atlantic hurricane season atlantic hurricane season earliest season documented official atlantic hurricane database feature major hurricane total tropical cyclones observed season strengthened hurricanes absence modern satellite remote sensing technologies storms affected populated land areas encountered ships sea known actual total higher bias zero tropical cyclones year estimated additionally documentation included fifth tropical cyclone near texas storm removed likely system fourth tropical cyclone storm tracked beginning june offshore north_carolina moved eastward noted following day tropical cyclones reported remainder july august activity resume tropical storm located southeast bahamas september intensified hurricane making landfall north_carolina noted north atlantic_ocean september sank offshore drowning passengers crew members hurricane existed east south_carolina september october little information available final documented tropical cyclone initially observed east lesser antilles september traversed caribbean_sea gulf_of_mexico striking yucatán_peninsula later texas storm dissipated september texas damage reported towns near mouth 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 tropical storm ship star south experienced heavy offshore east_coast united_states june lists tropical cyclone season beginning utc located miles southeast cape_hatteras north_carolina storm moved slightly north east winds mph noted miles north northwest bermuda bark virginia late july hurricane tropical storm observed east bahamas september moved slowly northwestward coast united_states attained hurricane strength early september cyclone continued travelling northwest coast category hurricane whilst coast georgia september september cyclone landfall near wilmington north_carolina quickly weakened tropical storm turned eastward atlantic september september whilst water storm regained hurricane strength continued northward extratropical mid atlantic september hurricane caused coastal damage particularly cape area september september parts north_carolina coast flooding reported considerable wind damage occurred article reported looked blown fences directions streets filled limbs bodies trees rooted twisted ships caught rough seas east_coast united_states norfolk abandoned pieces miles south early morning september south september hurricane struck steamer central_america sprung leak eventually sunk night september loss passengers crew board ship pounds gold loss contributed financial panic hurricane based reports bark schooner alabama indicating severe gale identified category hurricane miles east charleston south_carolina september september sustained wind speeds mph observed evidence found storm track hurricane assigned stationary position latitude ships encountered hurricane brig sprung leak sunk night september hurricane final tropical cyclone observed utc september located miles east guadeloupe initially tropical storm strengthened slightly crossing leeward_islands september guadeloupe ships port swept sea continuing eastward storm soon entered caribbean_sea early september system strengthened hurricane september west reached category strength storm weakened tropical storm passing early september impacted gulf coastline near united_states mexico border strength day dissipating texas homes swept away towns near mouth sustained damage
1857 Atlantic hurricane season