Changes to Continental U.S. Hurricanes - 1899 to 1935, 1958, 1992
(Revised in May 2012 to incorporate the 1931-1935 reanalyses results.)
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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
9-10/31/1899 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
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
4-10/17/1904 (TS) CFL1 Upgrade by one category
2-6/17/1906 CFL1 BFL1,CFL1 No change in category, 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
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
9-9/21/1909 LA4 LA3,MS2 Downgrade by one category, add in Mississippi
11-10/11/1909 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
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
1-6/22/1921 BTX2 BTX1,CTX1 Downgrade 1 category, add N Texas
6-10/25/1921 BFL3,DFL2 BFL3,AFL2,DFL1 No change in max, reduce NE Florida, add in NW Florida
6-10/16/1923 LA1 LA1,MS1 No change in max, add SE Florida
3-8/26/1924 (TS) NC1,MA1 Upgrade 1 category
5-9/15/1924 AFL1 AFL1 No changes
10-10/21/1924 BFL1 BFL1,CFL1 No change in max, add SE Florida
4-12/1/1925 BFL1 (TS) Downgrade to tropical storm
1-7/28/1926 DFL2 DFL2,CFL1 No change in max, add SE Florida
3-8/25/1926 LA3 LA3 No changes
7-9/18/1926 CFL4,BFL3,AFL3,AL3 CFL4,BFL3,AFL3,AL3, No change in max, add Mississippi
'' MS1
10-10/21/1926 (TS) BFL1,CFL1 Upgrade 1 category
1-8/8/1928 CFL2 CFL2 No changes
4-9/17/1928 CFL4,DFL2,GA1,SC1 CFL4,BFL3,AFL1, No change to max, add SW and SW Florida,
'' DFL1,GA1,SC1 reduce NE Florida
1-6/28/1929 BTX1 BTX1 No changes
2-9/28/1929 CFL3,AFL2 BFL3,CFL3,AFL1 No change to max, add SW Florida, reduce NW Florida
2-8/14/1932 CTX4 CTX4,BTX1 No change to max, add central Texas
3-9/01/1932 AL1 AFL1,AL1,MS1 No change to max, add NW Florida, Mississippi
5-7/30/1933 CFL1 CFL1 No changes
5-8/5/1933# ATX2 ATX1 Downgrade 1 category
7-8/23/1933 NC2,VA2 NC1,VA1,MD1 Downgrade 1 category in North Carolina, Virginia
and add Maryland
10-9/5/1933 ATX3 ATX3 No changes
11-9/4/1933 CFL3 CFL3 No changes
12-9/16/1933* NC3 NC2,VA1 Downgrade 1 category, add Virginia
1-6/16/1934 LA3 LA2 Downgrade 1 category
3-7/25/1934 ATX2 ATX1 Downgrade 1 category
7-9/8/1934* (EX) NC1,NJ1 Upgrade 1 category
7-9/9/1934 (EX) NY1 Upgrade 1 category
3-9/3/1935 CFL5 CFL5, BFL5 No changes to max, add SW Florida
3-9/4/1935 AFL2 AFL2, IGA1 No changes to max, add inland Georgia
7-11/4/1935 CFL2 CFL2, BFL1 No changes to max, add SW Florida
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,
13 hurricanes upgraded 1 category, 43 hurricanes no change in category, 18 hurricanes downgraded 1 category,
1 hurricane downgraded 2 categories.
Saffir-Simpson: The estimated Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale at landfall based upon maximum sustained
(1-min) surface (10 m) winds. "(TS)" indicates the cyclone was considered to be of tropical storm impact
for the United States. "(EX)" indicates the cyclone was considered to be extratropical when it made landfall
in the United States.
States Affected: The impact of the hurricane upon individual U.S. states by Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind
Scale (again through the estimate of the maximum 1-min 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-Delaware, 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 Okeechobee and due south along longitude 80.85W.)