3. 70's: Global cooling -- Ice Age Coming
31. Cartoons and magazine covers webarchive; pdf
39. NASA Global Land-Ocean Temperature
43. Wind
hurricanes
hurricanes by year
tornados
typhoons
hurricanes
U.S. Hurricane Strikes by Decade (NOAA)
Number of hurricanes by Saffir-Simpson Category to strike the mainland U.S. each decade.
|
Decade |
All 1,2,3,4,5 |
Major 3,4,5 |
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|
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
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|
1851-1860 |
8 |
5 |
5 |
1 |
0 |
19 |
6 |
|
1861-1870 |
8 |
6 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
15 |
1 |
|
1871-1880 |
7 |
6 |
7 |
0 |
0 |
20 |
7 |
|
1881-1890 |
8 |
9 |
4 |
1 |
0 |
22 |
5 |
|
1891-1900 |
8 |
5 |
5 |
3 |
0 |
21 |
8 |
|
1901-1910 |
10 |
4 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
18 |
4 |
|
1911-1920 |
10 |
4 |
4 |
3 |
0 |
21 |
7 |
|
1921-1930 |
5 |
3 |
3 |
2 |
0 |
13 |
5 |
|
1931-1940 |
4 |
7 |
6 |
1 |
1 |
19 |
8 |
|
1941-1950 |
8 |
6 |
9 |
1 |
0 |
24 |
10 |
|
1951-1960 |
8 |
1 |
5 |
3 |
0 |
17 |
8 |
|
1961-1970 |
3 |
5 |
4 |
1 |
1 |
14 |
6 |
|
1971-1980 |
6 |
2 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
12 |
4 |
|
1981-1990 |
9 |
1 |
4 |
1 |
0 |
15 |
5 |
|
1991-2000 |
3 |
6 |
4 |
0 |
1 |
14 |
5 |
|
2001-2004 |
4 |
2 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
9 |
3 |
|
|
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|
1851-2004 |
109 |
72 |
71 |
18 |
3 |
273 |
92 |
|
Average Per Decade |
7.1 |
4.7 |
4.6 |
1.2 |
0.2 |
17.7 |
6.0 |
1 Only the highest Saffir-Simpson Category to affect the U.S. has been used.
Full Report available in PDF format.
MOAA Chronological List of All Hurricanes: 1851 - 2013
U.S. Mainland Hurricane Strikes By Decade: 1851-2012
|
DECADE |
Category |
ALL 1,2,3,4,5 |
Major 3,4,5 |
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|
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
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|
1851-1859 |
7 |
4 |
4 |
1 |
0 |
16 |
5 |
|
1860-1869 |
5 |
8 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
15 |
1 |
|
1870-1879 |
8 |
5 |
6 |
0 |
0 |
19 |
6 |
|
1880-1889 |
11 |
9 |
4 |
1 |
0 |
25 |
5 |
|
1890-1899 |
8 |
5 |
5 |
2 |
0 |
20 |
7 |
|
1900-1909 |
10 |
2 |
4 |
1 |
0 |
17 |
5 |
|
1910-1919 |
8 |
6 |
4 |
3 |
0 |
21 |
7 |
|
1920-1929 |
7 |
3 |
3 |
2 |
0 |
15 |
5 |
|
1930-1939 |
9 |
4 |
3 |
1 |
1 |
18 |
5 |
|
1940-1949 |
7 |
8 |
6 |
2 |
0 |
23 |
8 |
|
1950-1959 |
8 |
1 |
8 |
2 |
0 |
19 |
10 |
|
1960-1969 |
4 |
5 |
3 |
2 |
1 |
15 |
6 |
|
1970-1979 |
6 |
2 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
12 |
4 |
|
1980-1989 |
9 |
2 |
4 |
1 |
0 |
16 |
5 |
|
1990-1999 |
2 |
7 |
4 |
0 |
1 |
14 |
5 |
|
2000-2009 |
8 |
4 |
6 |
1 |
0 |
19 |
7 |
|
2010-2012 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
|
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all hurricanes US mainland hits
2012 2
2013 0
2014 0
2015 0 (so far)
peak intensity
intensity at landfall
Hurricane Six Category 3 Category 3 September 9, 1869 number of deaths
1869 Saxby Gale Category 2 Category 2 October 4, 1869
Hurricane Two Category 3 Category 1 August 19, 1879
Hurricane Six Category 1 Category 1 September 26, 1888
Hurricane Four Category 3 Category 1 August 24, 1893
1938 New England Category 5 Category 3 September 21, 1938 682-800
1944 Great Atlantic Category 4 Category 1 September 15, 1944 ≥ 46
Hurricane Carol Category 3 Category 3 August 31, 1954 68
Hurricane Donna Category 5 Category 2 September 12, 1960
Hurricane Gloria Category 4 Category 1 September 27, 1985
Hurricane Bob Category 3 Category 2 August 19, 1991 17
Most intense landfalling U.S. hurricanes
Intensity is measured solely by central pressure
|
Rank |
Hurricane |
Season |
Landfall pressure |
|
1 |
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|
2 |
900 mbar (hPa) |
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|
3 |
920 mbar (hPa) |
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|
4 |
922 mbar (hPa) |
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|
5 |
925 mbar (hPa) |
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|
6 |
927 mbar (hPa) |
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|
7 |
929 mbar (hPa) |
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|
8 |
930 mbar (hPa) |
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|
930 mbar (hPa) |
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|
10 |
931 mbar (hPa) |
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Source: HURDAT,[2] Hurricane |
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17 people have died in Hawaiʻi as a result of tropical cyclones since 1949.
|
Name |
Year |
Number of deaths |
|
Iniki |
1992 |
6 |
|
Nina |
1957 |
4 |
|
Estelle |
1986 |
2 |
|
Uleki |
1988 |
2 |
|
Hiki |
1950 |
1 |
|
Iwa |
1982 |
1 |
|
Iselle |
2014 |
1 |
hurricanes by year
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NHC NOAA
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tornados
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Strong/Violent Tornadoes (1950-2008)
United States Year to date tornado reports
'm not suggesting that the kind of storm chasing routinely done isn't valuable - having folks in the field who verify that a tornado has formed and can report its position is very valuable, especially given that about three-quarters of tornado warnings are false alarms, and people are more likely to take action if they know that there actually is a tornado coming at them.
typhoons
|
Rank[15] |
Storm |
Dates of impact |
Deaths |
|
1 |
1881, September 27 |
20,000 |
|
|
2 |
2013, November 7–8 |
6,241[17] |
|
|
4 |
2012, December 2–9 |
1,901 |
|
|
5 |
Angela Typhoon |
1867, September 22 |
1,800[18] |
|
6 |
2004, November 27–29 |
1,593 |
|
|
7 |
October 1897 Typhoon |
1897, October 7 |
1,500[18] |
|
8 |
1984, September 3–6 |
1,492 |
|
|
9 |
2008, June 20–23 |
1,410 |
|
|
10 |
2006, November 29-December 1 |
1,399 |
Pacific typhoon climatology wiki
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