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Changes to Continental U.S. Hurricanes - 1899 to 1945, 1958, 1992

(Revised in June 2013 to reflect the 1941-1945 revisions)

# Date Original
HURDAT
HURDAT
Reanalysis
Category/State Changes
1850s
28/1/1899 (TS) AFL2 Upgrade by two categories
38/18/1899 NC3 NC3 No change
910/31/1899 NC3,SC3 NC2,SC2 Downgrade by one category
1900s
19/9/1900 CTX4 CTX4 No change
37/11/1901 NC1 NC1 No change
48/14/1901 LA2,MS2 LA1,MS1,AL1 Downgrade by one category, add in Alabama
39/11/1903 CFL2,AFL1CFL1,AFL1Downgrade by one category in SE Florida
49/16/1903 NJ1,NY1 NJ1,DE1 No change in category, add in Delaware,
remove New York
29/14/1904 SC1 SC1 No change
410/17/1904 (TS) CFL1 Upgrade by one category
26/17/1906 CFL1 BFL1,CFL1No change in category, add in SE Florida
59/17/1906 SC3,NC3 SC1,NC1 Downgrade by two categories
69/27/1906 MS3,AL3 MS2,AL2,AFL2,LA1 Downgrade by one category, add in NW Florida and Louisiana
810/18/1906 CFL2 BFL3,CFL3Upgrade by one category, add in SW Florida
37/31/1908 NC1 NC1 No change
26/29/1909 (TS) ATX2 Upgrade by two categories
47/21/1909 CTX3 CTX3 No change
68/27/1909# ATX2 ATX1 Downgrade by one category
99/21/1909 LA4 LA3,MS2 Downgrade by one category, add in Mississippi
1110/11/1909CFL3 BFL3,CFL3No change in category, add in SW Florida
1910s
39/14/1910 ATX2 ATX2 No change
510/17/1910 BFL3 BFL2 Downgrade by one category
28/11/1911 AFL1,AL1 AFL1,AL1 No change
38/28/1911 GA2,SC2 SC2,GA1 No change in South Carolina, downgrade by
one category in GA
49/14/1912 AL1 AL1,AFL1 No change, add in NW Florida
610/16/1912 ATX1 ATX2 Upgrade by one category
16/28/1913 ATX1 ATX1 No change
49/3/1913 NC1 NC1 No change
510/8/1913 (TS) SC1 Upgrade by one category
18/1/1915 (TS) DFL1 Upgrade by one category
28/17/1915 CTX4 CTX4,BTX1,LA1No change in max, add C Texas and Louisiana
49/4/1915 AFL1 AFL1 No change
69/29/1915 LA4 LA3,MS2 Downgrade one category, add Mississippi
27/5/1916 MS3,AL3 MS3,AL2,AFL2 No change in max, add NW Florida, reduce Alabama
37/21/1916 MA1 (TS) Downgrade to tropical storm
47/14/1916 SC1 SC2 Upgrade one category
68/18/1916 ATX3 ATX4 Upgrade one category
1410/18/1916AL2,AFL2 AFL2,AL2 No change
1511/15/1916BFL1 (ET) Downgrade to an extratropical storm
49/29/1917 AFL3 AFL3,LA2,AL1 No change in max, add Louisiana and Alabama
18/6/1918 LA3 LA3,CTX1 No change in max, add N Texas
38/24/1918 (TS) NC1 Upgrade one category
29/10/1919 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
1920s
29/22/1920 LA2 LA2 No change
39/23/1920 NC1 (TS) Downgrade to tropical storm
16/22/1921 BTX2 BTX1,CTX1Downgrade 1 category, add N Texas
610/25/1921 BFL3,DFL2BFL3,AFL2,DFL1No change in max, reduce NE Florida,
add in Florida
610/16/1923 LA1 LA1,MS1 No change in max, add SE Florida
38/26/1924 (TS) NC1,MA1 Upgrade 1 category
59/15/1924 AFL1 AFL1 No changes
1010/21/1924BFL1 BFL1,CFL1No change in max, add SE Florida
412/1/1925 BFL1 (TS) Downgrade to tropical storm
17/28/1926 DFL2 DFL2,CFL1No change in max, add SE Florida
38/25/1926 LA3 LA3 No changes
79/18/1926 CFL4,BFL3,AFL3,AL3 CFL4,BFL3,AFL3,AL3,
MS1
No change in max, add Mississippi
1010/21/1926(TS) BFL1,CFL1Upgrade 1 category
18/8/1928 CFL2 CFL2 No changes
49/17/1928 CFL4,DFL2,GA1,SC1CFL4,BFL3,AFL1,
DFL1,GA1,SC1
No change to max, add SW and SW Florida,
reduce NE Florida
16/28/1929 BTX1 BTX1 No changes
29/28/1929 CFL3,AFL2BFL3,CFL3,AFL1No change to max, add SW Florida, reduce NW Florida
1930s
28/14/1932 CTX4 CTX4,BTX1No change to max, add central Texas
39/01/1932 AL1 AFL1,AL1,MS1 No change to max, add NW Florida, Mississippi
57/30/1933 CFL1 CFL1 No changes
58/5/1933# ATX2 ATX1 Downgrade 1 category
78/23/1933 NC2,VA2 NC1,VA1,MD1Downgrade 1 category in North Carolina, Virginia and add Maryland
109/5/1933 ATX3 ATX3 No changes
119/4/1933 CFL3 CFL3 NO changes
129/16/1933*NC3 NC2,VA1 Downgrade 1 category, add Virginia
16/16/1934 LA3 LA2 Downgrade 1 category
37/25/1934 ATX2 ATX1 Downgrade 1 category
79/8/1934* (EX) NC1,NJ1 Upgrade 1 category
79/9/1934 (EX) NY1 Upgrade 1 category
39/3/1935 CFL5 CFL5, BFL5 No changes to max, add SW Florida
39/4/1935 AFL2 AFL2, IGA1No changes to max, add inland Georgia
711/4/1935 CFL2 CFL2, BFL1No changes to max, add SW Florida
36/27/1936 ATX1 BTX1 No changes to max, switch central for north Texas
57/31/1936 AFL3 AFL2 Downgrade 1 category
139/18/1936 NC2 NC1, VA1 Downgrade 1 category, add Virginia
38/15/1938 LA1 LA1 No changes
69/21/1938 NY3,CT3,RI3,MA3 NY3,CT3,RI3,MA2 No changes to max, reduce Massachusetts by one
28/11/1939 CFL1 CFL1 No changes
28/13/1939 AFL1 AFL1 No changes
1940s
28/7/1940 CTX2,LA2 CTX2,LA2 No changes
38/11/1940 SC2,GA2 SC2,GA1 No changes to max, reduced Georgia by one
29/23/1941 CTX3 CTX3,BTX2 No change in max, add BTX2
510/6/1941 CFL2,BFL2,AFL2 CFL2,BFL1,AFL1,IGA1 No change in max, reduce to BFL1 and AFL1, add IGA1
28/21/1942 CTX1 CTX1 No changes
38/30/1942 BTX3 BTX3,CTX2No changes to max, add CTX2
17/27/1943 CTX2 CTX2 No changes
38/1/1944 NC1 NC1 No changes
79/15/1944 NC3,VA3,NY3,CT3,
RI3,MA2
NC2,VA2,NY2,CI1,
RI2,MA1,NJ1
Reduce max 1 Cat; reduce to NC2,VA2,NY2,CT1, RI2,MA1; add NJ1
1310/18/1944BFL3,DFL2BFL3,DFL1,AFL1No changes to max, reduce to DFL1, add AFL1
16/24/1945 AFL1 AFL1 No changes
58/27/1945 BTX2 BTX3,ATX1,CTX1 Increase max 1 Cat, add ATX1 and CTX1
99/15/1945 CFL3 CFL4,BFL3,DFL1 Increase max 1 Cat, add BFL3 and DFL1
1950s
89/28/1958 (TS) NC3 Upgrade three categories
Break
1990s
28/24/1992 CFL4,BFL3,LA3CFL5,BFL4,LA3Upgrade 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, 15 hurricanes upgraded 1 category, 57 hurricanes no change in category, 21 hurricanes downgraded 1 category, and 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.)


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