1888 Atlantic hurricane season

Infobox hurricane season
basin=Atlantic hurricane
first storm formed=June 16, 1888
last storm dissipated=November 25, 1888
strongest storm=#3, 4 - 110 knots (130 mph)
total storms=9
major storms=2
total da

total fatalities=924
five seasons=1886, 1887, 1888, 1889, 1890 The 1888 Atlantic hurricane season ran through the summer and the first half of fall in 1888.

torms

Hurricane One

Tropical Storm Two

Hurricane Three

A tropical storm was first detected near the Bahamas on August 14. As it neared the coast of Florida, it strengthened to a Category 3 hurricane, but weakened over land. Once over the Gulf of Mexico, it agained strengthened, this time to a Category 2. It made landfall on Louisiana on the 19th, causing storm surge and heavy rain, New Orleans itself receiving nearly a foot of rain. The storm recurved over the Ohio Valley and brought more rain, this time to the mid-Atlantic region where it caused 3 deaths. In all, this storm caused $2.7 million in damage.

Hurricane Four

On August 31, a tropical storm was observed northeast of the Lesser Antilles. It moved westward, strengthening to a hurricane later that day. As it continued to strengthen, it brought heavy rain over Puerto Rico, the Turks and Caicos Islands, and Cuba. On the 3rd, it reached its peak of 130 mph but land interaction with Cuba weakened it to a minimal hurricane. It crossed the island and the Yucatán Channel, reaching the northeast coast of the Yucatán Peninsula on the 6th. After weakening to a tropical storm, it restrengthened to a Category 2 hurricane while moving southwestward in the Bay of Campeche, but it dissipated after its Veracruz landfall on the 8th. It caused 921 deaths.

Tropical Storm Five

Hurricane Six

Hurricane Seven

Tropical Storm Eight

See also

* List of Atlantic hurricane seasons
* List of tropical cyclones