atlantic hurricane season atlantic hurricane season featured tropical cyclone gulf_coast united_states mexico east_coast united_states inactive known tropical cyclones operationally tropical storm believed existed offshore atlantic_canada late august early september official atlantic hurricane database system system hurricane initially observed august final storm hurricane observed september dates fall period tropical cyclone activity atlantic point season tropical cyclones existed simultaneously cyclones single known point tracks data storm systems unavailable 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 brought minor impact louisiana mississippi storm season brought locally severe impact mexico early august tropical storm caused severe damage lesser antilles season activity reflected low accumulated cyclone energy ace rating lowest value record rating season 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 based newspaper reports hurricane season vicinity august maximum sustained winds mph indicating category hurricane information available meteorological history storm possible storm developed caribbean_sea late july data obtained barque torrential rainfall area caused disastrous flooding heavy damage goods property vessels docked lost cargo mouth pilot station fort swept away event considered worst years hurricane ship encountered hurricane august located miles east southeast newfoundland sustained winds mph observed equivalent category hurricane data james foster indicate storm moved rapidly northeastward system noted miles west ireland august hurricane hms reported hurricane located miles north nicaragua sustained wind speed mph observed shortly hms wrecked information known storm tropical storm based reports strong gale tropical storm tracked miles east southeast barbados early august initially headed westward curving west northwestward early following day shortly storm passed windward_islands storm peaked winds mph moving northwestward caribbean_sea weakened slightly making landfall near dominican_republic winds mph early august storm slowly weakened hispaniola noted near later day considerable damage lesser antilles rains destroyed roads number houses sugar cane fields ruined vessels lost islands including martinique present day vessel destroyed heavy strong reported puerto_rico dominican_republic hurricane ship orphan encountered hurricane winds mph central gulf_of_mexico september strengthened quickly moving northward category hurricane later day utc september storm peaked category hurricane maximum sustained winds mph making strongest tropical cyclone season shortly hurricane landfall near louisiana intensity weakened moving inland decreasing category intensity later september early following day system weakened tropical storm hours dissipating central alabama regarded worst hurricane region louisiana winds storm surge impacted eastern portions state wharf swept away feet water reported combination strong winds storm surge destroyed number houses shores coast mississippi structures swept sea foundation endangered erosion storm left severe ships damaged capsized mississippi_river including ship venice storms addition tropical systems storm operationally believed existed late august early september ship atlantic encountered heavy gale located west nova scotia august storm moved rapidly east northeastward offshore atlantic_canada noted september thought transitioned extratropical cyclone longer includes system database
1855 Atlantic hurricane season