- 1891 Atlantic hurricane season
Infobox hurricane season | name=1891 Atlantic hurricane season
first storm formed=July 3, 1891
last storm dissipated=Nov. 6, 1891
strongest storm=“Martinique” — convert|125|mph|km/h|abbr=on|lk=on, convert|951|mbar|inHg|abbr=on|lk=on
total storms=10
major storms=1
total da
total fatalities=13
basin=Atlantic hurricane
five seasons=1889, 1890, 1891, 1892, 1893 The 1891 Atlantic hurricane season ran through the summer and the first half of fall in 1891. The season had 10 tropical storms, 7 of which became hurricanes. However, due to scarce technology and the fact that only storms that affected land or ships were recorded, the actual total could be higher.torms
Hurricane One
Formed in
Gulf of Mexico northwest of Campeche; made landfall nearGalveston ,Texas ; dissipated near theAlabama -Tennessee state lineHurricane Two
Formed south of the
Cape Verde Islands; dissipated in theAtlantic Ocean Hurricane Three
Formed east of the
Lesser Antilles ; made landfalls in theDominican Republic ,Bahamas andFlorida ; dissipated in the Gulf of MexicoHurricane Four
Formed northeast of the
Leeward Islands ; made landfalls inNova Scotia and Newfoundland; dissipated north of Newfoundland in theLabrador Sea Hurricane Five
Formed in the open Atlantic near 20°N 45°W; a fish-spinning storm that threatened
Bermuda as a Category 1 system and dissipated west-northwest of MadeiraHurricane Six
Formed in the open Atlantic near 21°N 52°W; threatened Bermuda and made landfalls in
Nova Scotia and Newfoundland less than a month after Hurricane Four affected the area; dissipated in the Labrador SeaTropical Storm Seven
Formed in the
Caribbean Sea south ofJamaica ; made landfalls onIsla de la Juventud , and inCuba andFlorida ; dissipated in the open AtlanticTropical Storm Eight
Formed north of
Honduras ; made landfalls inCuba ,Florida ,Nova Scotia and Newfoundland; dissipated west-southwest ofIceland Hurricane Nine
Formed north of
Grenada , and made landfalls onSaint Croix and the mainVirgin Islands ; dissipated just before affecting southern tip of Nova ScotiaTropical Storm Ten
Formed northeast of present-day Nassau,
Bahamas ; never made landfall before dissipating in the open Atlantic.See also
*
List of tropical cyclones
*List of Atlantic hurricane seasons External links
* [http://www.aoml.noaa.gov/general/lib/lib1/nhclib/mwreviews/1891.pdf Monthly Weather Review]
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