Changes to Continental U.S. Hurricanes - 1899 to 1920, 1958, 1992
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#/Date Original HURDAT Category/State
HURDAT Reanalysis Changes
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2-8/1/1899 (TS) AFL2 Upgrade by two categories
3-8/18/1899 NC3 NC3 No change
8-10/31/1899 NC3,SC3 NC2,SC2 Downgrade by one category
1-9/9/1900 CTX4 CTX4 No change
3-7/11/1901 NC1 NC1 No change
4-8/14/1901 LA2,MS2 LA1,MS1,AL1 Downgrade by one category, add in Alabama
1902 - No U.S. hurricanes
3-9/11/1903 CFL2,AFL1 CFL1,AFL1 Downgrade by one category in SE Florida
4-9/16/1903 NJ1,NY1 NJ1,DE1 No change in category, add in Delaware,
“” remove New York
2-9/14/1904 SC1 SC1 No change
3-10/17/1904 (TS) CFL1 Upgrade by one category
1905 - No U.S. hurricanes
2-6/17/1906 CFL1 BFL1,CFL1 No change in catgegory, add in SE Florida
5-9/17/1906 SC3,NC3 SC1,NC1 Downgrade by two categories
6-9/27/1906 MS3,AL3 MS2,AL2,AFL2,LA1 Downgrade by one category, add in NW Florida
“” and Louisiana
8-10/18/1906 CFL2 BFL3,CFL3 Upgrade by one category, add in SW Florida
1907 - No U.S. hurricanes
3-7/31/1908 NC1 NC1 No change
2-6/29/1909 (TS) ATX2 Upgrade by two categories
4-7/21/1909 CTX3 CTX3 No change
6-8/27/1909# ATX2 ATX1 Downgrade by one category
8-9/21/1909 LA4 LA3,MS2 Downgrade by one category, add in Mississippi
10-10/11/1909 CFL3 BFL3,CFL3 No change in category, add in SW Florida
3-9/14/1910 ATX2 ATX2 No change
5-10/17/1910 BFL3 BFL2 Downgrade by one category
2-8/11/1911 AFL1,AL1 AFL1,AL1 No change
3-8/28/1911 GA2,SC2 SC2,GA1 No change in South Carolina, downgrade by
“” one category in GA
4-9/14/1912 AL1 AL1,AFL1 No change, add in NW Florida
6-10/16/1912 ATX1 ATX2 Upgrade by one category
1-6/28/1913 ATX1 ATX1 No change
4-9/3/1913 NC1 NC1 No change
5-10/8/1913 (TS) SC1 Upgrade by one category
1914 - No U.S. hurricanes
1-8/1/1915 (TS) DFL1 Upgrade by one category
2-8/17/1915 CTX4 CTX4,BTX1,LA1 No change in max, add C Texas and Louisiana
4-9/4/1915 AFL1 AFL1 No change
6-9/29/1915 LA4 LA3,MS2 Downgrade one category, add Mississippi
2-7/5/1916 MS3,AL3 MS3,AL2,AFL2 No change in max, add NW Florida, reduce Alabama
3-7/21/1916 MA1 (TS) Downgrade to tropical storm
4-7/14/1916 SC1 SC2 Upgrade one category
6-8/18/1916 ATX3 ATX4 Upgrade one category
14-10/18/1916 AL2,AFL2 AFL2,AL2 No change
15-11/15/1916 BFL1 (ET) Downgrade to an extratropical storm
4-9/29/1917 AFL3 AFL3,LA2,AL1 No change in max, add Louisiana and Alabama
1-8/6/1918 LA3 LA3,CTX1 No change in max, add N Texas
3-8/24/1918 (TS) NC1 Upgrade one category
2-9/10/1919 BFL4,ATX4 BFL4,CFL2,ATX3,BTX3 No change in max in SW Florida, downgrade one cat
“” in S Texas, add in SE Florida and C Texas
2-9/22/1920 LA2 LA2 No change
3-9/23/1920 NC1 (TS) Downgrade to tropical storm
8-9/28/1958 (TS) NC3 Upgrade three categories
2-8/24/1992 CFL4,BFL3,LA3 CFL5,BFL4,LA3 Upgrade one category for SE and SW Florida,
“” no change in Louisiana
Notes:
Overall for maximum U.S. impact: 1 hurricane upgraded 3 categories, 2 hurricanes upgraded 2 categories, 9 hurricanes upgraded 1 category, 23 hurricanes no change in category, 11 hurricanes downgraded 1 category, 1 hurricane downgraded 2 categories.
Saffir-Simpson: The estimated Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale at landfall
based upon maximum 1 min surface winds. “(TS)” indicates the cyclone was considered
to be of tropical storm impact.
States Affected: The impact of the hurricane upon individual U.S. states
by Saffir-Simpson Scale (again through the estimate of the maximum sustained
surface winds at each state). (ATX-South Texas, BTX-Central Texas, CTX-North
Texas, LA-Louisiana, MS-Mississippi, AL-Alabama, AFL-Northwest Florida,
BFL-Southwest Florida, CFL-Southeast Florida, DFL-Northeast Florida,
GA-Georgia, SC-South Carolina, NC-North Carolina, VA-Virginia, MD-Maryland,
DE-Delware, NJ-New Jersey, NY-New York, PA-Pennsylvania, CT-Connecticut,
RI-Rhode Island, MA-Massachusetts, NH-New Hampshire, ME-Maine. In Texas,
south is roughly from the Mexico border to Corpus Christi; central is from
north of Corpus Christi to Matagorda Bay and north is from Matagorda Bay to
the Louisiana border. In Florida, the north-south dividing line is from Cape
Canaveral [28.45N] to Tarpon Springs [28.17N]. The dividing line between
west-east Florida goes from 82.69W at the north Florida border with Georgia,
to Lake Okechobee and due south along longitude 80.85W.)