1918 Atlantic hurricane season

1918 Atlantic hurricane season

Infobox hurricane season
Basin=Atl
Year=1918
Track=1918 Atlantic hurricane season reanalysis.jpg
First storm formed=June 20, 1918
Last storm dissipated=October 19, 1918
Strongest storm name=#1
Strongest storm winds=105
Strongest storm pressure=955
Average wind speed=
Total depressions=10
Total storms=6
Total hurricanes=4
Total intense=1
Fatalities=34
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Inflated=0
five seasons=1916, 1917, 1918, 1919, 1920
The 1918 Atlantic hurricane season ran through the summer and the first half of fall in 1918. The season was quiet. Only five tropical cyclones formed during the course of the year. Three of them were hurricanes, but none of those were major hurricanes.

torms

Hurricane One

The strongest storm of the season was a Category 3 hurricane that made landfall near Cameron, Louisiana.cite web|author=Hurricane Research Division|url=http://www.aoml.noaa.gov/hrd/hurdat/metadata_19151920_new.html|title=HURDAT Meta-Data|publisher=NOAA|accessdate=2008-02-15] It caused nearly $5 million in damage, with 34 fatalities reported.

Hurricane Two

Hurricane Three

Hurricane Three hit North Carolina as a tropical storm.

Tropical Storm Four

Hurricane Five

Hurricane Five hit Nova Scotia after grazing Bermuda as a weak Category 2 hurricane.

Tropical Storm Six

References

ee also

*List of tropical cyclones
*List of Atlantic hurricane seasons

External links

* [http://www.aoml.noaa.gov/general/lib/lib1/nhclib/mwreviews/1918.pdf Monthly Weather Review]


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