atlantic hurricane season atlantic hurricane season officially began june lasted december dates conventionally period year tropical cyclones form atlantic basin season fairly active tropical cyclones including tropical depressions seven storms hurricanes major hurricane addition season unusual fact storms moved large portions caribbean_sea seven storms including hurricanes struck united_states season set records earliest date numbered storm surpassed extreme activity season storms tropical storm june tropical cyclone atmospheric pressure inhg landfall pacific_coast guatemala moved northeastward central_america dissipated reaching western caribbean_sea june storm quickly organized developed tropical storm june moved north northeastward resulting light winds paralleled eastern coasts belize yucatán_peninsula reaching gulf_of_mexico peak winds miles hour storm turned northeast east june tropical storm landfall miles south florida crossing state passed miami entering atlantic_ocean weakened accelerated northeastward bahamas june system dissipated north bermuda crossing central_america storm produced heavy rainfall southern florida winds storm ranged miles hour peak miles hour miami storm produced heavy rainfall southern florida ranging inches rainfall caused flooding highways drowned livestock damage storm caused indirect deaths airplane crashed tampa bay search small boats tropical storm area disturbed weather detected near yucatán_peninsula june tracked west northwestward developed tropical storm following day storm continued west northwest june storm turned west southwest having remained minimal tropical storm lifetime mph storm struck northeast mexico june dissipated day storm caused higher normal tides texas coastline damage deaths reported hurricane small tropical storm developed june located miles east texas moved northwestward rapidly strengthened immediately formation similar attaining hurricane status peak winds miles hour early june later june hurricane landfall near pressure inhg storm rapidly weakened land dissipated june near san_antonio texas small craft warning issued corpus area morning storm making landfall issued minutes prior hurricane striking land making landfall storm caused foot storm tide small boats capsized driven ashore hurricane produced wind gusts miles hour miles hour destroying cooling towers local oil damaging houses path storm produced heavy rainfall unknown severe crop damage reported hurricane caused damage usd million usd primarily oil property deaths injuries reported tropical storm july small tropical storm formed near western tip cuba tropical disturbance moved quickly northwestward turned northward reaching peak intensity miles hour july storm accelerated northeastward landfall southeastern louisiana pressure mbar storm rapidly weakened land dissipated late 27th weather_bureau office issued storm warning louisiana coastline advising potentially affected prepare strong winds rising tides storm caused damage casualties associated storm hurricane tropical storm observed southern bahamas july tracked west northwest landfall short distance south homestead florida winds miles hour crossing state intensified hurricane july hurricane continued strengthen july hit western florida panhandle near camp peak winds miles hour weakened rapidly land dissipated western alabama august south florida storm caused storm tide feet landfall causing flooding feet coastal areas winds reached miles hour damage minimal florida panhandle hurricane produced wind gusts miles hour storm tide feet damage storm relatively minor totaling usd million usd hurricane indirectly killed people boat capsized gulf_of_mexico tropical storm sixth tropical storm season spotted august located miles east northeast tracked northwestward reached peak intensity miles hour august retained intensity lifetime possible remained tropical depression data conflicting followed turn northeast august august storm passed miles west bermuda early august storm extratropical open atlantic_ocean extratropical storm continued northeastward dissipating late august miles south eastern tip nova scotia storm affected land tropical storm seven weak tropical storm formed august west northwest system moved northwest northwest gulf_of_mexico august maintaining peak miles hour possible weakened tropical depression times data supporting denying storm began curve west southwest august located south southwest louisiana maintaining intensity storm continued moving southwest august weakening tropical depression shortly making landfall near august system weakened quickly moving inland dissipated shortly advisories issued early august new_orleans system neared mexico shortly making landfall little damage deaths reported mexico hurricane tropical disturbance detected western northwest caribbean_sea near august system moved northwest southwest gulf_of_mexico tropical storm august slowly strengthening system reached hurricane intensity category august reached peak miles hour shortly hurricane began west southwest late august august eventually making landfall near august minimal hurricane strong tropical storm system quickly weakened moving inland dissipated day hurricane brought heavy rains mainland mexico highest winds recorded miles hour august center passed nearby north storm warnings issued august system initially approached upper gulf_coast louisiana texas system west southwest turn prevented direct united_states landfall tropical storm weak tropical storm formed august near eastern bahamas moving slowly west northwest august system strengthened peak miles hour later august landfall august near peak intensity system maintained tropical storm intensity inland slowly weakening moving westward storm eventually weakened depression august entering eastern florida panhandle system dissipated shortly near drifted eastern mississippi storm caused heavy rains northern central florida winds miles hour recorded near overall damage minimal hurricane cape type hurricane detected eastern tropical atlantic august moving northwest august system continued strengthen eventually reaching peak miles hour category hurricane central north_atlantic september hurricane began curve northeast late september maintaining intensity eventually weakening miles hour category hurricane september system extratropical september system dissipated nearing british isles system affected land damage casualties reported hurricane tropical storm detected august far western caribbean_sea system moved steadily west northwest making landfall shortly yucatán_peninsula miles hour tropical storm system weakened slightly mph tropical storm steadily crossed entering late august system began slow august peaking mph category shortly hurricane began west southwest making final landfall near mph minimal hurricane august system quickly weakened tropical storm shortly moving inland weakening storm dissipated shortly advisories issued mexico august early august new_orleans little overall damage reported mainland mexico tropical storm september ship reported southwest winds location miles northeast antigua indicating presence tropical cyclone storm tracked west northwest strengthening following day circulation reported estimated storm weakened tropical depression dissipated september located miles north northeast remained tropical depression short lifespan storm affected land hurricane thirteen tropical storm observed ship september located miles east barbados storm moved northwestward slowly intensified attain hurricane status september miles northeast barbados hurricane continued slowly strengthen forward motion september reached peak intensity miles hour located miles south southwest bermuda morning september hurricane winds exceeding miles hour diameter miles largest tropical cyclones record slowly weakened approached east_coast united_states early september local weather began issuing storm warnings north_carolina virginia late september hurricane passed miles accelerated turned northeast remained close mid-atlantic new_england coastline passed near turning east northeast hurricane remained south atlantic_canada short distance extratropical september located miles east newfoundland extratropical storm turned northeastward system dissipated september north_carolina hurricane produced winds miles hour described worst hurricanes record storm resulted damage usd usd roads bridges damage usd usd buildings piers high tides reported head losing feet beach hurricane destroyed highway bridge sound resulted heavy crop damage northeastern north_carolina hurricane considered worst hurricanes record norfolk virginia area winds miles hour destroyed windows roofs entire buildings resulting damage usd million usd hurricane produced storm tide feet virginia second highest record location locations experienced record crest levels feet rough seas washed boats ashore shipping cancelled norfolk hurricane resulted cancelled train service increased traffic hurricane indirectly responsible casualties fatality occurred debris hurricane struck person head later died person drowned effort recover blown hurricane warnings posted northeast united_states hurricane force winds occurred damage unknown tropical storm fourteen tropical storm moved northward acapulco middle september large area disturbed weather organized developed tropical storm september short distance coast storm initially moved westward turned north remained minimal tropical storm entire lifetime turning north west landfall near texas september winds miles hour system weakened texas dissipated northern september winds generally minor storm tides normal storm resulted heavy rainfall totaling inches texas september anticipating intensification bulletin local weather bureau recommended citizens offshore islands evacuate inland hurricane tropical storm observed miles north september storm moved northwestward quickly attained hurricane status september turning northeast hurricane reached peak intensity miles hour september located miles southwest bermuda turned north slowly weakened cold turned hurricane northeast system extratropical september short time making landfall southern nova scotia hours hitting land extratropical remnant absorbed approaching cold impact unknown tropical depression tropical depression formed western atlantic_ocean september moved west northwestward making landfall eastern florida entering gulf_of_mexico september depression turned northwest struck land near minimal system dissipated land october minimum central pressure depression mbar depression produced winds miles hour effects minimal tropical storm sixteen area disturbed weather persisted northwestern caribbean_sea early october tracked northwestward yucatán_peninsula subsequent development low level circulation system organized tropical storm october located miles northwest capital moving northward storm turned sharply southward landfall northern minimal tropical storm october system quickly weakened land dissipated october system dropped heavy rainfall southeastern mexico damage unknown tropical storm seventeen end november cold moving eastward central atlantic_ocean broad low formed november evident days later low formed december west southwest low moved west northwest tropical finally transitioning tropical storm december transition tropical cyclone determined ships reporting gale force winds near center possible system subtropical cyclone instead december storm turned west southwest reached peak winds mph approaching cold caused storm extratropical early december reaching position northeast lesser antilles extratropical storm turned northwest december later turning northeast december larger extratropical low absorbed storm december accumulated cyclone energy rating ace table shows ace storm season broadly speaking ace measure power hurricane multiplied duration lifetime hurricanes lasted long time thirteen higher aces despite high number storms relatively short lived weak ace suggested near normal season ace rating calculated advisories tropical systems exceeding knots mph tropical storm strength
1936 Atlantic hurricane season