The 1915 Atlantic hurricane season was an ongoing event in the annual cycle of tropical cyclone formation. It officially began on June 1, 1915 and ended on November 30, 1915. Hurricane Ivan viewed from the International Space Station, September 2004. ... June 1 is the 152nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (153rd in leap years), with 213 days remaining. ... 1915 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... November 30 is the 334th day (335th on leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar, with 31 days remaining, as the final day of November. ... 1915 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ...
The 1915 season wasn’t very active in terms of the number of storms but it was fairly eventful. A strong Category 3 hurricane killed 400 people in Galveston, Texas. This was just fifteen years after another hurricane killed 8,000 people there. A Category 4 hurricane hit Grand Isle, Louisiana, causing severe flooding and killing nearly 300 people. A Category 3 hurricane grazed Bermuda, causing heavy damage. The rest of the season was fairly quiet (though that’s not really saying much). A Category 1 hurricane hit near Apalachicola, Florida and a weak tropical storm hit Daytona Beach. Category 3 can refer to either: Category 3 cable used for carrying data Category 3 hurricanes on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale. ... Galveston is a city and island located in Galveston County, Texas. ... The Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale is a scale classifying hurricanes by the intensity of their sustained winds, developed in 1969 by civil engineer Herbert Saffir and National Hurricane Center director Bob Simpson. ... Grand Isle is a town located in Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, on an island of the same name at the mouth of Barataria Bay where it meets the Gulf of Mexico. ... The Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale is a scale classifying hurricanes by the intensity of their sustained winds, developed in 1969 by civil engineer Herbert Saffir and National Hurricane Center director Bob Simpson. ... Apalachicola is a city located in Franklin County, Florida. ... This article is about weather phenomena. ... Daytona Beach is a city located in Volusia County, Florida. ...
The following is a list of Atlantic hurricane seasons. ... The 1913 Atlantic hurricane season was an ongoing event in the annual cycle of tropical cyclone formation. ... The 1914 Atlantic hurricane season was an ongoing event in the annual cycle of tropical cyclone formation. ...
Hurricane Rita became the third most intense Atlantichurricane (currently fourth) and the most intense hurricane on record in the Gulf of Mexico after reaching a pressure reading of 897 mb on September 21.
Hurricane Wilma became the most intense Atlantichurricane in recorded history (but note numerous Pacific typhoons have been more intense) at just before 5:00 am EDT, when the central pressure was measured at 884 mb.
Hurricane Vince was the farthest north and east that a tropical storm has ever formed in the Atlantic basin since records have been kept.
Hurricane Alicia (1983) and Opal (1995) were of the same general intensity at landfall (sustained winds 115-mph), while property damage and economic impact were similar.
Hurricane Katrina (2005), is estimated to have had sustained winds of 125-mph when the center first hit the Louisiana coast.
The sustined winds in the Hurricanes of 1909, 1915, and Hurricane Carla (1961), are estimated to have been around 140-mph, with peak gusts in the 165 to 170-mph range.
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