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The 1931 Atlantic hurricane season was an ongoing event in the annual cycle of tropical cyclone formation. It officially began on June 1, 1931 and ended on November 30, 1931. 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. ... 1931 is a common year starting on Thursday. ... 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. ... 1931 is a common year starting on Thursday. ...
The 1931 season was below average in terms of tropical cyclone formation. Nine tropical cyclones formed during the year, but only two reached hurricane status, and one reached major hurricane status. This one reached 125 mph, a category 3 hurricane, and hit Belize, killing approximately 2,500 people. Another tropical cyclone hit Belize and continued into Mexico. The other hurricane of the year hit the Virgin Islands as a category 2, Puerto Rico as a category 1, and continued on to the Yucatan Peninsula as a tropical storm. It traveled across the Yucatan and entered the Bay of Campeche before hitting Mexico again as a category 1 storm. One tropical storm hit the Yucutan Peninusla before curving north and hitting Louisiana. Another tropical storm hit 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. ... 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. ... The Yucatán Peninsula separates the Caribbean Sea from the Gulf of Mexico. ... Categories: Stub | Seas | Geography of Mexico ... State nickname: Pelican State Other U.S. States Capital Baton Rouge Largest city New Orleans Governor Kathleen Blanco Official languages None; English and French de facto Area 134,382 km² (31st) - Land 112,927 km² - Water 21,455 km² (16%) Population (2000) - Population 4,468,976 (22nd) - Density 39. ... State nickname: Lone Star State Other U.S. States Capital Austin Largest city Houston Governor Rick Perry Official languages None. ...
The following is a list of Atlantic hurricane seasons. ... The 1928 Atlantic hurricane season was an ongoing event in the annual cycle of tropical cyclone formation. ... The 1929 Atlantic hurricane season was an ongoing event in the annual cycle of tropical cyclone formation. ... The 1930 Atlantic hurricane season was an ongoing event in the annual cycle of tropical cyclone formation. ...
The 1931Atlantichurricaneseason was an ongoing event in the annual cycle of tropical cyclone formation.
It officially began on June 1, 1931 and ended on November 30, 1931.
The other hurricane of the year hit the Virgin Islands as a category 2, Puerto Rico as a category 1, and continued on to the Yucatan Peninsula as a tropical storm.
In the North Atlantic, the latest recorded hurricane was on 31 December 1954 and the earliest was on 7 March 1908.
The 1998 hurricaneseason in the Atlantic was one of the deadliest on record, as three major hurricanes caused more than 11,000 fatalities.
One of the major hurricanes in the century of the Atlantic Basin was Hurricane Mitch, which had sustained surface winds of 180 mph and gusts estimated at more than 200 mph, the fourth strongest Caribbean hurricane this century.
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