1930 Atlantic hurricane season

Infobox hurricane season | name=1930 Atlantic hurricane season
first storm formed=Aug. 21, 1930
last storm dissipated=Sept. 17, 1930
strongest storm=1930 Dominican Republic Hurricane - 130 knots (150 mph)
total storms=2
major storms=1
total da
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total fatalities=8,000
basin=Atlantic hurricane
five seasons=1928, 1929, 1930, 1931, 1932 The 1930 Atlantic hurricane season ran through the summer and the first half of fall in 1930. The season was one of the least active seasons on record, with only two tropical cyclones known to have formed during the season. However, both reached hurricane strength and the second of the two remains to this day one of the deadliest Atlantic hurricanes in recorded history.

torms

Hurricane One

The first hurricane began in the Central Atlantic on August 21. It reached Category 2 hurricane strength on the 26th with winds of 105 mph as it grazed Bermuda, and became extratropical shortly after.

Hurricane Two

The other storm was the more notable and one of the deadliest storms of the twentieth century, known as the 1930 Dominican Republic Hurricane. A strong Category 4 hurricane, it directly hit Santo Domingo. It unleashed torrential rainfall and severe damage in the city, where as many as 8,000 people died. After making landfall, the storm quickly weakened from a monstrous Category 4 to a minimal tropical storm within 24 hours due to land interaction with the mountains. The tropical storm crossed Cuba and Florida and restrengthened into a Category 2 hurricane before dissipating in the central Atlantic.

ee also

*List of tropical cyclones
*List of Atlantic hurricane seasons

External links

* [http://www.aoml.noaa.gov/general/lib/lib1/nhclib/mwreviews/1930.pdf Monthly Weather Review]