , 1920 , '''1921''', 1922 , 1923


The 1921 season was near average, with six tropical cyclones forming during the season. A Category 1 Hurricane struck Sargent, Texas in June. Another Category 1 struck Tampico, Mexico in September. A Category 2 struck Hispaniola and grazed Bermuda . Another notable system was a Tropical Storm that made a Transatlantic journey from off the coast of South Carolina to just southwest of the Azores .

The most notable storm of the season, was the Tampa Bay Hurricane Of 1921 . It developed in the southwestern Caribbean Sea on October 20 . It tracked north-northwestward, steadily strengthening into a hurricane on the 22nd. The storm turned more north-northeastward, and upon reaching the Gulf of Mexico on the 24th it rapidly intensified to a 140 mph Category 4. It weakened as it continued to the northeast, making landfall on Cedar Key on the 25th as a 100 mph hurricane. It crossed Florida , turned eastward across the Atlantic, and became extratropical on the 28th southwest of Bermuda. Its small and quick nature, as well as well-executed warnings, only caused $3 million in damage (1921 USD), with 6 casualties.


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