atlantic hurricane season atlantic hurricane season featured tropical storms hurricanes month september hurricane season defined time present day june november system hurricane developed september tropical depression transitioned extratropical cyclone october note cyclones existed tropical cyclone season season tropical cyclones tropical storms strengthened hurricanes furthermore strengthened major hurricane category higher modern day saffir simpson hurricane wind scale marking seventh occurrence strongest hurricane season peaked strong category winds mph second hurricane caused death million usd damage louisiana left fatality north_carolina fifth storm indirectly killed person florida season activity reflected accumulated cyclone energy ace rating ace broadly speaking measure power hurricane multiplied length time existed storms long time particularly strong hurricanes high aces calculated advisories tropical systems exceeding mph tropical storm strength storms hurricane known storm season initially identified september mph tropical storm atlantic_ocean traveling northwest storm gradually intensified attaining hurricane status late september following day ship vicinity storm recorded pressure mbar hpa lowest pressure recorded relation storm utc hurricane turned north intensified modern day category hurricane saffir simpson hurricane scale early september storm continued intensify september reached peak intensity winds mph maintaining intensity hours hurricane began weaken turned northwest utc september storm weakened category hurricane system began undergo extratropical transition completing process early day system tracked nearly east dissipating september north azores islands hurricane area disturbed weather developed tropical depression northwest colombia september system remained weak tropical depression landfall nicaragua later intensified tropical storm strength moved prior making second landfall yucatán_peninsula gulf_of_mexico storm quickly intensified moved north northwest reaching peak intensity category hurricane winds mph prior making landfall near louisiana change intensity quickly weakened land dissipating september eastern kansas approached united_states gulf_coast hurricane forced estimated people evacuate numerous evacuations measures occur landfall hurricane generated strong winds wide coast trees causing damage homes infrastructure heavy rainfall associated storm peaked alabama heavy rains washed railroads leading rail accidents gulf_coast death associated hurricane damage storm totaled million usd hurricane low pressure area developed tropical depression september located southeast south_carolina system extremely small diameter moved slow cyclonic loop utc september depression strengthened tropical storm midday september continued cyclonic loop moving northwestward storm intensified category hurricane time maximum sustained winds peaked mph late september hurricane began weakened fell strong tropical storm early following day time landfall near north_carolina cyclone quickly weakened moving inland dissipated western virginia early september north_carolina carried miles original location observed winds mph inland house wilmington blown foundation destroyed potentially small tornado spawned cyclone small severe reported person killed number people injured buildings demolished tropical storm tropical depression developed weak low pressure area decaying stationary east bermuda utc september based ship observations system estimated tropical storm early september drifted slowly eastward days peaked maximum sustained winds mph later day eventually system curved east southeastward later continued generally eastward motion faster forward speed utc september storm weakened tropical depression hours absorbed cold storm operationally tracked real time later added based weather maps ship reports hurricane low pressure area centered gulf_of_mexico september designated tropical depression hours later turning west southwestward storm gradually intensified attaining tropical storm status september day system nearly stalled close center gulf_of_mexico september development storm took place ships vicinity storm reported strong gale day storm strengthened hurricane hours later nearby ship reported pressure mbar inhg lowest pressure associated hurricane time storm reached peak intensity winds mph storm began turn northeastward time hurricane accelerated began weakening early september storm landfall near florida winds mph transitioning extratropical cyclone florida later day remnants dissipated storm weakened significantly landfall caused severe damage immediate coastlines western florida low lands coast inundated storm surge heavy rains peaking crop lands flooded causing substantial damage fruit industry person killed downed wire ships destroyed storm docked coast tropical depression october westward moving tropical wave developed tropical depression north northeast northwestward days curving northward advance approaching frontal boundary depression peaked maximum sustained winds mph minimum barometric pressure mbar inhg october began merging cold finally absorbed october east northeast bermuda
1920 Atlantic hurricane season