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Here are some of the worst hurricanes to strike the United States before July 15, well before the peak of hurricane season.
Since 1950, only four hurricanes have ever made landfall in the United States during June. Hurricanes Audrey (1957), Agnes (1972), Alma (1966) and Bonnie (1986).
Most hurricanes take weeks to develop, but some hit the increasingly warm ocean waters and rapidly develop into monsters within days or even hours.
Using NOAA data, Stacker summarized the last 100 hurricane seasons in the Atlantic Basin. See which years and storms broke records over the last century.
A little over one month later, on Sept. 26, Hurricane Helene made landfall in Perry, also in the Big Bend region of Florida. With wind speeds of 140 mph, Category 4 Helene became the strongest ...
The Atlantic hurricane season’s first storms of the year have been short-lived rainmakers. Current conditions suggest July ...
Using NOAA data, Stacker summarized the last 100 hurricane seasons in the Atlantic Basin. See which years and storms broke records over the last century.
1924: The first Category 5 on record - Recorded storms: 11 - Hurricanes: 5 - Category 3 or higher hurricanes: 2. Hurricane records date back to 1842, and 1924 was a first for the record books: An ...