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Encyclopedia > 1934 Atlantic hurricane season

The 1934 Atlantic hurricane season was an ongoing event in the annual cycle of tropical cyclone formation. It officially began on June 1, 1934 and ended on November 30, 1934. 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. ... 1934 was a common year starting on Monday (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. ... 1934 was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ...


The 1934 season was fairly quiet. However, it was a continuation of deadly seasons that had been going on since 1928. A weak June hurricane made landfall in Belize a made a full loop over Central America. It went over the Yucatan Peninsula and made final landfall in Louisiana. As many as 3,000 people are believed to have been killed by the storm. Elsewhere, a tropical storm formed and existed entirely during the month of May, striking Everglades City, Florida and Beaufort, South Carolina. A Category 1 hurricane passed over north Florida as a tropical storm and made landfall in central Texas. Another Category 1 grazed Galveston. An extratropical hurricane moved up the northeast coast and tropical storms struck western Alabama, and Jamaica and southern Cuba. 1928 was a leap year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... June is the sixth month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of four with the length of 30 days. ... This article is about weather phenomena. ... Central America is the region of North America located between the southern border of Mexico and the northwest border of Colombia, in South America. ... The Yucatán Peninsula separates the Caribbean Sea from the Gulf 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. ... This article is about weather phenomena. ... This article is about the month of May. ... Beaufort is a city located in Beaufort County, South Carolina. ... 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: 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. ... State nickname: Lone Star State Other U.S. States Capital Austin Largest city Houston Governor Rick Perry Official languages None. ... Galveston redirects here. ... Extratropical is a term used in advisories and tropical summaries to indicate that a cyclone has lost its tropical characteristics. ... Alabama is a Southern state state located in the southern United States. ...

The following is a list of Atlantic hurricane seasons. ... The 1932 Atlantic hurricane season was an ongoing event in the annual cycle of tropical cyclone formation. ... The 1933 Atlantic hurricane season was an ongoing event in the annual cycle of tropical cyclone formation. ...

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