atlantic hurricane season atlantic hurricane season featured known tropical cyclones landfall system appeared july east windward_islands crossing islands traversing caribbean_sea storm struck honduras belize mexico dissipating july weeks tropical cyclogenesis tropical storm developed west bermuda storm brushed eastern new_england ships sank near causing fatalities cyclone brought damaging winds nova scotia transitioning extratropical cyclone august hurricane developed central atlantic_ocean august ultimately affected bermuda heightened tides passed east hurricane little impact extratropical september system series tropical depressions formed failed severe fourth hurricane brought devastation jamaica cuba portions gulf_coast united_states especially western parts florida panhandle overall storm left deaths inflicted usd damage season activity accumulated cyclone energy ace rating ace broadly speaking measure power hurricane multiplied length time existed storms long time particularly strong hurricanes high ace ratings storms tropical storm historical weather maps indicated trough east windward_islands july utc tropical depression formed southeast barbados moving west northwestward depression crossed windward_islands entered caribbean_sea early july later day system intensified tropical storm peaking winds mph july began weaken fell tropical depression intensity early july early day depression struck honduras briefly emerging caribbean_sea system struck belize utc july entered hours later midday july storm struck south city veracruz rain fell hour period tropical storm area low pressure developed tropical storm west bermuda utc august initially storm drifted westward strengthened august curved northward began accelerate storm strengthened attained peak intensity maximum sustained winds mph minimum barometric pressure mbar inhg early august observations offshore island massachusetts ships lost estimated people storm continued northeastward landfall new_brunswick extratropical utc august remnants dissipated later day nova scotia dozens boats beached wind speeds mph damaged trees power lines windows roofs crops impacted damaged demolished hurricane weather maps indicated area low pressure existed cape_verde august utc day tropical storm developed located northeast french moving west northwestward tropical storm reached category hurricane intensity early august late september storm intensified category hurricane strengthening occurred brought hurricane category intensity late september briefly heading northward early day cyclone attained peak force winds mph lowest barometric pressure reading association storm mbar inhg passing east bermuda late september storm unprecedented high tides island island submerged additionally large section completed washed away storm accelerated northeast weakened category hurricane utc september losing tropical characteristics hurricane transitioned extratropical cyclone utc following day located southeast newfoundland remnants tracked northeastward dissipating near iceland september hurricane tropical storm formed east northeast barbados september later day storm crossed lesser antilles islands martinique entering caribbean_sea september system intensified quicker category hurricane hours later passing south following day storm strengthened category hurricane later september hurricane struck northern coast jamaica emerging caribbean_sea utc september intensified category hurricane approximately hours later hurricane deepened category hurricane estimated hurricane attained minimum barometric pressure mbar inhg september pressure wind relationship increased maximum sustained wind speed mph hours hurricane landfall eastern cuba system entered gulf_of_mexico later september moving northwestward storm fell category hurricane intensity early september briefly tracked generally northward approached southeastern louisiana curving northeastward late day utc september hurricane landfall near florida winds mph shortly system rapidly weakened category hurricane fell tropical storm hours later early september extratropical georgia hours later remnants hurricane dissipated islands lesser antilles experienced strong winds heavy rainfall including guadeloupe jamaica hurricane caused significant damages banana plantations communications disrupted station demolished greatest damages reported northern half island strong winds destroyed constructed buildings devastating town crops destroyed louisiana mississippi impact generally limited damaged crops timber stands death drowning reported louisiana farther east mobile alabama portions roofs trees debris streets communications severed pensacola florida small washed ashore numerous docks boat suffered impact total damages estimated near pensacola area deaths reported florida city tropical depressions addition systems reaching tropical storm intensity tropical depressions probably developed tropical wave offshore western africa september according historical weather maps comprehensive ocean atmosphere data set indicated closed circulation depression observed september depression developed september east lesser antilles approaching islands storm briefly strengthened tropical storm september suggested ship report winds blowing mph cyclone likely dissipated september tropical depression briefly existed east coast florida september soon extratropical remnants lasted days traveling east_coast united_states wind gust mph observed extratropical remnants probably dissipated near newfoundland september trough gulf_of_mexico developed tropical depression september following day system landfall louisiana disorganized area thunderstorms mississippi arkansas september tropical depression final cyclone season developed october trough central atlantic_ocean days later depression absorbed cold
1917 Atlantic hurricane season