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1931 Atlantic Hurricane Season




  Last Storm Dissipated Nov 25 , 1931
  Strongest Storm #5 - 110 knots (130 mph)
  Total Storms 9
  Major Storms 1
  Total Damages $75 million (1931 USD)
  Total Fatalities 2,502
  Basin Atlantic hurricane
  Five Seasons 1929 , 1930 , '''1931''', 1932 , 1933


The 1931 season was below average in terms of tropical cyclone formation. Nine tropical cyclones formed during the year, but only two reached hurricane status, and one reached major hurricane status. This one reached 125 mph, a category 3 hurricane, and hit Belize , killing approximately 2,500 people. Another tropical cyclone hit Belize and continued into Mexico. The other hurricane of the year hit the Virgin Islands as a Category 2 , Puerto Rico as a Category 1 , and continued on to the Yucatán Peninsula as a tropical storm. It traveled across the Yucatan and entered the Bay Of Campeche before hitting Mexico again as a category 1 storm. One tropical storm hit the Yucatán Peninusla before curving north and hitting Louisiana . Another tropical storm hit Texas .


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