1920 Atlantic hurricane season

Infobox hurricane season
Basin=Atl
Year=1920
Track=1920 Atlantic hurricane season reanalysis1.jpg
First storm formed=July 31, 1920
Last storm dissipated=October 24, 1920
Strongest storm name=#1
Strongest storm winds=95
Strongest storm pressure=
Average wind speed=
Total depressions=6
Total storms=5
Total hurricanes=4
Total intense=0
Fatalities=1
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Inflated=0
five seasons=1918, 1919, 1920, 1921, 1922 The 1920 Atlantic hurricane season ran through the summer and the first half of fall in 1920. The season was below average with only five tropical cyclones forming in the Atlantic Basin. It had one of the shortest seasons of duration, with the activity occurring in a 23 day period. All but one of them were hurricanes but none reached major hurricane status (Category 3 or above).

torms

Hurricane One

The strongest storm of the season was the first one to form. It was Category 2 and a Cape Verde-type hurricane that formed in the eastern Atlantic; it stayed well out to sea while nearly reaching Category 3 status. Maximum winds were 95 kt (110 mph).

Hurricane Two

The second hurricane, a Category 2, struck Central America and Cozumel, Mexico as a tropical storm and made landfall near Dulac, Louisiana, causing over $1 million in damage and one death.

Hurricane Three

Hurricane Three, a Category 1, struck Cape Fear, North Carolina.

Tropical Storm Four

Hurricane Five

This hurricane struck Cedar Key, Florida as a tropical storm.

ee also

*List of tropical cyclones
*List of Atlantic hurricane seasons

References

External links

* [http://www.aoml.noaa.gov/general/lib/lib1/nhclib/mwreviews/1920.pdf Monthly Weather Review]