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Encyclopedia > 1929 Atlantic hurricane season

The 1929 Atlantic hurricane season was an ongoing event in the annual cycle of tropical cyclone formation. It officially began on June 1, 1929 and ended on November 30, 1929. 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. ... 1929 was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to 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. ... 1929 was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ...


The 1929 season was a quiet one in the Atlantic. Only three tropical cyclones formed during the season, all of them reaching hurricane strength. One skimmed extreme south Florida as a Category 2 and another hit central Texas as a Category 1. The other stayed out to sea. The Florida hurricane was the most notable. In the Keys, roofs were torn off houses; debris was thrown through the air, and small craft were sunk in the harbors. It grazed the southwest coast and struck again at the Big Bend area as a strong tropical storm. The storm dissipated inland. The Texas hurricane struck near Freeport, which was the only town to suffer much damage from it. The Atlantic Ocean is Earths second-largest ocean, covering approximately one_fifth of its surface. ... This article is about weather phenomena. ... State nickname: Sunshine State, Everglade State Other U.S. States Capital Tallahassee Largest city Jacksonville Governor Jeb Bush Official languages English Area 170,451 km² (22nd)  - Land 137,374 km²  - Water 30,486 km² (17. ... 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. ... State nickname: Lone Star State Other U.S. States Capital Austin Largest city Houston Governor Rick Perry Official languages None. ... 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. ... Palm trees in Islamorada The Florida Keys is an archipelago or cluster of islands in the extreme southeast of the United States. ... Debris (French, pronounced (IPA) dibri) is a word used to describe the remains of something that has been otherwise destroyed. ... This article is about weather phenomena. ... Freeport is a city located in Brazoria County, Texas and is situated in East Texas. ...

The following is a list of Atlantic hurricane seasons. ... The 1927 Atlantic hurricane season was an ongoing event in the annual cycle of tropical cyclone formation. ... The 1928 Atlantic hurricane season was an ongoing event in the annual cycle of tropical cyclone formation. ...

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NHC Archive of Hurricane Seasons (1051 words)
Monthly Weather Summaries of the hurricane seasons for the years 1872 - 2002 are available from the NHC Library.
Learn about the progress of a typical hurricane season in terms of the total number of tropical systems and hurricanes produced throughout the year in the Atlantic and East Pacific basins.
The Atlantic Tracks File is an ASCII (text) file containing the 6-hourly (0000, 0600, 1200, 1800 UTC) center locations (latitude and longitude in tenths of degrees) and intensities (maximum 1-minute surface wind speeds in knots and minimum central pressures in millibars) for all Tropical Storms and Hurricanes from 1851 through 2006.
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