1916 Atlantic hurricane season

Infobox hurricane season
Basin=Atl
Year=1916
Track=1916 Atlantic hurricane season reanalysis1.jpg
First storm formed=May 13, 1916
Last storm dissipated=November 16, 1916
Strongest storm name=#6
Strongest storm winds=115
Strongest storm pressure=932
Average wind speed=
Total depressions=18
Total storms=15
Total hurricanes=10
Total intense=5
Fatalities=31+ total
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Inflated=0
five seasons=1914, 1915, 1916, 1917, 1918 The 1916 Atlantic hurricane season ran through the summer and the first half of fall in 1916. The season is one of only two in which two major hurricanes were reported before the month of August, the other being the 2005 season.

torms

1916 was a fairly active season, especially for the time. Fifteen tropical cyclones formed during the course of the year. Ten hurricanes formed, and five of those were major hurricanes.

Tropical Storm One

Infobox Hurricane Small
Basin=Atl

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Formed=May 13
Dissipated=May 18
1-min winds=40
Pressure=1004On May 13, a tropical depression formed south of the Cuban coast. It quickly crossed the island and moved over the Straits of Florida. On May 14, it slowly strengthened to a minimal tropical storm, and it made landfall near Key Vaca, Florida with winds of 40 mph (65 km/h). It entered the Florida peninsula near Cape Sable, moving northward across the state. Gale force winds were reported east of the center. It transitioned to an extratropical cyclone on May 16. Initially, the cyclone was not included in the Atlantic hurricane database.

Hurricane Two

Infobox Hurricane Small
Basin=Atl

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Formed=June 28
Dissipated=July 10
1-min winds=105
Pressure=950A tropical disturbance organized into a tropical storm on June 29 in the southwest Caribbean Sea. It moved to the north-northwest, brushing the coast of Honduras before strengthening into a hurricane on July 2. The hurricane continued to intensify, reaching major hurricane strength in the northern Gulf of Mexico on the 4th. It made landfall near Gulfport, Mississippi with 120 mph (195 km/h) sustained winds on July 5. The damage was around $3 million with four deaths occurring. At the time, it was the earliest major hurricane to hit the U.S. in known history. This was since Broken by Hurricane Audrey.

Hurricane Three

Infobox Hurricane Small
Basin=Atl

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Formed=July 10
Dissipated=July 22
1-min winds=90
Pressure=980The third tropical storm was first observed east of the Lesser Antilles on July 10. It tracked northwestward, crossing the islands before reaching hurricane strength north of Puerto Rico on the 15th. The hurricane continued to the northwest, and reached a peak of 105 mph (170 km/h) on July 16.cite web|author=Hurricane Research Division|url=http://www.aoml.noaa.gov/hrd/hurdat/metadata_19151920_new.html|title=HURDAT Meta-Data|publisher=NOAA|accessdate=2008-02-15] Cool and dry air weakened it to a 70 mph (110 km/h) tropical storm when it hit New Bedford, Massachusetts on the 21st.cite web|author=Hurricane Research Division|url=http://www.aoml.noaa.gov/hrd/hurdat/metadata_19151920_new.html|title=HURDAT Meta-Data|publisher=NOAA|accessdate=2008-02-15] It caused little damage and no known deaths. Initially, the cyclone was recorded as a major hurricane, but it was subsequently downgraded by the Atlantic hurricane reanalysis project.

Hurricane Four

Infobox Hurricane Small
Basin=Atl

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Formed=July 11
Dissipated=July 15
1-min winds=100
Pressure=960Hurricane Four, which developed on July 11 north of the Bahamas, reached a peak intensity of 115 mph (185 km/h) winds on July 13. The hurricane moved ashore near Charleston, South Carolina as a strong Category 2 hurricane on July 14. Seven deaths were reported, with $100,000 in damage. The heavy rains from this storm caused severe flooding of the French Broad River at Asheville, North Carolina. [Western North Carolina Heritage. [http://www.heritagewnc.org/wnc_natural_disasters/1916_flood.htm ASHEVILLE FLOOD of 1916.] Retrieved on 2008-06-23.]

Tropical Storm Five

Infobox Hurricane Small
Basin=Atl

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Formed=August 4
Dissipated=August 6
1-min winds=50
Pressure=A tropical storm formed in the southern Gulf of Mexico on August 4. On August 5, it struck the Mexican state of Tamaulipas with estimated winds of 60 mph (95 km/h). Tropical storm force winds affected southern Texas.

Hurricane Six

Infobox Hurricane Small
Basin=Atl

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Formed=August 12
Dissipated=August 20
1-min winds=116
Pressure=932The fourth hurricane of the season was observed east of the Lesser Antilles on August 12. It passed through the islands, strengthening to a hurricane late on the 12th while crossing. On the 15th, the hurricane hit Jamaica as a 90 mph hurricane, and continued to the west-northwest through the Caribbean Sea and Yucatan Channel. On the 16th it became a major hurricane. It made landfall on Padre Island, Texas on the 18th as a 135 mph (215 km/h) hurricane. The hurricane caused 15 fatalities, with $1.8 million (1916 USD) in damage.

Hurricane Seven

Infobox Hurricane Small
Basin=Atl

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Formed=August 21
Dissipated=August 26
1-min winds=95
Pressure=The seventh tropical storm appeared over the northern Lesser Antilles on August 21. It tracked westward, becoming a hurricane and reaching a peak of 110 mph (175 km/h) winds before hitting Puerto Rico on the 22nd. It crossed Hispaniola the next day, weakened to a tropical storm, and paralleled the north coast of Cuba. This fast moving storm turned northward, passing west of Miami, Florida on the 25th. It dissipated on August 26. Damage is estimated at around a million dollars, with no reported deaths due to its compact and fast-moving nature.

Hurricane Eight

Infobox Hurricane Small
Basin=Atl

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Formed=August 27
Dissipated=September 2
1-min winds=70
Pressure=986On August 27 a tropical storm was observed east of the Lesser Antilles. It strengthened into a hurricane that night before crossing Dominica with 80 mph (130 km/h) winds on August 28. This fast-moving hurricane moved through the Caribbean Sea, and it quickly weakened on August 30. On September 1 it made landfall on northern Belize as a tropical storm. The hurricane caused moderate damage, taking an unknown number of lives.

Tropical Storm Nine

Infobox Hurricane Small
Basin=Atl

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Formed=September 4
Dissipated=September 7
1-min winds=45
Pressure=The ninth tropical storm of the season formed over the eastern Bahamas on September 4. It tracked northward, and hit near the North Carolina/South Carolina border on the 6th.

Hurricane Ten

Infobox Hurricane Small
Basin=Atl

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Formed=September 13
Dissipated=September 25
1-min winds=75
Pressure=The tenth tropical storm of the season, which was first observed on September 13 to the northeast of the Lesser Antilles, tracked westward before turning northward. It reached a peak of 85 mph (140 km/h) winds on the 18th before dissipating on September 24 in the northeast Atlantic.

Hurricane Eleven

Infobox Hurricane Small
Basin=Atl

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Formed=September 17
Dissipated=September 25]
1-min winds=105
Pressure=On September 17 the eleventh tropical storm was seen east of Barbados. It headed west-northward, strengthening into a hurricane on the 19th before passing north of the Lesser Antilles. The hurricane reached a peak of 120 mph (195 km/h) winds on September 22. It passed by Bermuda on the 24th, and became extratropical on the same day.

Tropical Storm Twelve

Infobox Hurricane Small
Basin=Atl

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Formed=October 2
Dissipated=October 5
1-min winds=50
Pressure=1000A tropical storm formed on October 2 and struck the Georgia coast on October 4.

Hurricane Thirteen

Infobox Hurricane Small
Basin=Atl

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Formed=October 6
Dissipated=October 15
1-min winds=105
Pressure=963A tropical storm appeared near the Windward Islands on October 6. It headed northwestward then northward, reaching hurricane strength in the eastern Caribbean. It approached the equivalent of Category 3 intensity as it passed over Saint Croix. While accelerating to the northeast, the hurricane reached major hurricane strength, but cooler waters caused it to become extratropical on the 15th.

Hurricane Fourteen

Infobox Hurricane Small
Basin=Atl

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Formed=October 9
Dissipated=October 19
1-min winds=95
Pressure=970A tropical depression organized to a tropical storm on October 11 in the western Caribbean. It moved westward, reaching hurricane strength on the 13th before hitting the Yucatan Peninsula on the 15th as a 110 mph (175 km/h) hurricane. It weakened over land, and it emerged over the southern Gulf of Mexico as a tropical storm. It quickly re-strengthened to a strong Category 2 hurricane, hitting Pensacola on October 18. This storm was a fast moving one so the damage was limited, but a ship sank offshore, killing 20 people.

Tropical Storm Fifteen

Infobox Hurricane Small
Basin=Atl

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Formed=November 11
Dissipated=November 16
1-min winds=60
Pressure=1002The last storm of the season was first seen on November 11 in the Caribbean Sea. It tracked west-northwestward, hitting Honduras on the 13th. The storm turned northward, reaching peak winds of 70 mph (110 km/h) over the Yucatán Channel on November 14. It transitioned to an extratropical cyclone on November 15, and it passed over Key West.

References

ee also

*List of tropical cyclones
*List of Atlantic hurricane seasons

External links

* [http://aoml.noaa.gov/general/lib/lib1/nhclib/1916.pdf Monthly Weather Review]