Within the North Atlantic Ocean, a Category 2 hurricane is a tropical cyclone, that has 1-minute sustained wind speeds of between 83–95 knots (96–109 mph; 154–176 km/h; 43–49 m/s). [1] Since records began in 1851, a total of 246 tropical cyclones have peaked at this intensity. [2]
Since HURDAT began in 1851, Atlantic hurricanes have been tracked. In 1971, the Saffir–Simpson scale was devised by two meteorologists. Category 2 was designed as the fourth-highest category on the scale. [2]
Name | Duration | Peak intensity | Areas affected | Damage ( USD) |
Deaths | Refs | |
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Wind speed | Pressure | ||||||
Five | October 6 – 11, 1852 | 105 mph (165 km/h) | Not Specified | The Caribbean, Mexico, Southeastern United States | Extensive | Unknown | [3] [4] |
Eight | October 19 – 22, 1853 | 105 mph (165 km/h) | Not Specified | Florida, Georgia | Significant | Unknown | [4] [5] |
Four | September 16 – 20, 1854 | 105 mph (165 km/h) | Not Specified | Texas | $20,000 | 4 | [6] [7] |
One | August 6, 1855 | 105 mph (165 km/h) | Not Specified | Mexico | Unknown | Unknown | [8] |
Two | August 10 – 11, 1855 | 105 mph (165 km/h) | Not Specified | None | None | None | [9] |
Two | September 6 – 17, 1857 | 105 mph (165 km/h) | 961 hPa (28.38 inHg) | United States East Coast | Unknown | >424 | [10] [11] |
Four | September 24 – 30, 1857 | 105 mph (165 km/h) | Not Specified | The Caribbean, Mexico, Texas | Unknown | Unknown | [12] |
Three | September 14 – 17, 1858 | 105 mph (165 km/h) | Not Specified | Florida, Northeastern United States | Minor | Unknown | [13] [14] |
Six | October 21 – 26, 1858 | 105 mph (165 km/h) | Not Specified | Bahamas, Bermuda | Unknown | Unknown | [15] |
One | July 1, 1859 | 105 mph (165 km/h) | Not Specified | Mexico | Unknown | Unknown | [16] |
Two | August 17 – 19, 1859 | 105 mph (165 km/h) | Not Specified | None | None | None | [17] |
Name | Dates | Peak intensity | Areas affected | Deaths | Damage ( USD) |
Refs | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Wind speed | Pressure | ||||||
Two | August 24 – 26, 1860 | 105 mph (165 km/h) | Not Specified | None | None | None | [18] |
Four | September 11 – 16, 1860 | 105 mph (165 km/h) | Not Specified | United States Gulf Coast | >$1 million | Unknown | [19] [20] |
Six | September 30 – October 3, 1860 | 105 mph (165 km/h) | Not Specified | Louisiana, Mississippi | Severe | >13 | [20] [21] |
Seven | October 20 – 24, 1860 | 105 mph (165 km/h) | Not Specified | None | None | None | [22] |
One | July 6 – 12, 1861 | 105 mph (165 km/h) | Not Specified | Lesser Antilies | Unknown | Unknown | [23] |
Three | August 25 – 30, 1861 | 105 mph (165 km/h) | Not Specified | None | None | None | [24] |
Two | August 18 – 21, 1862 | 105 mph (165 km/h) | Not Specified | None | None | None | [25] |
Three | September 12 – 20, 1862 | 105 mph (165 km/h) | Not Specified | None | None | None | [26] |
One | August 8 – 9, 1863 | 105 mph (165 km/h) | Not Specified | None | None | None | [27] |
Two | August 18 – 19, 1863 | 105 mph (165 km/h) | Not Specified | None | None | None | [28] |
Three | August 19 – 23, 1863 | 105 mph (165 km/h) | 975 hPa (28.79 inHg) | United States East Coast, Nova Scotia | Unknown | 80 | [11] [29] |
Four | August 27 – 28, 1863 | 105 mph (165 km/h) | Not Specified | North Carolina | Unknown | Unknown | [30] |
Four | September 6 – 14, 1865 | 105 mph (165 km/h) | Not Specified | The Caribbean, United States Gulf Coast | Severe | >325 | [20] [31] [32] |
Seven | October 18 – 25, 1865 | 105 mph (165 km/h) | Not Specified | The Caribbean, Florida | $300,000 | 1 | [32] [33] |
One | July 11 – 16, 1866 | 105 mph (165 km/h) | Not Specified | Louisiana, Texas | Unknown | Unknown | [34] |
Two | August 13 – 18, 1866 | 105 mph (165 km/h) | Not Specified | Mexico | Unknown | Unknown | [35] |
Four | September 22 – 24, 1866 | 105 mph (165 km/h) | Not Specified | Newfoundland | Unknown | 8 | [36] [37] |
Two | July 28 – August 3, 1867 | 105 mph (165 km/h) | 969 hPa (28.61 inHg) | United States East Coast | Unknown | 2 | [11] [38] |
Three | August 2, 1867 | 105 mph (165 km/h) | Not Specified | The Caribbean | Unknown | Unknown | [39] |
Six | September 29 – October 1, 1867 | 105 mph (165 km/h) | Not Specified | None | None | None | [40] |
Seven | October 2 – 9, 1867 | 105 mph (165 km/h) | 969 hPa (28.61 inHg) | Mexico, Texas, South Eastern United States | >$1 million | Many | [7] [11] [41] |
One | September 3 – 7, 1868 | 105 mph (165 km/h) | Not Specified | None | None | 2 | [42] [43] |
Three | October 5 – 7, 1868 | 105 mph (165 km/h) | Not Specified | None | None | None | [44] |
Four | October 15 – 17, 1868 | 105 mph (165 km/h) | Not Specified | None | None | None | [45] |
One | August 12, 1869 | 105 mph (165 km/h) | Not Specified | None | None | None | [46] |
Two | August 16 – 17, 1869 | 105 mph (165 km/h) | Not Specified | Texas | Severe | Unknown | [7] [47] |
Seven | September 11 – 18, 1869 | 105 mph (165 km/h) | 979 hPa (28.91 inHg) | None | None | None | [48] |
Ten | October 4 – 5, 1869 | 105 mph (165 km/h) | Not Specified | Northeastern United States, New Brunswick | Severe | 37 | [49] |
Name | Dates | Peak intensity | Areas affected | Deaths | Damage ( USD) |
Refs | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Wind speed | Pressure | ||||||
Two | August 30 – September 4, 1870 | 105 mph (165 km/h) | Not Specified | Nova Scotia | Unknown | Unknown | [50] |
Nine | October 19 – 22, 1870 | 105 mph (165 km/h) | Not Specified | Cuba, South Eastern United States | Severe | >52 | [11] [51] |
Ten | October 23, 1870 | 105 mph (165 km/h) | Not Specified | Hispanlola | Unknown | Unknown | [52] |
Five | August 30 – September 2, 1871 | 105 mph (165 km/h) | Not Specified | Atlantic Canada | Unknown | Unknown | [53] |
Two | August 20 – September 1, 1872 | 105 mph (165 km/h) | Not Specified | Atlantic Canada | Unknown | Unknown | [54] |
Seven | October 31 – November 4, 1874 | 105 mph (165 km/h) | Not Specified | Greater Antilles, Bahamas | Extensive | Unknown | [55] [56] |
Five | October 7 – 10, 1875 | 105 mph (165 km/h) | Not Specified | None | None | None | [57] |
Four | September 29 – October 5, 1876 | 105 mph (165 km/h) | Not Specified | None | Unknown | Unknown | [58] |
Four | August 25 – 30, 1878 | 105 mph (165 km/h) | 972 hPa (28.70 inHg) | The Bahamas | Unknown | Unknown | [59] |
Five | September 1 – 13, 1878 | 105 mph (165 km/h) | 970 hPa (28.64 inHg) | The Caribbean, Eastern United States | Significant | 9 | [60] [61] |
Six | September 12 – 18, 1878 | 105 mph (165 km/h) | Not Specified | None | None | None | [62] |
Eleven | October 18 – 21, 1878 | 105 mph (165 km/h) | 963 hPa (28.44 inHg) | Cuba, Bahamas, United States East Coast | 2 million | 72 | [2] [63] [64] [65] |
Two | August 19 – 24, 1879 | 105 mph (165 km/h) | 964 hPa (28.47 inHg) | Yucatán Peninsula, Texas, Louisiana | None | Unknown | [2] [66] |
Eight | November 18 – 20, 1879 | 105 mph (165 km/h) | 968 hPa (28.59 inHg) | Canada | Unknown | Unknown | [67] |
Name | Dates | Peak intensity | Areas affected | Deaths | Damage ( USD) |
Refs | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Wind speed | Pressure | ||||||
Four | August 24 – September 1, 1880 | 105 mph (165 km/h) | 972 hPa (28.70 inHg) | Florida, Mississippi | 68 | Unknown | [2] [68] |
Five | August 21 – 29, 1881 | 105 mph (165 km/h) | 970 hPa (28.64 inHg) | Georgia, Mississippi | 700 | Severe | [2] [68] [63] |
Six | September 7 – 11, 1881 | 105 mph (165 km/h) | 975 hPa (28.79 inHg) | United States East Coast | 0 | Unknown | [2] [69] |
Four | October 7 – 17, 1884 | 105 mph (165 km/h) | 980 hPa (28.94 inHg) | Jamaica, Cuba, Bahamas, Turks and Caicos Islands | 8 | Unknown | [2] [70] [71] |
Two | August 21 – 27, 1885 | 105 mph (165 km/h) | 953 hPa (28.14 inHg) | Bahamas, Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, Maryland | 25 | $1.8 million | [2] [69] [65] [63] |
One | June 13 – 15, 1886 | 100 mph (155 km/h) | 997 hPa (29.44 inHg) | Texas, Louisiana | Unknown | Unknown | [2] [72] [73] [74] |
Two | June 17 – 24, 1886 | 100 mph (155 km/h) | Unknown | Florida, Southeastern United States, Mid-Atlantic states | 0 | Severe | [2] [68] [75] [72] |
Three | June 27 – July 4, 1886 | 100 mph (155 km/h) | 999 hPa (29.50 inHg) | Florida, North Carolina, Maryland | 18 | Unknown | [2] [76] [72] |
Eight | September 16 – 24, 1886 | 100 mph (155 km/h) | 973 hPa (28.73 inHg) | Cuba, Texas | 0 | Unknown | [2] [77] [78] [72] |
Nine | September 22 – 30, 1886 | 100 mph (155 km/h) | 990 hPa (29.23 inHg) | None | None | None | [2] [72] |
Four | July 20 – 28, 1887 | 100 mph (155 km/h) | 981 hPa (28.97 inHg) | Cuba, Yucatán Peninsula, Florida, Georgia, Alabama | 0 | Extensive | [2] [79] [72] |
Eight | September 1 – 4, 1887 | 105 mph (165 km/h) | 963 hPa (28.44 inHg) | United Kingdom | None | None | [2] [72] |
Nine | September 11 – 22, 1887 | 100 mph (155 km/h) | 973 hPa (28.73 inHg) | Yucatán Peninsula, Texas, Extreme Northeastern Mexico | 14 | Unknown | [2] [80] [78] |
Fifteen | October 15 – 19, 1887 | 105 mph (165 km/h) | 975 hPa (28.79 inHg) | None | None | None | [2] |
Seven | October 8 – 12, 1888 | 110 mph (175 km/h) | 970 hPa (28.64 inHg) | United States East Coast | 0 | Unknown | [2] [81] |
Nine | November 17 – 25, 1888 | 100 mph (155 km/h) | 982 hPa (29.00 inHg) | None | None | None | [2] |
Four | September 1 – 12, 1889 | 105 mph (165 km/h) | 981 hPa (28.97 inHg) | Puerto Rico, Virginia | 40 | Minimal | [2] [72] |
Six | September 12 – 25, 1889 | 110 mph (175 km/h) | 985 hPa (29.09 inHg) | Yucatán Peninsula, Florida | 0 | Minor | [2] [72] |
Name | Dates | Peak intensity | Areas affected | Deaths | Damage ( USD) |
Refs | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Wind speed | Pressure | ||||||
Four | September 2 – 8, 1891 | 100 mph (155 km/h) | Unknown | New England, Nova Scotia, Newfoundland | 0 | Minor | [2] [82] |
Five | September 16 – 26, 1891 | 100 mph (155 km/h) | 980 hPa (28.94 inHg) | Bermuda | 0 | Minimal | [2] [82] |
Six | September 29 – October 5, 1891 | 100 mph (155 km/h) | 981 hPa (28.97 inHg) | Nova Scotia, Newfoundland | 0 | None | [2] |
Three | September 3 – 17, 1892 | 100 mph (155 km/h) | Unknown | None | 0 | None | [2] [83] |
Five | September 12 – 23, 1892 | 100 mph (155 km/h) | Unknown | Azores | 0 | Minor | [2] [83] |
Seven | October 5 – 16, 1892 | 100 mph (155 km/h) | Unknown | Trinidad and Tobago, Venezuela, Colombia, Nicaragua, Honduras, Mexico | 0 | Unknown | [2] [83] |
Two | July 4 – 7, 1893 | 100 mph (155 km/h) | Unknown | Nicaragua, Belize, Yucatán Peninsula, Tabasco | Many | Unknown | [2] [84] [85] [86] |
Five | August 15 – 19, 1893 | 100 mph (155 km/h) | Unknown | Sable Island, Newfoundland | 0 | Minor | [2] [84] |
Seven | August 20 – 29, 1893 | 100 mph (155 km/h) | Unknown | Azores | 5 | Unknown | [2] [87] |
Eight | September 4 – 9, 1893 | 100 mph (155 km/h) | 973 hPa (28.73 inHg) | Yucatán Peninsula, Louisiana, Alabama | 0 | Unknown | [2] [84] |
Seven | October 21 – 29, 1894 | 955 hPa (28.20 inHg) | None | 0 | None | [2] | |
Two | August 22 – 30, 1895 | 110 mph (175 km/h) | 963 hPa (28.44 inHg) | Yucatán Peninsula, Texas | 0 | Minimal | [2] [88] |
Five | October 12 – 26, 1895 | 105 mph (165 km/h) | 973 hPa (28.73 inHg) | Cuba, Bahamas | Unknown | Unknown | [2] [88] [89] |
One | July 4–9, 1896 | 100 mph (155 km/h) | Unknown | Cuba (questioned), United States East Coast, Canada, Greenland | 1 | $100 thousand | [2] [90] [91] [92] [93] |
Three | September 18 – 28, 1896 | 100 mph (155 km/h) | Unknown | Cuba, North Carolina | 0 | Minimal | [2] [90] |
Five | October 7 – 13, 1896 | 100 mph (155 km/h) | Unknown | Florida, North Carolina, Virginia, New England | 4 | $500 thousand | [2] [90] [94] [95] [96] |
Six | October 26 – November 9, 1896 | 100 mph (155 km/h) | Unknown | None | 0 | None | [2] [77] |
One | August 31 – September 9, 1897 | 100 mph (155 km/h) | 972 hPa (28.70 inHg) | None | 45 | None | [2] [97] [98] |
Four | September 5 – 19, 1898 | 110 mph (175 km/h) | 965 hPa (28.50 inHg) | Lesser Antilles, Windward Islands | 383 | $2.5 million | [2] [99] |
Two | July 28 – August 2, 1899 | 100 mph (155 km/h) | 979 hPa (28.91 inHg) | Dominican Republic, Bahamas, Florida, Alabama | 7 | >$1 million | [2] [100] [101] |
Four | August 29 – September 5, 1899 | 105 mph (165 km/h) | Unknown | Lesser Antilles, Puerto Rico, Haiti, Bermuda | 0 | Unknown | [2] [102] |
Nine | October 26 – 31, 1899 | 110 mph (175 km/h) | 955 hPa (28.20 inHg) | Cuba, Bahamas, Jamaica, North Carolina | 1+ | $200 thousand | . [2] [103] [104] |
Name | Duration | Peak intensity | Areas affected | Damage ( USD) |
Deaths | Refs | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Wind speed | Pressure | ||||||
Three | September 8 – 23, 1900 | 100 mph (155 km/h) | Not Specified | None | None | None | [105] |
Seven | August 29 – September 10, 1901 | 105 mph (165 km/h) | Not Specified | Cape Verde | Unknown | Unknown | [106] [107] |
Three | September 16 – 22, 1902 | 100 mph (155 km/h) | Not Specified | None | None | None | [108] |
Four | October 3 – 11, 1902 | 105 mph (165 km/h) | 970 hPa (28.64 inHg) | Mexico, Southeastern United States | Unknown | Unknown | [109] [110] |
Four | September 12 – 17, 1903 | 100 mph (155 km/h) | 990 hPa (29.23 inHg) | United States East Coast | $9 million | 57 | [111] [112] |
Six | September 26 – 30, 1903 | 110 mph (175 km/h) | 988 hPa (29.18 inHg) | Bermuda | Severe | 2 | [113] [114] |
Seven | October 1 – 9, 1903 | 100 mph (155 km/h) | Not Specified | None | None | None | [115] |
Two | June 14 – 23, 1906 | 105 mph (165 km/h) | 979 hPa (28.91 inHg) | Cuba, Florida | 0 | Minor | [2] [116] |
One | March 6 – 9, 1908 | 100 mph (155 km/h) | 991 hPa (29.26 inHg) | Saint Barthélemy, Saint Martin, Saint Kitts | 0 | Moderate | [2] [117] [118] |
Eight | September 21 – October 7, 1908 | 110 mph (175 km/h) | 971 hPa (28.67 inHg) | The Caribbean, The Bahamas | Unknown | Unknown | [119] [120] |
Nine | October 14 – 19, 1908 | 105 mph (165 km/h) | Not Specified | Nicaragua | Unknown | 2 | [121] [122] |
Two | June 25 – 30, 1909 | 100 mph (155 km/h) | 972 hPa (28.70 inHg) | Texas, Mexico | $1.3 million | None | [77] [123] |
Twelve | November 8 – 14, 1909 | 105 mph (165 km/h) | Unknown | Greater Antilles | $10 million | 198 | [124] [125] |
Name | Duration | Peak intensity | Areas affected | Damage ( USD) |
Deaths | Refs | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Wind speed | Pressure | ||||||
Three | September 5 – 15, 1910 | 110 mph (175 km/h) | Not Specified | Puerto Rico, Texas, Louisiana | Unknown | Unknown | [126] [127] |
Four | September 24 – 27, 1910 | 100 mph (155 km/h) | Not Specified | None | None | None | [128] |
Three | August 23 – 30, 1911 | 100 mph (155 km/h) | 972 hPa (28.70 inHg) | Georgia, South Carolina | $27.4 million | 17 | [129] [130] |
Four | September 3 – 12, 1911 | 100 mph (155 km/h) | Not Specified | Colombia, Nicaragua | $2 million | 10 | [131] [132] |
Six | October 11 – 18, 1912 | 100 mph (155 km/h) | Not Specified | Yucatán Peninsula, Texas | $28,000 | 42 | [133] [134] |
Four | August 31 – September 6, 1915 | 100 mph (155 km/h) | 982 hPa (29.00 inHg) | Cuba, Eastern United States | >$100,000 | 25 | [135] [136] [137] |
Three | July 10 – 22, 1916 | 105 mph (165 km/h) | 980 hPa (28.94 inHg) | Massachusetts, Nova Scotia | Unknown | Unknown | [138] [139] |
Seven | August 21 – 26, 1916 | 110 mph (175 km/h) | Not Specified | Greater Antiles, Florida | $1 million | 1 | [140] [141] |
Fourteen | October 9 – 19, 1916 | 110 mph (175 km/h) | 970 hPa (28.64 inHg) | Yucatán Peninsula, Florida, Alabama | $100,000 | 69 | [142] [143] |
Two | August 22 – 26, 1918 | 105 mph (165 km/h) | 968 hPa (28.59 inHg) | Honduras, Belize | Minor | None | [77] [144] |
Five | September 2 – 6, 1918 | 110 mph (175 km/h) | Not Specified | Bermuda | Minor | 21 | [145] [146] |
Three | September 2 – 5, 1919 | 100 mph (155 km/h) | Not Specified | None | None | None | [147] |
One | September 7 – 14, 1920 | 110 mph (175 km/h) | Not Specified | None | None | None | [148] |
Two | September 16 – 23, 1920 | 100 mph (155 km/h) | 975 hPa (28.79 inHg) | Central America, Louisiana, Arkansas | $1.45 million | 1 | [20] [149] |
Name | Dates | Peak intensity | Areas affected | Deaths | Damage ( USD) |
Refs | |
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Wind speed | Pressure | ||||||
Four | October 11 – 22, 1922 | 110 mph (175 km/h) | 984 hPa (29.06 inHg) | Colombia, Yucatán Peninsula, Tabasco | 0 | Unknown | [2] [150] [151] |
Two | September 1 – 9, 1923 | 105 mph (165 km/h) | 989 hPa (29.21 inHg) | None | 0 | None | [2] [77] |
Four | August 26 – September 3, 1924 | 110 mph (175 km/h) | 965 hPa (28.50 inHg) | Guadeloupe, Montserrat, Anguilla, Saint Thomas, Leeward Islands | 89 | Heavy | [2] [152] [153] [154] |
Five | September 10 – 14, 1926 | 105 mph (165 km/h) | 1000 hPa (29.53 inHg) | None | 0 | None | [2] [155] |
Eight | September 21 – October 1, 1926 | 105 mph (165 km/h) | 978 hPa (28.88 inHg) | Azores | 0 | Minor | [2] [155] |
Four | September 23 – 28, 1927 | 110 mph (175 km/h) | 967 hPa (28.56 inHg) | None | 0 | None | [2] [77] |
One | August 3 – 10, 1928 | 105 mph (165 km/h) | 971 hPa (28.67 inHg) | Bahamas, Florida, Georgia, South Carolina | 2 | $235 thousand | [2] [77] [156] [157] |
Name | Dates | Peak intensity | Areas affected | Deaths | Damage ( USD) |
Refs | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Wind speed | Pressure | ||||||
Seven | September 8 – 16, 1931 | 100 mph (155 km/h) | 987 hPa (29.15 inHg) | Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica, Belize, Yucatán Peninsula, Veracruz | 2 | Moderate | [2] [77] [158] [159] |
Fifteen | November 3 – 10, 1932 | 100 mph (155 km/h) | 973 hPa (28.73 inHg) | Azores | 0 | Unknown | [2] [160] |
Two | June 24 – July 8, 1933 | 110 mph (175 km/h) | 965 hPa (28.50 inHg) | Trinidad, Venezuela, Jamaica, Cayman Islands, Cuba, Tamaulipas | 35 | $7.5 million | [2] [161] [162] |
Thirteen | September 10 – 15, 1933 | 110 mph (175 km/h) | 960 hPa (28.35 inHg) | Guatemala, Belize, Quintana Roo, Yucatán Peninsula, Tampico | 67 | Millions | [2] [163] [164] |
One | June 4 – 18, 1934 | 100 mph (155 km/h) | 966 hPa (28.53 inHg) | Belize, Guatemala, Chiapas, Yucatán Peninsula, Louisiana, Mississippi, Tennessee | >1,000 | $4.4 million | . [2] [165] [166] [167] |
Seven | September 3 – 7, 1934 | 105 mph (165 km/h) | 967 hPa (28.56 inHg) | United States East Coast | 8 | $10 thousand | [2] [165] [168] [169] |
Ten | October 1 – 4, 1934 | 100 mph (155 km/h) | 984 hPa (29.06 inHg) | None | 0 | None | [2] [165] |
Seven | October 30 – November 8, 1935 | 105 mph (165 km/h) | 964 hPa (28.47 inHg) | The Bahamas, Florida | 19 | $5.5 million | [2] [170] [171] |
Five | July 27 – August 1, 1936 | 105 mph (165 km/h) | 964 hPa (28.47 inHg) | Bahamas, Florida, Alabama | 4 | $200 thousand | [2] [172] |
Ten | August 25 – September 5, 1936 | 110 mph (175 km/h) | 959 hPa (28.32 inHg) | None | 0 | None | [2] [173] |
Fifteen | September 18 – 25, 1936 | 105 mph (165 km/h) | 977 hPa (28.85 inHg) | Nova Scotia | 0 | None | [2] [174] |
Four | September 9 – 14, 1937 | 100 mph (155 km/h) | 992 hPa (29.29 inHg) | Nova Scotia, Canada | 0 | $1.5 million | [2] [77] [175] |
Eight | September 20 – 26, 1937 | 100 mph (155 km/h) | 982 hPa (29.00 inHg) | None | 0 | None | [2] [77] [176] |
Name | Dates | Peak intensity | Areas affected | Deaths | Damage ( USD) |
Refs | |
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Wind speed | Pressure | ||||||
Two | August 3 – 10, 1940 | 100 mph (155 km/h) | 972 hPa (28.70 inHg) | Texas, Louisiana, Arkansas | 7 | $10.75 million | [2] [177] [178] |
Three | August 5 – 14, 1940 | 100 mph (155 km/h) | 972 hPa (28.70 inHg) | South Carolina, Mid-Atlantic states | 52 | $13 million | [2] [179] [77] [180] |
Four | August 26 – September 2, 1940 | 110 mph (175 km/h) | 961 hPa (28.38 inHg) | North Carolina, New England, Nova Scotia, Quebec | 7 | $4.05 million | [2] [77] [181] |
Five | September 7 – 17, 1940 | 100 mph (155 km/h) | 988 hPa (29.18 inHg) | Nova Scotia, Newfoundland | 3 | $1.49 million | [2] [77] [182] |
Seven | September 22 – 28, 1940 | 100 mph (155 km/h) | 977 hPa (28.85 inHg) | Azores | 0 | None | [2] [183] |
Four | August 25 – September 3, 1942 | 110 mph (175 km/h) | Unknown | None | 0 | None | [2] [77] |
Eleven | November 5 – 11, 1942 | 110 mph (175 km/h) | 992 hPa (29.29 inHg) | Cuba, Belize, Mexico | 9 | $9 million | [2] [77] [184] |
One | July 25 – 30, 1943 | 105 mph (165 km/h) | 967 hPa (28.56 inHg) | Texas, Louisiana | 19 | $17 million | [2] [185] [186] [187] |
Six | September 15 – 20, 1943 | 100 mph (155 km/h) | Unknown | United States Gulf Coast | 0 | $419 thousand | [2] [186] |
Nine | October 11 – 17, 1943 | 110 mph (175 km/h) | Unknown | Leeward Islands, Puerto Rico, Bermuda | 0 | $300 thousand | [2] [186] [77] [188] |
Nine | September 21 – 26, 1944 | 100 mph (155 km/h) | Unknown | None | 0 | None | [2] [77] |
One | June 20 – 27, 1945 | 100 mph (155 km/h) | 985 hPa (29.09 inHg) | United States East Coast | 1 | $750 thousand | [2] [189] [190] [191] |
Eleven | October 10 – 13, 1945 | 100 mph (155 km/h) | 982 hPa (29.00 inHg) | Greater Antilles, Bahamas | 5 | $2 million | [2] [192] [77] |
Four | September 12 – 15, 1946 | 100 mph (155 km/h) | 975 hPa (28.79 inHg) | Bahamas, Nova Scotia, Newfoundland | 0 | None | [2] [77] [193] |
Six | October 5 – 9, 1946 | 100 mph (155 km/h) | 977 hPa (28.85 inHg) | Cuba, Florida, Georgia, South Carolina | 5 | $5.2 million | [2] [77] [194] [195] |
Charlie | August 9 – 16, 1947 | 110 mph (175 km/h) | 977 hPa (28.85 inHg) | Quintana Roo, Tamaulipas | 48 | Unknown | [2] [196] [197] |
King | October 8 – 16, 1947 | 105 mph (165 km/h) | 965 hPa (28.50 inHg) | Honduras, Florida, Alabama | 1 | $3.26 million | [2] [198] [199] |
One | August 21 – 25, 1949 | 110 mph (175 km/h) | 974 hPa (28.76 inHg) | North Carolina | 2 | $50 thousand | [2] [200] [201] |
Eleven | September 27 – October 6, 1949 | 110 mph (175 km/h) | 965 hPa (28.50 inHg) | Guatemala, Campeche, Texas | 2 | $6.7 million | [2] [78] [202] |
Name | Dates | Peak intensity | Areas affected | Deaths | Damage ( USD) |
Refs | |
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Wind speed | Pressure | ||||||
Baker | August 18 – September 1, 1950 | 105 mph (165 km/h) | 978 hPa (28.88 inHg) | Leeward Islands, Puerto Rico, Hispaniola, Cuba, United States Gulf Coast | 38 | $2.5 million | [2] [203] [204] |
Charlie | August 21 – September 5, 1950 | 110 mph (175 km/h) | 974 hPa (28.76 inHg) | None | 0 | None | [2] [204] |
George | September 27 – October 5, 1950 | 110 mph (175 km/h) | 960 hPa (28.35 inHg) | Iceland | 0 | None | [2] [204] [205] [206] |
Item | October 8 – 11, 1950 | 105 mph (165 km/h) | 976 hPa (28.82 inHg) | Yucatán Peninsula, Western Mexico | 0 | $1.5 million | [2] [204] [207] [208] |
How | September 29 – October 5, 1951 | 100 mph (155 km/h) | 972 hPa (28.70 inHg) | Florida, Iceland | 17 | $2 million | [2] [209] [210] |
Able | August 18 – September 3, 1952 | 100 mph (155 km/h) | 980 hPa (28.94 inHg) | South Carolina, North Carolina, Virginia, Maryland | 3 | $21.7 million | [2] [211] [212] |
Baker | August 31 – September 8, 1952 | 110 mph (175 km/h) | 969 hPa (28.61 inHg) | None | 0 | None | [2] [211] [213] |
Easy | October 6 – 11, 1952 | 105 mph (165 km/h) | 968 hPa (28.59 inHg) | None | 0 | None | [2] [211] |
Alice | June 24 – 27, 1954 | 110 mph (175 km/h) | 975 hPa (28.79 inHg) | Mexico | 56 | $2 million | [2] [214] [215] |
Thirteen | September 25 – October 6, 1954 | 100 mph (155 km/h) | 964 hPa (28.47 inHg) | None | 0 | None | [2] [216] |
Diane | August 7 – 20, 1955 | 105 mph (165 km/h) | 969 hPa (28.61 inHg) | North Carolina, Pennsylvania, New York, New Jersey, New England | 184 | $754.7 million | [2] [217] [218] |
Edith | August 21 – 31, 1955 | 105 mph (165 km/h) | 967 hPa (28.56 inHg) | None | 0 | None | [2] [219] [220] |
Flora | September 2 – 9, 1955 | 105 mph (165 km/h) | 967 hPa (28.56 inHg) | None | 0 | None | [221] |
Katie | October 14 – 19, 1955 | 110 mph (175 km/h) | 984 hPa (29.06 inHg) | Central America, Dominican Republic, Hispaniola, Puerto Rico, Cuba, Bahamas, Dominica | 7 | $200 thousand | [2] [222] [223] |
Greta | October 31 – November 6, 1956 | 100 mph (155 km/h) | 970 hPa (28.64 inHg) | Cuba, Bahamas, Florida, Guadeloupe | 1 | $3.58 million | [2] [224] |
Ella | August 30 – September 6, 1958 | 110 mph (175 km/h) | 983 hPa (29.03 inHg) | Haiti, Dominican Republic, Cuba, Louisiana, Texas | 37 | >$100 thousand | [2] [225] [226] |
Ilsa | September 24 – 30, 1958 | 110 mph (175 km/h) | 956 hPa (28.23 inHg) | Bermuda | 0 | None | [2] [225] [227] [228] |
Janice | October 4 – 11, 1958 | 100 mph (155 km/h) | 968 hPa (28.59 inHg) | Jamaica, Cuba, Bahamas | 9 | $200 thousand | [2] [225] [229] |
Name | Dates | Peak intensity | Areas affected | Deaths | Damage ( USD) |
Refs | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Wind speed | Pressure | ||||||
Anna | July 20 – 24, 1961 | 105 mph (165 km/h) | 976 hPa (28.82 inHg) | Windward Islands, Colombia, Venezuela, Central America, Jamaica | 1 | $300 thousand | [2] [230] [231] [232] |
Daisy | September 29 – October 7, 1962 | 105 mph (165 km/h) | 963 hPa (28.44 inHg) | Leeward Islands, Bermuda, New England, Atlantic Canada | 32 | $1.1 million | [2] [233] [234] |
Ella | October 14 – 22, 1962 | 110 mph (175 km/h) | 958 hPa (28.29 inHg) | Cuba, United States East Coast, Atlantic Canada | 2 | Unknown | [2] [235] [236] [237] |
Edith | September 23 – 29, 1963 | 100 mph (155 km/h) | 990 hPa (29.23 inHg) | Lesser Antilles, Puerto Rico, Hispaniola, Turks and Caicos Islands, Bahamas | 10 | $46.6 million | [2] [238] [239] [240] |
Ginny | October 17 – 29, 1963 | 110 mph (175 km/h) | 948 hPa (27.99 inHg) | Hispaniola, Turks and Caicos Islands, The Bahamas, United States East Coast, Nova Scotia, Newfoundland | 5 | $500 thousand | [2] [241] [242] [243] |
Ethel | September 4 – 14, 1964 | 105 mph (165 km/h) | 974 hPa (28.76 inHg) | Bermuda | 0 | Minimal | [2] [244] [245] |
Anna | August 21 – 25, 1965 | 105 mph (165 km/h) | 976 hPa (28.82 inHg) | None | 0 | None | [2] [246] |
Elena | October 12 – 19, 1965 | 110 mph (175 km/h) | 977 hPa (28.85 inHg) | None | 0 | None | [246] |
Chloe | September 5 – 21, 1967 | 110 mph (175 km/h) | 958 hPa (28.29 inHg) | Cape Verde, Spain, France | 14 | Unknown | [2] [247] |
Kara | October 7 – 18, 1969 | 105 mph (165 km/h) | 978 hPa (28.88 inHg) | North Carolina | 0 | None | [2] [248] |
Laurie | October 17 – 27, 1969 | 105 mph (165 km/h) | 973 hPa (28.73 inHg) | Mexico | 0 | Minor | [2] [248] [249] |
Name | Dates | Peak intensity | Areas affected | Deaths | Damage ( USD) |
Refs | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Wind speed | Pressure | ||||||
Eighteen | October 12 – 17, 1970 | 105 mph (165 km/h) | 974 hPa (28.76 inHg) | Bermuda, Nova Scotia, Newfoundland | 0 | Unknown | [2] [250] [251] [252] |
Ginger | September 6 – October 3, 1971 | 110 mph (175 km/h) | 959 hPa (28.32 inHg) | Bahamas, North Carolina | 1 | $10 million | [2] [253] [254] [255] |
Betty | August 22 – September 1, 1972 | 105 mph (165 km/h) | 976 hPa (28.82 inHg) | None | 0 | None | [2] [256] |
Fifi | September 14 – 22, 1974 | 110 mph (175 km/h) | 971 hPa (28.67 inHg) | Hispaniola, Jamaica, Mexico, Central America | 8,210 | $1.8 billion | [2] [257] [258] [259] [260] |
Doris | August 28 – September 4, 1975 | 110 mph (175 km/h) | 965 hPa (28.50 inHg) | None | 0 | None | [2] [261] |
Faye | September 18 – 29, 1975 | 105 mph (165 km/h) | 977 hPa (28.85 inHg) | Bermuda | 0 | Minimal | [2] [261] [262] |
Emmy | August 20 – September 4, 1976 | 105 mph (165 km/h) | 974 hPa (28.76 inHg) | Lesser Antilles, Azores | 68 | Minimal | [2] [263] |
Gloria | September 26 – October 4, 1976 | 105 mph (165 km/h) | 970 hPa (28.64 inHg) | None | 0 | None | [2] [264] |
Flossie | September 4 – 15, 1978 | 100 mph (155 km/h) | 976 hPa (28.82 inHg) | None | 0 | None | [2] [265] |
Gloria | September 4 – 15, 1979 | 100 mph (155 km/h) | 975 hPa (28.79 inHg) | None | 0 | None | [2] [266] |
Name | Dates | Peak intensity | Areas affected | Deaths | Damage ( USD) |
Refs | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Wind speed | Pressure | ||||||
Bonnie | August 14 – 19, 1980 | 100 mph (155 km/h) | 975 hPa (28.79 inHg) | None | 0 | None | [2] [267] [268] |
Ivan | October 4 – 11, 1980 | 105 mph (165 km/h) | 970 hPa (28.64 inHg) | None | 0 | None | [2] [269] [270] |
Jeanne | November 8 – 16, 1980 | 100 mph (155 km/h) | 986 hPa (29.12 inHg) | Florida, Gulf of Mexico, United States Gulf Coast | 0 | Minimal | [2] [271] |
Gert | September 7 – 15, 1981 | 105 mph (165 km/h) | 988 hPa (29.18 inHg) | Puerto Rico | 0 | None | [2] [272] [273] |
Josephine | October 7 – 18, 1984 | 105 mph (165 km/h) | 965 hPa (28.50 inHg) | United States East Coast | 1 | Minor | [2] [274] [275] |
Earl | September 10 – 18, 1986 | 105 mph (165 km/h) | 979 hPa (28.91 inHg) | None | 0 | None | [2] [276] |
Dean | July 31 – August 9, 1989 | 105 mph (165 km/h) | 968 hPa (28.59 inHg) | Leeward Islands, Bermuda, North Carolina, Newfoundland | 0 | $8.9 million | [2] [277] [278] |
Erin | August 18 – 27, 1989 | 105 mph (165 km/h) | 968 hPa (28.59 inHg) | Cape Verde | 0 | None | [2] [279] |
Name | Duration | Peak intensity | Areas affected | Damage ( USD) |
Deaths | Refs | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Wind speed | Pressure | ||||||
Diana | August 4 – 9, 1990 | 100 mph (155 km/h) | 980 hPa (28.94 inHg) | Central America | Extensive | 139 | [280] |
Isidore | September 4 – 17, 1990 | 100 mph (155 km/h) | 978 hPa (28.88 inHg) | None | None | None | [280] |
Grace | October 25 – 29, 1991 | 105 mph (165 km/h) | 980 hPa (28.94 inHg) | None | None | None | [281] |
Bonnie | September 17 – 30, 1992 | 110 mph (175 km/h) | 965 hPa (28.50 inHg) | Azores | Minimal | 1 | [282] |
Charley | September 21 – 27, 1992 | 110 mph (175 km/h) | 965 hPa (28.50 inHg) | Azores | None | None | [282] |
Gert | September 14 – 21, 1993 | 100 mph (155 km/h) | 970 hPa (28.64 inHg) | Central America | >$166 million | 76 | [283] |
Florence | November 2 – 8, 1994 | 110 mph (175 km/h) | 972 hPa (28.70 inHg) | None | None | None | [284] |
Erin | July 31 – August 6, 1995 | 100 mph (155 km/h) | 973 hPa (28.73 inHg) | Florida, Mid-Atlantic States, New England | 13 | $700 million | [285] |
Humberto | August 21 – September 1, 1995 | 110 mph (175 km/h) | 968 hPa (28.59 inHg) | None | None | None | [285] |
Iris | August 22 – September 4, 1995 | 110 mph (175 km/h) | 965 hPa (28.50 inHg) | Antigua, Montserrat, Barbuda | 5 | Unknown | [285] [286] |
Danielle | August 24 – September 3, 1998 | 105 mph (165 km/h) | 960 hPa (28.35 inHg) | Puerto Rico, United States East Coast, Atlantic Canada, United Kingdom | $50 million | None | [287] [288] |
Earl | August 31 – September 3, 1998 | 100 mph (155 km/h) | 985 hPa (29.09 inHg) | Mexico, Florida | $79 million | 3 | [287] |
Jeanne | September 21 – October 1, 1998 | 105 mph (165 km/h) | 969 hPa (28.61 inHg) | None | None | None | [287] |
Karl | September 23 – 28, 1998 | 105 mph (165 km/h) | 970 hPa (28.64 inHg) | None | None | None | [287] |
Dennis | August 24 – September 7, 1999 | 105 mph (165 km/h) | 962 hPa (28.41 inHg) | The Bahamas, United States East Coast, Atlantic Canada | $157 million | 4 | [289] |
Irene | October 12 – 19, 1999 | 110 mph (175 km/h) | 958 hPa (28.29 inHg) | Cuba, Southeastern United States | $800 million | 18 | [289] |
Jose | October 17 – 25, 1999 | 100 mph (155 km/h) | 979 hPa (28.91 inHg) | Lesser Antilles, Puerto Rico | <$5 million | 2 | [289] |
Name | Dates | Peak intensity | Areas affected | Deaths | Damage ( USD) |
Refs | |
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Wind speed | Pressure | ||||||
Michael | October 15 – 20, 2000 | 100 mph (155 km/h) | 965 hPa (28.50 inHg) | Bermuda, United States East Coast, Atlantic Canada | Minimal | None | [290] |
Humberto | September 21 – 27, 2001 | 105 mph (165 km/h) | 970 hPa (28.64 inHg) | None | None | None | [291] |
Gustav | September 8 – 12, 2002 | 100 mph (155 km/h) | 960 hPa (28.35 inHg) | North Carolina, Virginia, New Jersey | $340,000 | 4 | [292] [293] |
Juan | September 24 – 29, 2003 | 110 mph (175 km/h) | 969 hPa (28.61 inHg) | Canada | $200 million | 8 | [294] |
Danielle | August 13 – 21, 2004 | 110 mph (175 km/h) | 964 hPa (28.47 inHg) | Cape Verde | None | None | [295] |
Irene | August 4 – 18, 2005 | 105 mph (165 km/h) | 970 hPa (28.64 inHg) | United States East Coast | None | 1 | [296] |
Dolly | July 20 – 27, 2008 | 100 mph (155 km/h) | 963 hPa (28.44 inHg) | Guatemala, Mexico, South Central United States | $1.6 billion | 26 | [297] [298] [299] |
Ida | November 1 – 10, 2009 | 105 mph (165 km/h) | 975 hPa (28.79 inHg) | Nicaragua, Yucatán Peninsula, Cuba, Southeastern United States | $11.4 million | 4 | [300] [301] [302] |
Name | Dates | Peak intensity | Areas affected | Deaths | Damage ( USD) |
Refs | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Wind speed | Pressure | ||||||
Alex | June 25 – July 2, 2010 | 110 mph (175 km/h) | 946 hPa (27.94 inHg) | Greater Antilles, Belize, Mexico, Texas | 1.52 billion | 52 | [303] |
Paula | October 11 – 15, 2010 | 105 mph (165 km/h) | 981 hPa (28.97 inHg) | Nicaragua, Honduras, Mexico Cuba, Bahamas, Florida |
Unknown | 1 | [303] |
Richard | October 20 – 26, 2010 | 100 mph (155 km/h) | 977 hPa (28.85 inHg) | Honduras, Belize, Guatemala, Mexico | $80 million | 2 | [303] |
Tomas | October 29 – November 7, 2010 | 100 mph (155 km/h) | 982 hPa (29.00 inHg) | Windward Islands, Leeward Antilles Greater Antilles, Lucayan Archipelago |
$463 million | 51 | [303] |
Ernesto | August 1 – 10, 2012 | 100 mph (155 km/h) | 973 hPa (28.73 inHg) | Windward Islands, Jamaica, Central America, Mexico | 252 million | 12 | [304] |
Gordon | August 15 – 20, 2012 | 110 mph (175 km/h) | 965 hPa (28.50 inHg) | Azores | None | None | [305] |
Kirk | August 28 – September 4, 2012 | 105 mph (165 km/h) | 970 hPa (28.64 inHg) | None | None | None | [306] |
Arthur | July 1 – 5, 2014 | 100 mph (155 km/h) | 973 hPa (28.73 inHg) | Bahamas, North Carolina, Nova Scotia | $28.6 million | 1 | [307] |
Gert | August 12 – 17, 2017 | 110 mph (175 km/h) | 962 hPa (28.41 inHg) | Bermuda, United States East Coast, Atlantic Canada | Unknown | 2 | [308] |
Katia | September 5 – 9, 2017 | 105 mph (165 km/h) | 972 hPa (28.70 inHg) | Mexico | $3.26 million | 3 | [309] |
Chris | July 6 – 12, 2018 | 105 mph (165 km/h) | 969 hPa (28.61 inHg) | Bermuda, Iceland | Minimal | 1 | [310] |
Helene | September 7 – 16, 2018 | 110 mph (175 km/h) | 967 hPa (28.56 inHg) | West Africa, Cape Verde, Azores | Minimal | 3 | [311] |
Oscar | October 26 – 31, 2018 | 110 mph (175 km/h) | 966 hPa (28.53 inHg) | Faroe Islands | None | None | [312] |
Jerry | September 17 – 24, 2019 | 105 mph (165 km/h) | 976 hPa (28.82 inHg) | None | None | None | [313] |
Name | Dates | Peak intensity | Areas affected | Deaths | Damage ( USD) |
Refs | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Wind speed | Pressure | ||||||
Paulette | September 7 – 22, 2020 | 105 mph (165 km/h) | 965 hPa (28.50 inHg) | Bermuda | 1 | $50 million | [314] |
Sally | September 11 – 17, 2020 | 110 mph (175 km/h) | 965 hPa (28.50 inHg) | The Bahamas, Cuba, United States Gulf Coast | 8 | $7.3 billion | [315] |
Earl | September 2 – 10, 2022 | 110 mph (175 km/h) | 948 hPa (27.99 inHg) | Puerto Rico, Bermuda | 2 | Minimal | [316] |
Nigel | September 15 – 22, 2023 | 100 mph (155 km/h) | 971 hPa (28.67 inHg) | None | None | None | |
Tammy | October 18 – 29, 2023 | 105 mph (165 km/h) | 965 hPa (28.50 inHg) | Leeward Islands | None | Unknown |
The 1842 Spain hurricane on October 26, reached a possible, but HURDAT-unverified, Category 2 intensity. [317]
In May 1863, Hurricane "Amanda" wreaked havoc in the Southeast United States. Its intensity was equivalent to Category 2. [318]
A climate researcher: Michael Chenoweth has suggested that the following systems were Category 2 hurricanes on the Saffir-Simpson hurricane wind scale:
Name | Duration | Peak intensity | Areas affected | Damage ( USD) |
Deaths | Refs | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Wind speed | Pressure | ||||||
Unnamed | September 25 - 28, 1852 | 105 mph (165 km/h) | Not Specified | None | None | None | [319] |
Unnamed | November 13 - 28, 1853 | 105 mph (165 km/h) | 965 hPa (28.50 inHg) | The Bahamas | Unknown | Unknown | [320] |
Unnamed | October 13 - 27, 1854 | 105 mph (165 km/h) | 965 hPa (28.50 inHg) | Texas, Mexico | Unknown | Unknown | [321] |
Eight | October 24 – 29, 1859 | 100 mph (155 km/h) | 989 hPa (29.21 inHg) | Mexico, Florida | Unknown | Unknown | [322] |
Unnamed | September 24 - October 2, 1876 | 110 mph (175 km/h) | 1002 hPa (29.59 inHg) | The Caribbean | Unknown | Unknown | [323] |
Month | Number of storms |
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January | 0
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February | 0
|
March | 1
|
April | 0
|
May | 0
|
June | 10
|
July | 18
|
August | 66
|
September | 88
|
October | 55
|
November | 8
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December | 0
|
Decade | Number of storms |
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1850s | 11
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1860s | 28
|
1870s | 14
|
1880s | 18
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1890s | 22
|
1900s | 13
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1910s | 11
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1920s | 9
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1930s | 13
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1940s | 19
|
1950s | 18
|
1960s | 11
|
1970s | 8
|
1980s | 8
|
1990s | 17
|
2000s | 8
|
2010s | 14
|
2020s | 5
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Within the North Atlantic Ocean, a Category 2 hurricane is a tropical cyclone, that has 1-minute sustained wind speeds of between 83–95 knots (96–109 mph; 154–176 km/h; 43–49 m/s). [1] Since records began in 1851, a total of 246 tropical cyclones have peaked at this intensity. [2]
Since HURDAT began in 1851, Atlantic hurricanes have been tracked. In 1971, the Saffir–Simpson scale was devised by two meteorologists. Category 2 was designed as the fourth-highest category on the scale. [2]
Name | Duration | Peak intensity | Areas affected | Damage ( USD) |
Deaths | Refs | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Wind speed | Pressure | ||||||
Five | October 6 – 11, 1852 | 105 mph (165 km/h) | Not Specified | The Caribbean, Mexico, Southeastern United States | Extensive | Unknown | [3] [4] |
Eight | October 19 – 22, 1853 | 105 mph (165 km/h) | Not Specified | Florida, Georgia | Significant | Unknown | [4] [5] |
Four | September 16 – 20, 1854 | 105 mph (165 km/h) | Not Specified | Texas | $20,000 | 4 | [6] [7] |
One | August 6, 1855 | 105 mph (165 km/h) | Not Specified | Mexico | Unknown | Unknown | [8] |
Two | August 10 – 11, 1855 | 105 mph (165 km/h) | Not Specified | None | None | None | [9] |
Two | September 6 – 17, 1857 | 105 mph (165 km/h) | 961 hPa (28.38 inHg) | United States East Coast | Unknown | >424 | [10] [11] |
Four | September 24 – 30, 1857 | 105 mph (165 km/h) | Not Specified | The Caribbean, Mexico, Texas | Unknown | Unknown | [12] |
Three | September 14 – 17, 1858 | 105 mph (165 km/h) | Not Specified | Florida, Northeastern United States | Minor | Unknown | [13] [14] |
Six | October 21 – 26, 1858 | 105 mph (165 km/h) | Not Specified | Bahamas, Bermuda | Unknown | Unknown | [15] |
One | July 1, 1859 | 105 mph (165 km/h) | Not Specified | Mexico | Unknown | Unknown | [16] |
Two | August 17 – 19, 1859 | 105 mph (165 km/h) | Not Specified | None | None | None | [17] |
Name | Dates | Peak intensity | Areas affected | Deaths | Damage ( USD) |
Refs | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Wind speed | Pressure | ||||||
Two | August 24 – 26, 1860 | 105 mph (165 km/h) | Not Specified | None | None | None | [18] |
Four | September 11 – 16, 1860 | 105 mph (165 km/h) | Not Specified | United States Gulf Coast | >$1 million | Unknown | [19] [20] |
Six | September 30 – October 3, 1860 | 105 mph (165 km/h) | Not Specified | Louisiana, Mississippi | Severe | >13 | [20] [21] |
Seven | October 20 – 24, 1860 | 105 mph (165 km/h) | Not Specified | None | None | None | [22] |
One | July 6 – 12, 1861 | 105 mph (165 km/h) | Not Specified | Lesser Antilies | Unknown | Unknown | [23] |
Three | August 25 – 30, 1861 | 105 mph (165 km/h) | Not Specified | None | None | None | [24] |
Two | August 18 – 21, 1862 | 105 mph (165 km/h) | Not Specified | None | None | None | [25] |
Three | September 12 – 20, 1862 | 105 mph (165 km/h) | Not Specified | None | None | None | [26] |
One | August 8 – 9, 1863 | 105 mph (165 km/h) | Not Specified | None | None | None | [27] |
Two | August 18 – 19, 1863 | 105 mph (165 km/h) | Not Specified | None | None | None | [28] |
Three | August 19 – 23, 1863 | 105 mph (165 km/h) | 975 hPa (28.79 inHg) | United States East Coast, Nova Scotia | Unknown | 80 | [11] [29] |
Four | August 27 – 28, 1863 | 105 mph (165 km/h) | Not Specified | North Carolina | Unknown | Unknown | [30] |
Four | September 6 – 14, 1865 | 105 mph (165 km/h) | Not Specified | The Caribbean, United States Gulf Coast | Severe | >325 | [20] [31] [32] |
Seven | October 18 – 25, 1865 | 105 mph (165 km/h) | Not Specified | The Caribbean, Florida | $300,000 | 1 | [32] [33] |
One | July 11 – 16, 1866 | 105 mph (165 km/h) | Not Specified | Louisiana, Texas | Unknown | Unknown | [34] |
Two | August 13 – 18, 1866 | 105 mph (165 km/h) | Not Specified | Mexico | Unknown | Unknown | [35] |
Four | September 22 – 24, 1866 | 105 mph (165 km/h) | Not Specified | Newfoundland | Unknown | 8 | [36] [37] |
Two | July 28 – August 3, 1867 | 105 mph (165 km/h) | 969 hPa (28.61 inHg) | United States East Coast | Unknown | 2 | [11] [38] |
Three | August 2, 1867 | 105 mph (165 km/h) | Not Specified | The Caribbean | Unknown | Unknown | [39] |
Six | September 29 – October 1, 1867 | 105 mph (165 km/h) | Not Specified | None | None | None | [40] |
Seven | October 2 – 9, 1867 | 105 mph (165 km/h) | 969 hPa (28.61 inHg) | Mexico, Texas, South Eastern United States | >$1 million | Many | [7] [11] [41] |
One | September 3 – 7, 1868 | 105 mph (165 km/h) | Not Specified | None | None | 2 | [42] [43] |
Three | October 5 – 7, 1868 | 105 mph (165 km/h) | Not Specified | None | None | None | [44] |
Four | October 15 – 17, 1868 | 105 mph (165 km/h) | Not Specified | None | None | None | [45] |
One | August 12, 1869 | 105 mph (165 km/h) | Not Specified | None | None | None | [46] |
Two | August 16 – 17, 1869 | 105 mph (165 km/h) | Not Specified | Texas | Severe | Unknown | [7] [47] |
Seven | September 11 – 18, 1869 | 105 mph (165 km/h) | 979 hPa (28.91 inHg) | None | None | None | [48] |
Ten | October 4 – 5, 1869 | 105 mph (165 km/h) | Not Specified | Northeastern United States, New Brunswick | Severe | 37 | [49] |
Name | Dates | Peak intensity | Areas affected | Deaths | Damage ( USD) |
Refs | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Wind speed | Pressure | ||||||
Two | August 30 – September 4, 1870 | 105 mph (165 km/h) | Not Specified | Nova Scotia | Unknown | Unknown | [50] |
Nine | October 19 – 22, 1870 | 105 mph (165 km/h) | Not Specified | Cuba, South Eastern United States | Severe | >52 | [11] [51] |
Ten | October 23, 1870 | 105 mph (165 km/h) | Not Specified | Hispanlola | Unknown | Unknown | [52] |
Five | August 30 – September 2, 1871 | 105 mph (165 km/h) | Not Specified | Atlantic Canada | Unknown | Unknown | [53] |
Two | August 20 – September 1, 1872 | 105 mph (165 km/h) | Not Specified | Atlantic Canada | Unknown | Unknown | [54] |
Seven | October 31 – November 4, 1874 | 105 mph (165 km/h) | Not Specified | Greater Antilles, Bahamas | Extensive | Unknown | [55] [56] |
Five | October 7 – 10, 1875 | 105 mph (165 km/h) | Not Specified | None | None | None | [57] |
Four | September 29 – October 5, 1876 | 105 mph (165 km/h) | Not Specified | None | Unknown | Unknown | [58] |
Four | August 25 – 30, 1878 | 105 mph (165 km/h) | 972 hPa (28.70 inHg) | The Bahamas | Unknown | Unknown | [59] |
Five | September 1 – 13, 1878 | 105 mph (165 km/h) | 970 hPa (28.64 inHg) | The Caribbean, Eastern United States | Significant | 9 | [60] [61] |
Six | September 12 – 18, 1878 | 105 mph (165 km/h) | Not Specified | None | None | None | [62] |
Eleven | October 18 – 21, 1878 | 105 mph (165 km/h) | 963 hPa (28.44 inHg) | Cuba, Bahamas, United States East Coast | 2 million | 72 | [2] [63] [64] [65] |
Two | August 19 – 24, 1879 | 105 mph (165 km/h) | 964 hPa (28.47 inHg) | Yucatán Peninsula, Texas, Louisiana | None | Unknown | [2] [66] |
Eight | November 18 – 20, 1879 | 105 mph (165 km/h) | 968 hPa (28.59 inHg) | Canada | Unknown | Unknown | [67] |
Name | Dates | Peak intensity | Areas affected | Deaths | Damage ( USD) |
Refs | |
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Wind speed | Pressure | ||||||
Four | August 24 – September 1, 1880 | 105 mph (165 km/h) | 972 hPa (28.70 inHg) | Florida, Mississippi | 68 | Unknown | [2] [68] |
Five | August 21 – 29, 1881 | 105 mph (165 km/h) | 970 hPa (28.64 inHg) | Georgia, Mississippi | 700 | Severe | [2] [68] [63] |
Six | September 7 – 11, 1881 | 105 mph (165 km/h) | 975 hPa (28.79 inHg) | United States East Coast | 0 | Unknown | [2] [69] |
Four | October 7 – 17, 1884 | 105 mph (165 km/h) | 980 hPa (28.94 inHg) | Jamaica, Cuba, Bahamas, Turks and Caicos Islands | 8 | Unknown | [2] [70] [71] |
Two | August 21 – 27, 1885 | 105 mph (165 km/h) | 953 hPa (28.14 inHg) | Bahamas, Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, Maryland | 25 | $1.8 million | [2] [69] [65] [63] |
One | June 13 – 15, 1886 | 100 mph (155 km/h) | 997 hPa (29.44 inHg) | Texas, Louisiana | Unknown | Unknown | [2] [72] [73] [74] |
Two | June 17 – 24, 1886 | 100 mph (155 km/h) | Unknown | Florida, Southeastern United States, Mid-Atlantic states | 0 | Severe | [2] [68] [75] [72] |
Three | June 27 – July 4, 1886 | 100 mph (155 km/h) | 999 hPa (29.50 inHg) | Florida, North Carolina, Maryland | 18 | Unknown | [2] [76] [72] |
Eight | September 16 – 24, 1886 | 100 mph (155 km/h) | 973 hPa (28.73 inHg) | Cuba, Texas | 0 | Unknown | [2] [77] [78] [72] |
Nine | September 22 – 30, 1886 | 100 mph (155 km/h) | 990 hPa (29.23 inHg) | None | None | None | [2] [72] |
Four | July 20 – 28, 1887 | 100 mph (155 km/h) | 981 hPa (28.97 inHg) | Cuba, Yucatán Peninsula, Florida, Georgia, Alabama | 0 | Extensive | [2] [79] [72] |
Eight | September 1 – 4, 1887 | 105 mph (165 km/h) | 963 hPa (28.44 inHg) | United Kingdom | None | None | [2] [72] |
Nine | September 11 – 22, 1887 | 100 mph (155 km/h) | 973 hPa (28.73 inHg) | Yucatán Peninsula, Texas, Extreme Northeastern Mexico | 14 | Unknown | [2] [80] [78] |
Fifteen | October 15 – 19, 1887 | 105 mph (165 km/h) | 975 hPa (28.79 inHg) | None | None | None | [2] |
Seven | October 8 – 12, 1888 | 110 mph (175 km/h) | 970 hPa (28.64 inHg) | United States East Coast | 0 | Unknown | [2] [81] |
Nine | November 17 – 25, 1888 | 100 mph (155 km/h) | 982 hPa (29.00 inHg) | None | None | None | [2] |
Four | September 1 – 12, 1889 | 105 mph (165 km/h) | 981 hPa (28.97 inHg) | Puerto Rico, Virginia | 40 | Minimal | [2] [72] |
Six | September 12 – 25, 1889 | 110 mph (175 km/h) | 985 hPa (29.09 inHg) | Yucatán Peninsula, Florida | 0 | Minor | [2] [72] |
Name | Dates | Peak intensity | Areas affected | Deaths | Damage ( USD) |
Refs | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Wind speed | Pressure | ||||||
Four | September 2 – 8, 1891 | 100 mph (155 km/h) | Unknown | New England, Nova Scotia, Newfoundland | 0 | Minor | [2] [82] |
Five | September 16 – 26, 1891 | 100 mph (155 km/h) | 980 hPa (28.94 inHg) | Bermuda | 0 | Minimal | [2] [82] |
Six | September 29 – October 5, 1891 | 100 mph (155 km/h) | 981 hPa (28.97 inHg) | Nova Scotia, Newfoundland | 0 | None | [2] |
Three | September 3 – 17, 1892 | 100 mph (155 km/h) | Unknown | None | 0 | None | [2] [83] |
Five | September 12 – 23, 1892 | 100 mph (155 km/h) | Unknown | Azores | 0 | Minor | [2] [83] |
Seven | October 5 – 16, 1892 | 100 mph (155 km/h) | Unknown | Trinidad and Tobago, Venezuela, Colombia, Nicaragua, Honduras, Mexico | 0 | Unknown | [2] [83] |
Two | July 4 – 7, 1893 | 100 mph (155 km/h) | Unknown | Nicaragua, Belize, Yucatán Peninsula, Tabasco | Many | Unknown | [2] [84] [85] [86] |
Five | August 15 – 19, 1893 | 100 mph (155 km/h) | Unknown | Sable Island, Newfoundland | 0 | Minor | [2] [84] |
Seven | August 20 – 29, 1893 | 100 mph (155 km/h) | Unknown | Azores | 5 | Unknown | [2] [87] |
Eight | September 4 – 9, 1893 | 100 mph (155 km/h) | 973 hPa (28.73 inHg) | Yucatán Peninsula, Louisiana, Alabama | 0 | Unknown | [2] [84] |
Seven | October 21 – 29, 1894 | 955 hPa (28.20 inHg) | None | 0 | None | [2] | |
Two | August 22 – 30, 1895 | 110 mph (175 km/h) | 963 hPa (28.44 inHg) | Yucatán Peninsula, Texas | 0 | Minimal | [2] [88] |
Five | October 12 – 26, 1895 | 105 mph (165 km/h) | 973 hPa (28.73 inHg) | Cuba, Bahamas | Unknown | Unknown | [2] [88] [89] |
One | July 4–9, 1896 | 100 mph (155 km/h) | Unknown | Cuba (questioned), United States East Coast, Canada, Greenland | 1 | $100 thousand | [2] [90] [91] [92] [93] |
Three | September 18 – 28, 1896 | 100 mph (155 km/h) | Unknown | Cuba, North Carolina | 0 | Minimal | [2] [90] |
Five | October 7 – 13, 1896 | 100 mph (155 km/h) | Unknown | Florida, North Carolina, Virginia, New England | 4 | $500 thousand | [2] [90] [94] [95] [96] |
Six | October 26 – November 9, 1896 | 100 mph (155 km/h) | Unknown | None | 0 | None | [2] [77] |
One | August 31 – September 9, 1897 | 100 mph (155 km/h) | 972 hPa (28.70 inHg) | None | 45 | None | [2] [97] [98] |
Four | September 5 – 19, 1898 | 110 mph (175 km/h) | 965 hPa (28.50 inHg) | Lesser Antilles, Windward Islands | 383 | $2.5 million | [2] [99] |
Two | July 28 – August 2, 1899 | 100 mph (155 km/h) | 979 hPa (28.91 inHg) | Dominican Republic, Bahamas, Florida, Alabama | 7 | >$1 million | [2] [100] [101] |
Four | August 29 – September 5, 1899 | 105 mph (165 km/h) | Unknown | Lesser Antilles, Puerto Rico, Haiti, Bermuda | 0 | Unknown | [2] [102] |
Nine | October 26 – 31, 1899 | 110 mph (175 km/h) | 955 hPa (28.20 inHg) | Cuba, Bahamas, Jamaica, North Carolina | 1+ | $200 thousand | . [2] [103] [104] |
Name | Duration | Peak intensity | Areas affected | Damage ( USD) |
Deaths | Refs | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Wind speed | Pressure | ||||||
Three | September 8 – 23, 1900 | 100 mph (155 km/h) | Not Specified | None | None | None | [105] |
Seven | August 29 – September 10, 1901 | 105 mph (165 km/h) | Not Specified | Cape Verde | Unknown | Unknown | [106] [107] |
Three | September 16 – 22, 1902 | 100 mph (155 km/h) | Not Specified | None | None | None | [108] |
Four | October 3 – 11, 1902 | 105 mph (165 km/h) | 970 hPa (28.64 inHg) | Mexico, Southeastern United States | Unknown | Unknown | [109] [110] |
Four | September 12 – 17, 1903 | 100 mph (155 km/h) | 990 hPa (29.23 inHg) | United States East Coast | $9 million | 57 | [111] [112] |
Six | September 26 – 30, 1903 | 110 mph (175 km/h) | 988 hPa (29.18 inHg) | Bermuda | Severe | 2 | [113] [114] |
Seven | October 1 – 9, 1903 | 100 mph (155 km/h) | Not Specified | None | None | None | [115] |
Two | June 14 – 23, 1906 | 105 mph (165 km/h) | 979 hPa (28.91 inHg) | Cuba, Florida | 0 | Minor | [2] [116] |
One | March 6 – 9, 1908 | 100 mph (155 km/h) | 991 hPa (29.26 inHg) | Saint Barthélemy, Saint Martin, Saint Kitts | 0 | Moderate | [2] [117] [118] |
Eight | September 21 – October 7, 1908 | 110 mph (175 km/h) | 971 hPa (28.67 inHg) | The Caribbean, The Bahamas | Unknown | Unknown | [119] [120] |
Nine | October 14 – 19, 1908 | 105 mph (165 km/h) | Not Specified | Nicaragua | Unknown | 2 | [121] [122] |
Two | June 25 – 30, 1909 | 100 mph (155 km/h) | 972 hPa (28.70 inHg) | Texas, Mexico | $1.3 million | None | [77] [123] |
Twelve | November 8 – 14, 1909 | 105 mph (165 km/h) | Unknown | Greater Antilles | $10 million | 198 | [124] [125] |
Name | Duration | Peak intensity | Areas affected | Damage ( USD) |
Deaths | Refs | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Wind speed | Pressure | ||||||
Three | September 5 – 15, 1910 | 110 mph (175 km/h) | Not Specified | Puerto Rico, Texas, Louisiana | Unknown | Unknown | [126] [127] |
Four | September 24 – 27, 1910 | 100 mph (155 km/h) | Not Specified | None | None | None | [128] |
Three | August 23 – 30, 1911 | 100 mph (155 km/h) | 972 hPa (28.70 inHg) | Georgia, South Carolina | $27.4 million | 17 | [129] [130] |
Four | September 3 – 12, 1911 | 100 mph (155 km/h) | Not Specified | Colombia, Nicaragua | $2 million | 10 | [131] [132] |
Six | October 11 – 18, 1912 | 100 mph (155 km/h) | Not Specified | Yucatán Peninsula, Texas | $28,000 | 42 | [133] [134] |
Four | August 31 – September 6, 1915 | 100 mph (155 km/h) | 982 hPa (29.00 inHg) | Cuba, Eastern United States | >$100,000 | 25 | [135] [136] [137] |
Three | July 10 – 22, 1916 | 105 mph (165 km/h) | 980 hPa (28.94 inHg) | Massachusetts, Nova Scotia | Unknown | Unknown | [138] [139] |
Seven | August 21 – 26, 1916 | 110 mph (175 km/h) | Not Specified | Greater Antiles, Florida | $1 million | 1 | [140] [141] |
Fourteen | October 9 – 19, 1916 | 110 mph (175 km/h) | 970 hPa (28.64 inHg) | Yucatán Peninsula, Florida, Alabama | $100,000 | 69 | [142] [143] |
Two | August 22 – 26, 1918 | 105 mph (165 km/h) | 968 hPa (28.59 inHg) | Honduras, Belize | Minor | None | [77] [144] |
Five | September 2 – 6, 1918 | 110 mph (175 km/h) | Not Specified | Bermuda | Minor | 21 | [145] [146] |
Three | September 2 – 5, 1919 | 100 mph (155 km/h) | Not Specified | None | None | None | [147] |
One | September 7 – 14, 1920 | 110 mph (175 km/h) | Not Specified | None | None | None | [148] |
Two | September 16 – 23, 1920 | 100 mph (155 km/h) | 975 hPa (28.79 inHg) | Central America, Louisiana, Arkansas | $1.45 million | 1 | [20] [149] |
Name | Dates | Peak intensity | Areas affected | Deaths | Damage ( USD) |
Refs | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Wind speed | Pressure | ||||||
Four | October 11 – 22, 1922 | 110 mph (175 km/h) | 984 hPa (29.06 inHg) | Colombia, Yucatán Peninsula, Tabasco | 0 | Unknown | [2] [150] [151] |
Two | September 1 – 9, 1923 | 105 mph (165 km/h) | 989 hPa (29.21 inHg) | None | 0 | None | [2] [77] |
Four | August 26 – September 3, 1924 | 110 mph (175 km/h) | 965 hPa (28.50 inHg) | Guadeloupe, Montserrat, Anguilla, Saint Thomas, Leeward Islands | 89 | Heavy | [2] [152] [153] [154] |
Five | September 10 – 14, 1926 | 105 mph (165 km/h) | 1000 hPa (29.53 inHg) | None | 0 | None | [2] [155] |
Eight | September 21 – October 1, 1926 | 105 mph (165 km/h) | 978 hPa (28.88 inHg) | Azores | 0 | Minor | [2] [155] |
Four | September 23 – 28, 1927 | 110 mph (175 km/h) | 967 hPa (28.56 inHg) | None | 0 | None | [2] [77] |
One | August 3 – 10, 1928 | 105 mph (165 km/h) | 971 hPa (28.67 inHg) | Bahamas, Florida, Georgia, South Carolina | 2 | $235 thousand | [2] [77] [156] [157] |
Name | Dates | Peak intensity | Areas affected | Deaths | Damage ( USD) |
Refs | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Wind speed | Pressure | ||||||
Seven | September 8 – 16, 1931 | 100 mph (155 km/h) | 987 hPa (29.15 inHg) | Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica, Belize, Yucatán Peninsula, Veracruz | 2 | Moderate | [2] [77] [158] [159] |
Fifteen | November 3 – 10, 1932 | 100 mph (155 km/h) | 973 hPa (28.73 inHg) | Azores | 0 | Unknown | [2] [160] |
Two | June 24 – July 8, 1933 | 110 mph (175 km/h) | 965 hPa (28.50 inHg) | Trinidad, Venezuela, Jamaica, Cayman Islands, Cuba, Tamaulipas | 35 | $7.5 million | [2] [161] [162] |
Thirteen | September 10 – 15, 1933 | 110 mph (175 km/h) | 960 hPa (28.35 inHg) | Guatemala, Belize, Quintana Roo, Yucatán Peninsula, Tampico | 67 | Millions | [2] [163] [164] |
One | June 4 – 18, 1934 | 100 mph (155 km/h) | 966 hPa (28.53 inHg) | Belize, Guatemala, Chiapas, Yucatán Peninsula, Louisiana, Mississippi, Tennessee | >1,000 | $4.4 million | . [2] [165] [166] [167] |
Seven | September 3 – 7, 1934 | 105 mph (165 km/h) | 967 hPa (28.56 inHg) | United States East Coast | 8 | $10 thousand | [2] [165] [168] [169] |
Ten | October 1 – 4, 1934 | 100 mph (155 km/h) | 984 hPa (29.06 inHg) | None | 0 | None | [2] [165] |
Seven | October 30 – November 8, 1935 | 105 mph (165 km/h) | 964 hPa (28.47 inHg) | The Bahamas, Florida | 19 | $5.5 million | [2] [170] [171] |
Five | July 27 – August 1, 1936 | 105 mph (165 km/h) | 964 hPa (28.47 inHg) | Bahamas, Florida, Alabama | 4 | $200 thousand | [2] [172] |
Ten | August 25 – September 5, 1936 | 110 mph (175 km/h) | 959 hPa (28.32 inHg) | None | 0 | None | [2] [173] |
Fifteen | September 18 – 25, 1936 | 105 mph (165 km/h) | 977 hPa (28.85 inHg) | Nova Scotia | 0 | None | [2] [174] |
Four | September 9 – 14, 1937 | 100 mph (155 km/h) | 992 hPa (29.29 inHg) | Nova Scotia, Canada | 0 | $1.5 million | [2] [77] [175] |
Eight | September 20 – 26, 1937 | 100 mph (155 km/h) | 982 hPa (29.00 inHg) | None | 0 | None | [2] [77] [176] |
Name | Dates | Peak intensity | Areas affected | Deaths | Damage ( USD) |
Refs | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Wind speed | Pressure | ||||||
Two | August 3 – 10, 1940 | 100 mph (155 km/h) | 972 hPa (28.70 inHg) | Texas, Louisiana, Arkansas | 7 | $10.75 million | [2] [177] [178] |
Three | August 5 – 14, 1940 | 100 mph (155 km/h) | 972 hPa (28.70 inHg) | South Carolina, Mid-Atlantic states | 52 | $13 million | [2] [179] [77] [180] |
Four | August 26 – September 2, 1940 | 110 mph (175 km/h) | 961 hPa (28.38 inHg) | North Carolina, New England, Nova Scotia, Quebec | 7 | $4.05 million | [2] [77] [181] |
Five | September 7 – 17, 1940 | 100 mph (155 km/h) | 988 hPa (29.18 inHg) | Nova Scotia, Newfoundland | 3 | $1.49 million | [2] [77] [182] |
Seven | September 22 – 28, 1940 | 100 mph (155 km/h) | 977 hPa (28.85 inHg) | Azores | 0 | None | [2] [183] |
Four | August 25 – September 3, 1942 | 110 mph (175 km/h) | Unknown | None | 0 | None | [2] [77] |
Eleven | November 5 – 11, 1942 | 110 mph (175 km/h) | 992 hPa (29.29 inHg) | Cuba, Belize, Mexico | 9 | $9 million | [2] [77] [184] |
One | July 25 – 30, 1943 | 105 mph (165 km/h) | 967 hPa (28.56 inHg) | Texas, Louisiana | 19 | $17 million | [2] [185] [186] [187] |
Six | September 15 – 20, 1943 | 100 mph (155 km/h) | Unknown | United States Gulf Coast | 0 | $419 thousand | [2] [186] |
Nine | October 11 – 17, 1943 | 110 mph (175 km/h) | Unknown | Leeward Islands, Puerto Rico, Bermuda | 0 | $300 thousand | [2] [186] [77] [188] |
Nine | September 21 – 26, 1944 | 100 mph (155 km/h) | Unknown | None | 0 | None | [2] [77] |
One | June 20 – 27, 1945 | 100 mph (155 km/h) | 985 hPa (29.09 inHg) | United States East Coast | 1 | $750 thousand | [2] [189] [190] [191] |
Eleven | October 10 – 13, 1945 | 100 mph (155 km/h) | 982 hPa (29.00 inHg) | Greater Antilles, Bahamas | 5 | $2 million | [2] [192] [77] |
Four | September 12 – 15, 1946 | 100 mph (155 km/h) | 975 hPa (28.79 inHg) | Bahamas, Nova Scotia, Newfoundland | 0 | None | [2] [77] [193] |
Six | October 5 – 9, 1946 | 100 mph (155 km/h) | 977 hPa (28.85 inHg) | Cuba, Florida, Georgia, South Carolina | 5 | $5.2 million | [2] [77] [194] [195] |
Charlie | August 9 – 16, 1947 | 110 mph (175 km/h) | 977 hPa (28.85 inHg) | Quintana Roo, Tamaulipas | 48 | Unknown | [2] [196] [197] |
King | October 8 – 16, 1947 | 105 mph (165 km/h) | 965 hPa (28.50 inHg) | Honduras, Florida, Alabama | 1 | $3.26 million | [2] [198] [199] |
One | August 21 – 25, 1949 | 110 mph (175 km/h) | 974 hPa (28.76 inHg) | North Carolina | 2 | $50 thousand | [2] [200] [201] |
Eleven | September 27 – October 6, 1949 | 110 mph (175 km/h) | 965 hPa (28.50 inHg) | Guatemala, Campeche, Texas | 2 | $6.7 million | [2] [78] [202] |
Name | Dates | Peak intensity | Areas affected | Deaths | Damage ( USD) |
Refs | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Wind speed | Pressure | ||||||
Baker | August 18 – September 1, 1950 | 105 mph (165 km/h) | 978 hPa (28.88 inHg) | Leeward Islands, Puerto Rico, Hispaniola, Cuba, United States Gulf Coast | 38 | $2.5 million | [2] [203] [204] |
Charlie | August 21 – September 5, 1950 | 110 mph (175 km/h) | 974 hPa (28.76 inHg) | None | 0 | None | [2] [204] |
George | September 27 – October 5, 1950 | 110 mph (175 km/h) | 960 hPa (28.35 inHg) | Iceland | 0 | None | [2] [204] [205] [206] |
Item | October 8 – 11, 1950 | 105 mph (165 km/h) | 976 hPa (28.82 inHg) | Yucatán Peninsula, Western Mexico | 0 | $1.5 million | [2] [204] [207] [208] |
How | September 29 – October 5, 1951 | 100 mph (155 km/h) | 972 hPa (28.70 inHg) | Florida, Iceland | 17 | $2 million | [2] [209] [210] |
Able | August 18 – September 3, 1952 | 100 mph (155 km/h) | 980 hPa (28.94 inHg) | South Carolina, North Carolina, Virginia, Maryland | 3 | $21.7 million | [2] [211] [212] |
Baker | August 31 – September 8, 1952 | 110 mph (175 km/h) | 969 hPa (28.61 inHg) | None | 0 | None | [2] [211] [213] |
Easy | October 6 – 11, 1952 | 105 mph (165 km/h) | 968 hPa (28.59 inHg) | None | 0 | None | [2] [211] |
Alice | June 24 – 27, 1954 | 110 mph (175 km/h) | 975 hPa (28.79 inHg) | Mexico | 56 | $2 million | [2] [214] [215] |
Thirteen | September 25 – October 6, 1954 | 100 mph (155 km/h) | 964 hPa (28.47 inHg) | None | 0 | None | [2] [216] |
Diane | August 7 – 20, 1955 | 105 mph (165 km/h) | 969 hPa (28.61 inHg) | North Carolina, Pennsylvania, New York, New Jersey, New England | 184 | $754.7 million | [2] [217] [218] |
Edith | August 21 – 31, 1955 | 105 mph (165 km/h) | 967 hPa (28.56 inHg) | None | 0 | None | [2] [219] [220] |
Flora | September 2 – 9, 1955 | 105 mph (165 km/h) | 967 hPa (28.56 inHg) | None | 0 | None | [221] |
Katie | October 14 – 19, 1955 | 110 mph (175 km/h) | 984 hPa (29.06 inHg) | Central America, Dominican Republic, Hispaniola, Puerto Rico, Cuba, Bahamas, Dominica | 7 | $200 thousand | [2] [222] [223] |
Greta | October 31 – November 6, 1956 | 100 mph (155 km/h) | 970 hPa (28.64 inHg) | Cuba, Bahamas, Florida, Guadeloupe | 1 | $3.58 million | [2] [224] |
Ella | August 30 – September 6, 1958 | 110 mph (175 km/h) | 983 hPa (29.03 inHg) | Haiti, Dominican Republic, Cuba, Louisiana, Texas | 37 | >$100 thousand | [2] [225] [226] |
Ilsa | September 24 – 30, 1958 | 110 mph (175 km/h) | 956 hPa (28.23 inHg) | Bermuda | 0 | None | [2] [225] [227] [228] |
Janice | October 4 – 11, 1958 | 100 mph (155 km/h) | 968 hPa (28.59 inHg) | Jamaica, Cuba, Bahamas | 9 | $200 thousand | [2] [225] [229] |
Name | Dates | Peak intensity | Areas affected | Deaths | Damage ( USD) |
Refs | |
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Wind speed | Pressure | ||||||
Anna | July 20 – 24, 1961 | 105 mph (165 km/h) | 976 hPa (28.82 inHg) | Windward Islands, Colombia, Venezuela, Central America, Jamaica | 1 | $300 thousand | [2] [230] [231] [232] |
Daisy | September 29 – October 7, 1962 | 105 mph (165 km/h) | 963 hPa (28.44 inHg) | Leeward Islands, Bermuda, New England, Atlantic Canada | 32 | $1.1 million | [2] [233] [234] |
Ella | October 14 – 22, 1962 | 110 mph (175 km/h) | 958 hPa (28.29 inHg) | Cuba, United States East Coast, Atlantic Canada | 2 | Unknown | [2] [235] [236] [237] |
Edith | September 23 – 29, 1963 | 100 mph (155 km/h) | 990 hPa (29.23 inHg) | Lesser Antilles, Puerto Rico, Hispaniola, Turks and Caicos Islands, Bahamas | 10 | $46.6 million | [2] [238] [239] [240] |
Ginny | October 17 – 29, 1963 | 110 mph (175 km/h) | 948 hPa (27.99 inHg) | Hispaniola, Turks and Caicos Islands, The Bahamas, United States East Coast, Nova Scotia, Newfoundland | 5 | $500 thousand | [2] [241] [242] [243] |
Ethel | September 4 – 14, 1964 | 105 mph (165 km/h) | 974 hPa (28.76 inHg) | Bermuda | 0 | Minimal | [2] [244] [245] |
Anna | August 21 – 25, 1965 | 105 mph (165 km/h) | 976 hPa (28.82 inHg) | None | 0 | None | [2] [246] |
Elena | October 12 – 19, 1965 | 110 mph (175 km/h) | 977 hPa (28.85 inHg) | None | 0 | None | [246] |
Chloe | September 5 – 21, 1967 | 110 mph (175 km/h) | 958 hPa (28.29 inHg) | Cape Verde, Spain, France | 14 | Unknown | [2] [247] |
Kara | October 7 – 18, 1969 | 105 mph (165 km/h) | 978 hPa (28.88 inHg) | North Carolina | 0 | None | [2] [248] |
Laurie | October 17 – 27, 1969 | 105 mph (165 km/h) | 973 hPa (28.73 inHg) | Mexico | 0 | Minor | [2] [248] [249] |
Name | Dates | Peak intensity | Areas affected | Deaths | Damage ( USD) |
Refs | |
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Wind speed | Pressure | ||||||
Eighteen | October 12 – 17, 1970 | 105 mph (165 km/h) | 974 hPa (28.76 inHg) | Bermuda, Nova Scotia, Newfoundland | 0 | Unknown | [2] [250] [251] [252] |
Ginger | September 6 – October 3, 1971 | 110 mph (175 km/h) | 959 hPa (28.32 inHg) | Bahamas, North Carolina | 1 | $10 million | [2] [253] [254] [255] |
Betty | August 22 – September 1, 1972 | 105 mph (165 km/h) | 976 hPa (28.82 inHg) | None | 0 | None | [2] [256] |
Fifi | September 14 – 22, 1974 | 110 mph (175 km/h) | 971 hPa (28.67 inHg) | Hispaniola, Jamaica, Mexico, Central America | 8,210 | $1.8 billion | [2] [257] [258] [259] [260] |
Doris | August 28 – September 4, 1975 | 110 mph (175 km/h) | 965 hPa (28.50 inHg) | None | 0 | None | [2] [261] |
Faye | September 18 – 29, 1975 | 105 mph (165 km/h) | 977 hPa (28.85 inHg) | Bermuda | 0 | Minimal | [2] [261] [262] |
Emmy | August 20 – September 4, 1976 | 105 mph (165 km/h) | 974 hPa (28.76 inHg) | Lesser Antilles, Azores | 68 | Minimal | [2] [263] |
Gloria | September 26 – October 4, 1976 | 105 mph (165 km/h) | 970 hPa (28.64 inHg) | None | 0 | None | [2] [264] |
Flossie | September 4 – 15, 1978 | 100 mph (155 km/h) | 976 hPa (28.82 inHg) | None | 0 | None | [2] [265] |
Gloria | September 4 – 15, 1979 | 100 mph (155 km/h) | 975 hPa (28.79 inHg) | None | 0 | None | [2] [266] |
Name | Dates | Peak intensity | Areas affected | Deaths | Damage ( USD) |
Refs | |
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Wind speed | Pressure | ||||||
Bonnie | August 14 – 19, 1980 | 100 mph (155 km/h) | 975 hPa (28.79 inHg) | None | 0 | None | [2] [267] [268] |
Ivan | October 4 – 11, 1980 | 105 mph (165 km/h) | 970 hPa (28.64 inHg) | None | 0 | None | [2] [269] [270] |
Jeanne | November 8 – 16, 1980 | 100 mph (155 km/h) | 986 hPa (29.12 inHg) | Florida, Gulf of Mexico, United States Gulf Coast | 0 | Minimal | [2] [271] |
Gert | September 7 – 15, 1981 | 105 mph (165 km/h) | 988 hPa (29.18 inHg) | Puerto Rico | 0 | None | [2] [272] [273] |
Josephine | October 7 – 18, 1984 | 105 mph (165 km/h) | 965 hPa (28.50 inHg) | United States East Coast | 1 | Minor | [2] [274] [275] |
Earl | September 10 – 18, 1986 | 105 mph (165 km/h) | 979 hPa (28.91 inHg) | None | 0 | None | [2] [276] |
Dean | July 31 – August 9, 1989 | 105 mph (165 km/h) | 968 hPa (28.59 inHg) | Leeward Islands, Bermuda, North Carolina, Newfoundland | 0 | $8.9 million | [2] [277] [278] |
Erin | August 18 – 27, 1989 | 105 mph (165 km/h) | 968 hPa (28.59 inHg) | Cape Verde | 0 | None | [2] [279] |
Name | Duration | Peak intensity | Areas affected | Damage ( USD) |
Deaths | Refs | |
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Wind speed | Pressure | ||||||
Diana | August 4 – 9, 1990 | 100 mph (155 km/h) | 980 hPa (28.94 inHg) | Central America | Extensive | 139 | [280] |
Isidore | September 4 – 17, 1990 | 100 mph (155 km/h) | 978 hPa (28.88 inHg) | None | None | None | [280] |
Grace | October 25 – 29, 1991 | 105 mph (165 km/h) | 980 hPa (28.94 inHg) | None | None | None | [281] |
Bonnie | September 17 – 30, 1992 | 110 mph (175 km/h) | 965 hPa (28.50 inHg) | Azores | Minimal | 1 | [282] |
Charley | September 21 – 27, 1992 | 110 mph (175 km/h) | 965 hPa (28.50 inHg) | Azores | None | None | [282] |
Gert | September 14 – 21, 1993 | 100 mph (155 km/h) | 970 hPa (28.64 inHg) | Central America | >$166 million | 76 | [283] |
Florence | November 2 – 8, 1994 | 110 mph (175 km/h) | 972 hPa (28.70 inHg) | None | None | None | [284] |
Erin | July 31 – August 6, 1995 | 100 mph (155 km/h) | 973 hPa (28.73 inHg) | Florida, Mid-Atlantic States, New England | 13 | $700 million | [285] |
Humberto | August 21 – September 1, 1995 | 110 mph (175 km/h) | 968 hPa (28.59 inHg) | None | None | None | [285] |
Iris | August 22 – September 4, 1995 | 110 mph (175 km/h) | 965 hPa (28.50 inHg) | Antigua, Montserrat, Barbuda | 5 | Unknown | [285] [286] |
Danielle | August 24 – September 3, 1998 | 105 mph (165 km/h) | 960 hPa (28.35 inHg) | Puerto Rico, United States East Coast, Atlantic Canada, United Kingdom | $50 million | None | [287] [288] |
Earl | August 31 – September 3, 1998 | 100 mph (155 km/h) | 985 hPa (29.09 inHg) | Mexico, Florida | $79 million | 3 | [287] |
Jeanne | September 21 – October 1, 1998 | 105 mph (165 km/h) | 969 hPa (28.61 inHg) | None | None | None | [287] |
Karl | September 23 – 28, 1998 | 105 mph (165 km/h) | 970 hPa (28.64 inHg) | None | None | None | [287] |
Dennis | August 24 – September 7, 1999 | 105 mph (165 km/h) | 962 hPa (28.41 inHg) | The Bahamas, United States East Coast, Atlantic Canada | $157 million | 4 | [289] |
Irene | October 12 – 19, 1999 | 110 mph (175 km/h) | 958 hPa (28.29 inHg) | Cuba, Southeastern United States | $800 million | 18 | [289] |
Jose | October 17 – 25, 1999 | 100 mph (155 km/h) | 979 hPa (28.91 inHg) | Lesser Antilles, Puerto Rico | <$5 million | 2 | [289] |
Name | Dates | Peak intensity | Areas affected | Deaths | Damage ( USD) |
Refs | |
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Wind speed | Pressure | ||||||
Michael | October 15 – 20, 2000 | 100 mph (155 km/h) | 965 hPa (28.50 inHg) | Bermuda, United States East Coast, Atlantic Canada | Minimal | None | [290] |
Humberto | September 21 – 27, 2001 | 105 mph (165 km/h) | 970 hPa (28.64 inHg) | None | None | None | [291] |
Gustav | September 8 – 12, 2002 | 100 mph (155 km/h) | 960 hPa (28.35 inHg) | North Carolina, Virginia, New Jersey | $340,000 | 4 | [292] [293] |
Juan | September 24 – 29, 2003 | 110 mph (175 km/h) | 969 hPa (28.61 inHg) | Canada | $200 million | 8 | [294] |
Danielle | August 13 – 21, 2004 | 110 mph (175 km/h) | 964 hPa (28.47 inHg) | Cape Verde | None | None | [295] |
Irene | August 4 – 18, 2005 | 105 mph (165 km/h) | 970 hPa (28.64 inHg) | United States East Coast | None | 1 | [296] |
Dolly | July 20 – 27, 2008 | 100 mph (155 km/h) | 963 hPa (28.44 inHg) | Guatemala, Mexico, South Central United States | $1.6 billion | 26 | [297] [298] [299] |
Ida | November 1 – 10, 2009 | 105 mph (165 km/h) | 975 hPa (28.79 inHg) | Nicaragua, Yucatán Peninsula, Cuba, Southeastern United States | $11.4 million | 4 | [300] [301] [302] |
Name | Dates | Peak intensity | Areas affected | Deaths | Damage ( USD) |
Refs | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Wind speed | Pressure | ||||||
Alex | June 25 – July 2, 2010 | 110 mph (175 km/h) | 946 hPa (27.94 inHg) | Greater Antilles, Belize, Mexico, Texas | 1.52 billion | 52 | [303] |
Paula | October 11 – 15, 2010 | 105 mph (165 km/h) | 981 hPa (28.97 inHg) | Nicaragua, Honduras, Mexico Cuba, Bahamas, Florida |
Unknown | 1 | [303] |
Richard | October 20 – 26, 2010 | 100 mph (155 km/h) | 977 hPa (28.85 inHg) | Honduras, Belize, Guatemala, Mexico | $80 million | 2 | [303] |
Tomas | October 29 – November 7, 2010 | 100 mph (155 km/h) | 982 hPa (29.00 inHg) | Windward Islands, Leeward Antilles Greater Antilles, Lucayan Archipelago |
$463 million | 51 | [303] |
Ernesto | August 1 – 10, 2012 | 100 mph (155 km/h) | 973 hPa (28.73 inHg) | Windward Islands, Jamaica, Central America, Mexico | 252 million | 12 | [304] |
Gordon | August 15 – 20, 2012 | 110 mph (175 km/h) | 965 hPa (28.50 inHg) | Azores | None | None | [305] |
Kirk | August 28 – September 4, 2012 | 105 mph (165 km/h) | 970 hPa (28.64 inHg) | None | None | None | [306] |
Arthur | July 1 – 5, 2014 | 100 mph (155 km/h) | 973 hPa (28.73 inHg) | Bahamas, North Carolina, Nova Scotia | $28.6 million | 1 | [307] |
Gert | August 12 – 17, 2017 | 110 mph (175 km/h) | 962 hPa (28.41 inHg) | Bermuda, United States East Coast, Atlantic Canada | Unknown | 2 | [308] |
Katia | September 5 – 9, 2017 | 105 mph (165 km/h) | 972 hPa (28.70 inHg) | Mexico | $3.26 million | 3 | [309] |
Chris | July 6 – 12, 2018 | 105 mph (165 km/h) | 969 hPa (28.61 inHg) | Bermuda, Iceland | Minimal | 1 | [310] |
Helene | September 7 – 16, 2018 | 110 mph (175 km/h) | 967 hPa (28.56 inHg) | West Africa, Cape Verde, Azores | Minimal | 3 | [311] |
Oscar | October 26 – 31, 2018 | 110 mph (175 km/h) | 966 hPa (28.53 inHg) | Faroe Islands | None | None | [312] |
Jerry | September 17 – 24, 2019 | 105 mph (165 km/h) | 976 hPa (28.82 inHg) | None | None | None | [313] |
Name | Dates | Peak intensity | Areas affected | Deaths | Damage ( USD) |
Refs | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Wind speed | Pressure | ||||||
Paulette | September 7 – 22, 2020 | 105 mph (165 km/h) | 965 hPa (28.50 inHg) | Bermuda | 1 | $50 million | [314] |
Sally | September 11 – 17, 2020 | 110 mph (175 km/h) | 965 hPa (28.50 inHg) | The Bahamas, Cuba, United States Gulf Coast | 8 | $7.3 billion | [315] |
Earl | September 2 – 10, 2022 | 110 mph (175 km/h) | 948 hPa (27.99 inHg) | Puerto Rico, Bermuda | 2 | Minimal | [316] |
Nigel | September 15 – 22, 2023 | 100 mph (155 km/h) | 971 hPa (28.67 inHg) | None | None | None | |
Tammy | October 18 – 29, 2023 | 105 mph (165 km/h) | 965 hPa (28.50 inHg) | Leeward Islands | None | Unknown |
The 1842 Spain hurricane on October 26, reached a possible, but HURDAT-unverified, Category 2 intensity. [317]
In May 1863, Hurricane "Amanda" wreaked havoc in the Southeast United States. Its intensity was equivalent to Category 2. [318]
A climate researcher: Michael Chenoweth has suggested that the following systems were Category 2 hurricanes on the Saffir-Simpson hurricane wind scale:
Name | Duration | Peak intensity | Areas affected | Damage ( USD) |
Deaths | Refs | |
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Wind speed | Pressure | ||||||
Unnamed | September 25 - 28, 1852 | 105 mph (165 km/h) | Not Specified | None | None | None | [319] |
Unnamed | November 13 - 28, 1853 | 105 mph (165 km/h) | 965 hPa (28.50 inHg) | The Bahamas | Unknown | Unknown | [320] |
Unnamed | October 13 - 27, 1854 | 105 mph (165 km/h) | 965 hPa (28.50 inHg) | Texas, Mexico | Unknown | Unknown | [321] |
Eight | October 24 – 29, 1859 | 100 mph (155 km/h) | 989 hPa (29.21 inHg) | Mexico, Florida | Unknown | Unknown | [322] |
Unnamed | September 24 - October 2, 1876 | 110 mph (175 km/h) | 1002 hPa (29.59 inHg) | The Caribbean | Unknown | Unknown | [323] |
Month | Number of storms |
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January | 0
|
February | 0
|
March | 1
|
April | 0
|
May | 0
|
June | 10
|
July | 18
|
August | 66
|
September | 88
|
October | 55
|
November | 8
|
December | 0
|
Decade | Number of storms |
---|---|
1850s | 11
|
1860s | 28
|
1870s | 14
|
1880s | 18
|
1890s | 22
|
1900s | 13
|
1910s | 11
|
1920s | 9
|
1930s | 13
|
1940s | 19
|
1950s | 18
|
1960s | 11
|
1970s | 8
|
1980s | 8
|
1990s | 17
|
2000s | 8
|
2010s | 14
|
2020s | 5
|
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