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The 1955 Atlantic hurricane season officially began on June 1, 1955, and lasted until November 30, 1955. These dates conventionally delimit the period of each year when most tropical cyclones form in the Atlantic basin. The 1955 season was active, with twelve tropical storms forming. Image File history File links Size of this preview: 751 × 599 pixelsFull resolution (847 × 676 pixel, file size: 408 KB, MIME type: image/png) Season summary provided by NOAA of the 1955 Atlantic hurricane season. ...
is the 212th day of the year (213th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
Year 1955 (MCMLV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1955 Gregorian calendar). ...
is the 292nd day of the year (293rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
Year 1955 (MCMLV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1955 Gregorian calendar). ...
Hurricane Janet was the most powerful hurricane of the 1955 Atlantic hurricane season and the 10th strongest Atlantic Hurricane of all time. ...
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Kilometre per hour (American spelling: kilometer per hour) is a unit of both speed (scalar) and velocity (vector). ...
The Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale is a scale classifying most Western Hemisphere tropical cyclones that exceed the intensities of tropical depressions and tropical storms, and thereby become hurricanes. ...
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The 1953 Atlantic hurricane season was an ongoing event in the annual cycle of tropical cyclone formation. ...
The 1954 Atlantic hurricane season was an on-going event in the cycle of tropical cyclone formation. ...
The 1956 Atlantic hurricane season was an ongoing event in the annual cycle of tropical cyclone formation. ...
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is the 152nd day of the year (153rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
Year 1955 (MCMLV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1955 Gregorian calendar). ...
is the 334th day of the year (335th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
Year 1955 (MCMLV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1955 Gregorian calendar). ...
Cyclone Catarina, a rare South Atlantic tropical cyclone viewed from the International Space Station on March 26, 2004 Hurricane and Typhoon redirect here. ...
The Atlantic Basin includes the main body of the Atlantic Ocean, the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea, but ommits other bodies of water considered to be a part of the Atlantic Ocean in the broad sense, such as the Mediteranean Sea. ...
Year 1955 (MCMLV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1955 Gregorian calendar). ...
Three hurricanes hit North Carolina in 1955: Connie, Diane and Ione. Hurricane Connie swamped the Outer Banks and Hurricane Diane caused millions of dollars in damages. Hurricane Janet was one of the most intense storms ever recorded in the Atlantic basin; it struck Belize as a Category 5 hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale, killing hundreds and causing catastrophic damage. This article is about weather phenomena. ...
Official language(s) English Capital Raleigh Largest City = Charlotte Largest city {{{LargestCity}}} Area Ranked 28th - Total 53,865 sq mi (139,509 km²) - Width 150 miles (240 km) - Length 560[1] miles (901 km) - % water 9. ...
Hurricane Ione was the third in a series of hurricanes to strike North Carolina during the 1955 Atlantic hurricane season. ...
Hurricane Connie was the first in a series of hurricanes to strike North Carolina during the 1955 Atlantic hurricane season. ...
North Carolinas Outer Banks separating the Atlantic Ocean (east) from Albemarle Sound (north) and Pamlico Sound (south). ...
Hurricane Diane was one of three hurricanes to hit to North Carolina during 1955. ...
Hurricane Janet was the most powerful hurricane of the 1955 Atlantic hurricane season and the 10th strongest Atlantic Hurricane of all time. ...
The Atlantic Basin includes the main body of the Atlantic Ocean, the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea, but ommits other bodies of water considered to be a part of the Atlantic Ocean in the broad sense, such as the Mediteranean Sea. ...
The Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale is a scale classifying most Western Hemisphere tropical cyclones that exceed the intensities of tropical depressions and tropical storms, and thereby become hurricanes. ...
Storms
Hurricane Alice (1954) - Main article: Hurricane Alice
The second Hurricane Alice of 1954 was originally believed to have developed in early January of 1955 and thus have been the first storm of the 1955 season; however, it was later discovered to have developed in late December of 1954 and was reclassified as a storm of the 1954 season. Nonetheless, it had already been named Alice as the first storm of the 1955 season. The decision was eventually made to keep the name, and, as a result, the 1955 season had no storm name beginning with 'A'. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1024x633, 242 KB) Summary Hurricane Alice2 (1954) track. ...
Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1024x633, 242 KB) Summary Hurricane Alice2 (1954) track. ...
Hurricane Alice was the only hurricane in the history of the Atlantic basin known to span two calendar years, and one of only two named tropical cyclones (along with Tropical Storm Zeta of 2005) to do so. ...
Tropical Storm Brenda Tropical Storm Brenda formed on July 31 in the northern Gulf of Mexico. It moved northwestward, and hit near New Orleans on the 1st as a 70 mph tropical storm. Brenda dissipated on the 3rd as it moved westward over Texas, after causing two deaths in Mobile, Alabama, but little damage. Image File history File links Size of this preview: 800 × 495 pixelsFull resolution (1024 × 633 pixel, file size: 821 KB, MIME type: image/png) Tropical Storm Brenda (1955) track. ...
Image File history File links Size of this preview: 800 × 495 pixelsFull resolution (1024 × 633 pixel, file size: 821 KB, MIME type: image/png) Tropical Storm Brenda (1955) track. ...
is the 212th day of the year (213th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
Gulf of Mexico in 3D perspective. ...
New Orleans is the largest city in the state of Louisiana, United States of America. ...
Official language(s) No official language See languages of Texas Capital Austin Largest city Houston Largest metro area Dallas–Fort Worth–Arlington Area Ranked 2nd - Total 261,797 sq mi (678,051 km²) - Width 773 miles (1,244 km) - Length 790 miles (1,270 km) - % water 2. ...
It has been suggested that List of people from Mobile, Alabama be merged into this article or section. ...
Hurricane Connie - Main article: Hurricane Connie
Hurricane Connie was the first of three hurricanes that hit North Carolina in 1955. It hit as a Category Three hurricane, having weakened from a Category 4 hurricane, and caused massive flooding in the northeast. As noted in the Best Track database from the National Hurricane Center. <http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/tracks1851to2006_atl.txt> Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1024x731, 343 KB) Summary Hurricane Connie (1955) track. ...
Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1024x731, 343 KB) Summary Hurricane Connie (1955) track. ...
Hurricane Connie was the first in a series of hurricanes to strike North Carolina during the 1955 Atlantic hurricane season. ...
Official language(s) English Capital Raleigh Largest City = Charlotte Largest city {{{LargestCity}}} Area Ranked 28th - Total 53,865 sq mi (139,509 km²) - Width 150 miles (240 km) - Length 560[1] miles (901 km) - % water 9. ...
Hurricane Diane - Main article: Hurricane Diane
Hurricane Diane was the second of three hurricanes that hit North Carolina this season. It hit as a minimal hurricane, and added significant flooding to the northeast; an area that received heavy rain from Hurricane Connie only 5 days before. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1024x781, 289 KB) Summary Hurricane Diane (1955) track. ...
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Hurricane Diane was one of three hurricanes to hit to North Carolina during 1955. ...
Hurricane Edith A tropical wave developed into a tropical depression on August 21 in the Tropical Atlantic. It moved northwestward and strengthened; first to a tropical storm on the 23rd, then a hurricane on the 25th, and Edith reached a peak of 95 mph winds on the 28th. The hurricane curved out to sea without affecting land, and became extratropical on the 31st south of Newfoundland. The extratropical low looped back to the west and dissipated on the 3rd. Image File history File links Size of this preview: 707 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (1024 × 869 pixel, file size: 156 KB, MIME type: image/png) Hurricane Edith (1955) track. ...
Image File history File links Size of this preview: 707 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (1024 × 869 pixel, file size: 156 KB, MIME type: image/png) Hurricane Edith (1955) track. ...
is the 233rd day of the year (234th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
Newfoundland — IPA: [nuw fən lænd] (French: , Irish: ) is a large island off the east coast of North America, and the most populous part of the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador. ...
Tropical Storm Five A tropical storm formed just west of Jamaica on August 23, likely from a tropical wave. It moved northwestward, crossed the western tip of Cuba, and hit southeastern Louisiana near New Orleans on the 27th. The storm dissipated three days later over Missouri, and caused little damage. Image File history File links Size of this preview: 800 × 551 pixelsFull resolution (1024 × 705 pixel, file size: 769 KB, MIME type: image/png) 1955 Atlantic tropical storm 5 track. ...
Image File history File links Size of this preview: 800 × 551 pixelsFull resolution (1024 × 705 pixel, file size: 769 KB, MIME type: image/png) 1955 Atlantic tropical storm 5 track. ...
is the 235th day of the year (236th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
New Orleans is the largest city in the state of Louisiana, United States of America. ...
Official language(s) English Capital Jefferson City Largest city Kansas City Largest metro area St Louis[1] Area Ranked 21st - Total 69,709 sq mi (180,693 km²) - Width 240 miles (385 km) - Length 300 miles (480 km) - % water 1. ...
Hurricane Flora The precursor to Hurricane Flora was a tropical wave that moved through the Cape Verde islands on August 30 and developed on September 2. Flora moved on a smooth curving track, reaching a peak intensity of 100 mph winds as it reached the westernmost point. As Flora moved northeastward, it weakened, becoming extratropical on the 9th. Image File history File links Size of this preview: 717 × 599 pixelsFull resolution (1024 × 856 pixel, file size: 88 KB, MIME type: image/png) Hurricane Flora (1955) track. ...
Image File history File links Size of this preview: 717 × 599 pixelsFull resolution (1024 × 856 pixel, file size: 88 KB, MIME type: image/png) Hurricane Flora (1955) track. ...
is the 242nd day of the year (243rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
is the 245th day of the year (246th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
Hurricane Gladys A tropical depression formed in the Bay of Campeche on September 4. It moved northwestward, becoming a tropical storm and later a hurricane on the 5th. Gladys turned southward, and hit the Mexican coast north of Tampico on the 6th, dissipating later that day. The storm caused some damage and deaths, though exact numbers are unknown. Image File history File links Size of this preview: 800 × 495 pixelsFull resolution (1024 × 633 pixel, file size: 558 KB, MIME type: image/png) Hurricane Gladys (1955) track. ...
Image File history File links Size of this preview: 800 × 495 pixelsFull resolution (1024 × 633 pixel, file size: 558 KB, MIME type: image/png) Hurricane Gladys (1955) track. ...
is the 247th day of the year (248th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
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On September 5, an offshoot of Hurricane Gladys with cyclonic turning formed in the Northern Gulf of Mexico. It hit Texas on the 6th, and caused about $500,000 in damage. It is possible this was a separate tropical storm from Gladys.[citation needed] is the 248th day of the year (249th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
Official language(s) No official language See languages of Texas Capital Austin Largest city Houston Largest metro area Dallas–Fort Worth–Arlington Area Ranked 2nd - Total 261,797 sq mi (678,051 km²) - Width 773 miles (1,244 km) - Length 790 miles (1,270 km) - % water 2. ...
Hurricane Hilda - Main article: Hurricane Hilda (1955)
Hurricane Hilda developed from a tropical wave on September 10 over the northern Lesser Antilles. It moved northwestward, and gradually strengthening to a 95 mph hurricane before hitting eastern Cuba on the 14th. Hilda weakened to a tropical storm while moving across the island, but quickly re-strengthened to a 115 mph hurricane while over the Caribbean Sea before hitting the sparsely populated eastern Yucatan peninsula between Chetumal and Cozumel. After weakening over land, Hilda rapidly intensified to a 130 mph Category 3 hurricane in the Gulf of Mexico, and hit Tampico, Mexico as a weakened Category 2 hurricane on the 19th, dissipating the next day over Mexico. Image File history File links Size of this preview: 800 × 495 pixelsFull resolution (1024 × 633 pixel, file size: 484 KB, MIME type: image/png) Hurricane Hilda (1955) track. ...
Image File history File links Size of this preview: 800 × 495 pixelsFull resolution (1024 × 633 pixel, file size: 484 KB, MIME type: image/png) Hurricane Hilda (1955) track. ...
Lowest pressure 952 mbar (hPa; 28. ...
is the 253rd day of the year (254th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
Location of the Lesser Antilles (green) in relation to the rest of the Caribbean Islands of the Lesser Antilles The Lesser Antilles, also known as the Caribbees,[1] are part of the Antilles, which together with the Bahamas and Greater Antilles form the West Indies. ...
The Yucatán Peninsula separates the Caribbean Sea from the Gulf of Mexico. ...
Front of the palace of the Governor of the state of Quintana Roo in Chetumal Chetumal (coordinates: ) is a city on the east coast of the Yucatán Peninsula in Mexico. ...
Location of Cozumel State Quintana Roo Presidente municipal Gustavo Ortega JoaquÃn Political Party PAN Area –Land –Water 647 km² Population –Total (2005) –Density 73,193 (2005 census) Time zone UTC –6 Latitude Longitude 20°30′ N 86°57′ W Cozumel (Mayan: Island of the Swallows) is an island in...
El Puente Tampico (finished in October 1988) links the states of Tamaulipas and Veracruz and is a major element in the Gulf of Mexico highway system. ...
Hilda killed 300 people and caused $120,000,000 in damage (1955 dollars), mostly from flooding. Despite its destruction, Hilda was not retired, though the name was later retired in the Hurricane Hilda of 1964. Hurricane Hilda was the third major hurricane to make landfall in the United States during the 1964 Atlantic hurricane season. ...
Hurricane Ione - Main article: Hurricane Ione
Hurricane Ione was the final of three hurricanes to hit North Carolina this season. Ione was the least damaging of the three, as it only affected North Carolina and southeastern Virginia, whereas Connie and Diane caused damage throughout the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic. A tropical wave moved through Cape Verde on September 6. It became a tropical depression on September 10, and a tropical storm later that day. Ione remained weak for the next 3 days, but it steadily strengthened as it moved north of the Lesser Antilles, reaching hurricane strength on the 15th. Conditions were favorable for additional development, and Ione reached her peak of 120 mph winds on the 18th while north of the Bahamas. Image File history File links Size of this preview: 767 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (1024 × 801 pixel, file size: 244 KB, MIME type: image/png) Hurricane Ione (1955) track. ...
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Hurricane Ione was the third in a series of hurricanes to strike North Carolina during the 1955 Atlantic hurricane season. ...
Official language(s) English Capital Raleigh Largest City = Charlotte Largest city {{{LargestCity}}} Area Ranked 28th - Total 53,865 sq mi (139,509 km²) - Width 150 miles (240 km) - Length 560[1] miles (901 km) - % water 9. ...
Official language(s) English Capital Raleigh Largest City = Charlotte Largest city {{{LargestCity}}} Area Ranked 28th - Total 53,865 sq mi (139,509 km²) - Width 150 miles (240 km) - Length 560[1] miles (901 km) - % water 9. ...
This article is about the U.S. state. ...
Dry and cooler air was gradually entrained in Ione's circulation, and the hurricane weakened to a minimal hurricane at the time of its Wilmington, North Carolina landfall on September 19, the third hurricane to hit the state in 6 weeks and fourth in 11 months. The storm weakened to a tropical storm over land, but restrengthened to a Category 2 hurricane over the northwestern Atlantic. Ione continued northeastward, and became extratropical on the 21st. The extratropical storm crossed over Newfoundland, and was last seen on September 24 over the North Atlantic.
Hurricane Janet - Main article: Hurricane Janet
Janet formed as a small tropical storm on September 21 east of the Lesser Antilles. It moved west and became a Category 3 hurricane while crossing the Windward Islands, but weakened to a minimal hurricane as it moved into the Caribbean Sea. Conditions for tropical development improved, and Janet strengthened steadily to a Category 5 hurricane, peaking at 175 mph (280 km/h) winds; the pressure reading of 914 mbar (hPa) taken well before peak strength remains one of the lowest central pressures ever measured in an Atlantic hurricane. The hurricane struck the Yucatán Peninsula in British Honduras (now Belize), weakening to a Category 2 storm as it emerged into the Bay of Campeche. A second landfall was made at that intensity in Veracruz, Mexico, and the hurricane dissipated soon after. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1024x633, 468 KB) Summary Hurricane Janet (1955) track. ...
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Hurricane Janet was the most powerful hurricane of the 1955 Atlantic hurricane season and the 10th strongest Atlantic Hurricane of all time. ...
is the 264th day of the year (265th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
Location of the Lesser Antilles (green) in relation to the rest of the Caribbean Islands of the Lesser Antilles The Lesser Antilles, also known as the Caribbees,[1] are part of the Antilles, which together with the Bahamas and Greater Antilles form the West Indies. ...
The Windward Islands are the southern islands of the Lesser Antilles. ...
Map of Central America and the Caribbean The Caribbean Sea (pronounced or ) is a tropical sea in the Western Hemisphere, part of the Atlantic Ocean, southeast of the Gulf of Mexico. ...
The Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale is a scale classifying most Western Hemisphere tropical cyclones that exceed the intensities of tropical depressions and tropical storms, and thereby become hurricanes. ...
Atlantic hurricane refers to a tropical cyclone that forms in the Atlantic Ocean north of the equator, usually in the Northern Hemisphere summer or autumn. ...
The Yucatán peninsula as seen from space The Yucatán Peninsula separates the Caribbean Sea from the Gulf of Mexico. ...
Flag Capital Belize City Language(s) English Government Constitutional monarchy History - Established 1871 - Disestablished 1981 Area 22,966 km2 8,867 sq mi Currency British Honduran dollar Flag of British Honduras British Honduras was the former name of what is now the independent nation of Belize and was a British...
Bay of Campeche The Bay of Campeche (Spanish: BahÃa de Campeche or Sonda de Campeche) is the southern bight of the Gulf of Mexico. ...
The state of Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave is one of the 31 states that comprise Mexico. ...
Janet caused extensive destruction throughout its path, amounting to 680 deaths and nearly $50 million ($340 million in 2005 USD) in damage. It was the only Atlantic hurricane to cause the loss of a Hurricane Hunter aircraft. The name Hurricane Hunters is the nickname for two groups that fly instrumented aircraft into Atlantic hurricanes for the purpose of data collection. ...
Tropical Storm Eleven A tropical wave developed into a tropical storm on October 10, having moved northward from Cape Verde. It moved westward, then recurved to the northeast where it reached its peak of 65 mph winds. It became extratropical over the cool northeast Atlantic waters on the 14th, and was absorbed by a larger extratropical storm later that day. Image File history File links Size of this preview: 800 × 495 pixelsFull resolution (1024 × 633 pixel, file size: 18 KB, MIME type: image/png) 1955 Atlantic tropical storm 11 track. ...
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is the 283rd day of the year (284th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
Hurricane Katie The Intertropical Convergence Zone developed a tropical depression on October 14 in the southern Caribbean Sea. It moved northeastward, and became a tropical storm the next day. Conditions were favorable for intensification, and Katie rapidly intensified to a 115 mph major hurricane on the 16th. Soon after, the hurricane hit southern Hispaniola, greatly disrupting the circulation. Over the Atlantic, it reorganized and reached a secondary peak of 70 mph winds, but it was gradually absorbed by an old frontal zone. Katie became extratropical on the 19th, after causing seven deaths and $200,000-$300,000 (1955 dollars) in damage. Image File history File links Size of this preview: 800 × 583 pixelsFull resolution (1024 × 746 pixel, file size: 385 KB, MIME type: image/png) Hurricane Katie (1955) track. ...
Image File history File links Size of this preview: 800 × 583 pixelsFull resolution (1024 × 746 pixel, file size: 385 KB, MIME type: image/png) Hurricane Katie (1955) track. ...
The thunderstorms of the Intertropical Convergence Zone form a line across the eastern Pacific Ocean. ...
is the 287th day of the year (288th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
Map of Central America and the Caribbean The Caribbean Sea (pronounced or ) is a tropical sea in the Western Hemisphere, part of the Atlantic Ocean, southeast of the Gulf of Mexico. ...
Early map of Hispaniola The island of Hispaniola (from Spanish, La Española) is the second-largest island of the Antilles, lying between the islands of Cuba to the west, and Puerto Rico to the east. ...
Storm names The following names were used for named storms (tropical storms and hurricanes) that formed in the North Atlantic in 1955. | | - Ione
- Janet
- Katie
- Linda (unused)
- Martha (unused)
- Nelly (unused)
- Orva (unused)
- Peggy (unused)
| - Queena (unused)
- Rosa (unused)
- Stella (unused)
- Trudy (unused)
- Ursa (unused)
- Verna (unused)
- Wilma (unused)
- Xenia (unused)
| - Yvonne (unused)
- Zelda (unused)
| The 1955 Atlantic hurricane season officially began on June 1, 1955, and lasted until November 30, 1955. ...
Hurricane Connie was the first in a series of hurricanes to strike North Carolina during the 1955 Atlantic hurricane season. ...
Hurricane Diane was one of three hurricanes to hit to North Carolina during 1955. ...
Lowest pressure 952 mbar (hPa; 28. ...
Hurricane Ione was the third in a series of hurricanes to strike North Carolina during the 1955 Atlantic hurricane season. ...
Hurricane Janet was the most powerful hurricane of the 1955 Atlantic hurricane season and the 10th strongest Atlantic Hurricane of all time. ...
Retirement - See also: List of retired Atlantic hurricanes
Connie, Diane, Ione, and Janet would later be retired. The 1955 season was tied with the 1995 season and 2004 season for the most storm names retired after a single season until the 2005 season, when five names were retired. This is a list of all Atlantic hurricanes that have had their names retired. ...
The 1995 Atlantic hurricane season officially began on June 1, 1995, and lasted until November 30, 1995. ...
The 2004 Atlantic hurricane season officially began on June 1, 2004, and lasted until November 30, 2004. ...
The 2005 Atlantic hurricane season was the most active Atlantic hurricane season in recorded history, shattering previous records on repeated occasions. ...
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This is a list of notable Atlantic hurricanes, subdivided by reason for notability. ...
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