atlantic hurricane season atlantic hurricane season featured known tropical cyclones landfall united_states time believed existed near galveston texas september official atlantic hurricane database system system hurricane initially observed june final storm hurricane observed october dates fall period tropical cyclone activity atlantic tropical cyclones season existed simultaneously tropical cyclone single known point track data season tropical cyclones reached hurricane status furthermore strengthened major hurricane category higher modern day saffir simpson hurricane wind scale strongest cyclone season hurricane peaked category strength mph winds making landfall near georgia south_carolina border storm caused fatalities extensive damage area hurricane caused deaths approximately usd damage striking coast texas hurricane caused moderate damage texas season activity reflected low accumulated cyclone energy ace rating ace broadly speaking measure power hurricane multiplied length time existed storms long time particularly strong hurricanes high aces ace calculated advisories tropical systems exceeding knots mph tropical storm strength storms hurricane tropical storm observed gulf_of_mexico june located miles south southwest louisiana headed westward strengthened hurricane hours later peaking maximum sustained winds mph minimum barometric pressure mbar inhg storm maintained intensity making landfall texas utc june quickly weakened inland fell tropical storm strength hours later system continued west northwestward direction northern mexico dissipating rural area june system brought near tropical storm force winds texas far north galveston experienced storm winds blew perfect hurricane buildings area lost roofs moved winds additionally destroyed coast texas impacted storm surge bath houses washed away precipitation region generally light peaking inches fort near modern day tropical storm ships encountered violent gale august located miles east northeast bermuda sustained wind speed mph recorded indicative strong tropical storm information available storm barque experienced severe gale august extratropical remnants system hurricane brig sighted hurricane miles east hope town bahamas september winds mph minimum barometric pressure mbar inhg strongest tropical cyclone season moved northwestward weakened slightly september later day utc hurricane landfall near georgia winds mph early september weakened category hurricane tropical storm hours later storm accelerated northeastward emerged atlantic_ocean near virginia september system strengthened hurricane september eventually began weaken moving rapidly eastward noted miles southeast newfoundland reported florida including far south georgia entire coast suffered significant impacts damage severe northward acres rice crops destroyed equivalent loss approximately savannah georgia charleston south_carolina extraordinary tides reported georgia island completely submerged significant eastern savannah storm surge brought coastal flooding south_carolina georgetown wind damage area mainly confined downed trees charleston south_carolina story wooden building destroyed slight moderate damage structures limited roofs destruction fences united_states storm resulted fatalities hurricane reports indicated hurricane gulf_of_mexico september centered miles south southwest cameron louisiana storm drifted west northwestward winds mph equivalent category hurricane lowest barometric pressure estimate mbar inhg utc september storm landfall near texas intensity weakened category hurricane early following day system weakened tropical storm utc september curving northeastward storm persisted dissipating eastern texas september steamship louisiana reported gale struck texas fury nearly buildings vessels area destroyed vessels capsized near galveston including city galveston merchants businesses houses suffered significant water damage feet storm surge cotton sugar cane crops area ruined storm caused deaths occurring later yellow fever outbreak damage region totaled approximately tropical storm barque observed tropical storm october located miles north northwest san_juan puerto_rico storm strengthened slowly heading northward peaking winds mph october storm began curve northeastward early october passed near bermuda impact reported island hours later system noted miles east northeast bermuda
1854 Atlantic hurricane season