1908 Atlantic hurricane season

Infobox hurricane season | name=1908 Atlantic hurricane season
first storm formed=March 6, 1908
last storm dissipated=October 23, 1908
strongest storm=#6 - 105 knots (120 mph)
total storms=10
major storms=1
total da

total fatalities=None
basin=Atlantic hurricane
five seasons=1906, 1907, 1908, 1909, 1910 The 1908 Atlantic hurricane season ran through the summer and the first half of fall in 1908. The season was near average with 10 tropical cyclones forming during the season. This season got off to a very early start, with a Category 2 hurricane forming on March 6, making it the earliest hurricane on record to form in the Atlantic Basin. Another hurricane formed and existed entirely during the month of May. Cape Hatteras got affected by two hurricanes and one tropical storm that year.

The strongest storm of the season was a Category 3 in mid-September that moved across the central Bahamas and turned out to sea. A Category 2 hurricane in late September and early October crossed the Lesser Antilles, moved over Hispaniola and eastern Cuba, and crossed over the Bahamas before turning northeast. It caused extensive damage to the Greater Antilles. In mid-October, a Category 2 hurricane struck Nicaragua.

torms

Hurricane One

infobox hurricane small
name=Hurricane One
category=cat2
type=hurricane

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formed=March 6 1908
dissipated=March 9, 1908
highest winds=100 mph (160 km/h)
lowest pressure=991 mbar (hPa)This hurricane is the only known tropical cyclone in the Atlantic region to exist in March. Basseterre in Saint Kitts and Nevis recorded a pressure of 991 mbar and 8 inches of rainfall in association with the hurricane. [http://www.aoml.noaa.gov/hrd/hurdat/excelfiles_centerfix/1908/1908_1.XLS]

Hurricane Two

infobox hurricane small
name=Hurricane Two
category=cat1
type=hurricane

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formed=May 24 1908
dissipated=May 31, 1908
highest winds=75 mph (120 km/h)
lowest pressure=989 mbarThis hurricane hit the U.S. in May, causing minor effects. It was one of only 3 May hurricanes during the 20th century in the Atlantic Basin; the others were Able in 1951 and Alma in 1970. It was the earliest second hurricane of any season on record, and the earliest hurricane to hit the U.S. in recorded history.

Hurricane Three

infobox hurricane small
name=Hurricane Three
category=cat1
type=hurricane

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formed=July 24 1908
dissipated=August 3, 1908
highest winds=80 mph (130 km/h)
pressure=

Tropical Storm Four

infobox hurricane small
name=Tropical Storm Four
category=storm
type=tropical storm

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formed=August 29 1908
dissipated=September 3, 1908
highest winds=60 mph (95 km/h)
pressure=

Tropical Storm Five

infobox hurricane small
name=Tropical Storm Five
category=storm
type=tropical storm

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formed=August 30 1908
dissipated=September 2, 1908
highest winds=50 mph (80 km/h)
pressure=

Hurricane Six

infobox hurricane small
name=Hurricane Six
category=cat3
type=hurricane

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formed=September 7 1908
dissipated=September 19, 1908
highest winds=120 mph (195 km/h)
pressure=

Tropical Storm Seven

infobox hurricane small
name=Tropical Storm Seven
category=storm
type=tropical storm

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formed=September 16 1908
dissipated=September 18, 1908
highest winds=70 mph (110 km/h)
pressure=

Hurricane Eight

infobox hurricane small
name=Hurricane Eight
category=cat2
type=hurricane

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formed=September 21 1908
dissipated=October 7, 1908
highest winds=110 mph (175 km/h)
pressure=

Hurricane Nine

infobox hurricane small
name=Hurricane Nine
category=cat2
type=hurricane

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formed=October 14 1908
dissipated=October 19, 1908
highest winds=105 mph (170 km/h)
pressure=

Tropical Storm Ten

infobox hurricane small
name=Tropical Storm Ten
category=storm
type=tropical storm

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formed=October 19 1908
dissipated=October 23, 1908
highest winds=40 mph (65 km/h)
pressure=

ee also

*List of tropical cyclones
*List of Atlantic hurricane seasons

External links

* [http://www.aoml.noaa.gov/general/lib/lib1/nhclib/mwreviews/1908.pdf Monthly Weather Review]
* [http://docs.lib.noaa.gov/rescue/mwr/036/mwr-036-05-0136.pdf March hurricane]