Most Intense (Category 3, 4, 5) Continental United States Hurricanes: 1851-1940
(Revised in December 2012 to incorporate the 1936-1940 reanalyses results.)


#/Date         Time   Lat    Lon   Max  SS  RMW   Cent   States 
                                  Winds HWS       Press  Affected
               (UTC)               (kt)     (nm)  (mb)
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3-9/3/1935     0200Z 24.8N  80.8W  160   5    5    892   CFL5,BFL5

1-8/10/1856$   1800Z 29.2N  91.1W  130   4    10   934   LA4
5-8/20/1886    1300Z 28.1N  96.8W  130   4    15   925   BTX4
2-9/10/1919    0700Z 24.6N  82.9W  130   4    15   927   BFL4,CFL2
2-8/14/1932    0400Z 29.0N  95.2W  130   4    10   935   CTX4,BTX1

7-9/18/1926    1200Z 25.7N  80.3W  125   4    20   930   CFL4,BFL3
4-9/17/1928    0000Z 26.7N  80.0W  125   4    30   929   CFL4,BFL3,AFL1,DFL1

1-9/9/1900     0200Z 29.1N  95.1W  120   4    15   936   CTX4

10-10/2/1893   0800Z 29.3N  89.8W  115   4    10   948   LA4
7-10/2/1898    1600Z 30.9N  81.4W  115   4    20   938   GA4,DFL2
2-8/17/1915    0700Z 29.2N  95.1W  115   4    25   940   CTX4,BTX1,LA1
6-8/18/1916    2200Z 27.0N  97.4W  115   4    25   932   ATX4

6-9/16/1855$   0300Z 29.2N  89.5W  110   3   ---  (945)  LA3,MS3
1-8/11/1860$   2000Z 29.2N  90.0W  110   3   ---  (945)  LA3,MS3,AL2
4-9/1/1879$    1600Z 29.5N  91.4W  110   3   ---  (945)  LA3
2-8/13/1880#   0100Z 25.8N  97.0W  110   3    10   931   ATX3
2-9/10/1882    0200Z 30.4N  86.8W  110   3   ---   949   AFL3,AL1
3-8/16/1888$   1900Z 25.8N  80.1W  110   3   ---  (945)  CFL3,BFL1
4-9/29/1896    1100Z 29.2N  83.1W  110   3    15   960   AFL3,DFL3,GA2,SC1,NC1,VA1
6-9/29/1915    1800Z 29.1N  90.3W  110   3    20   944   LA3,MS2
10-9/5/1933    0400Z 26.1N  97.2W  110   3    20  (940)  ATX3			
11-9/4/1933    0500Z 26.9N  80.1W  110   3    15   948   CF3

10-10/12/1886  2200Z 29.8N  93.5W  105   3   ---  (950)  LA3,CTX2
9-10/13/1893   1300Z 33.0N  79.5W  105   3    15   955   SC3,NC2,VA1
5-10/9/1894    0300Z 30.2N  85.5W  105   3   ---  (950)  AFL3,GA1
3-8/18/1899    0100Z 35.2N  75.8W  105   3   ---  (945)  NC3
8-10/18/1906   0900Z 24.7N  81.1W  105   3    10   953   BFL3,CFL3
9-9/21/1909    0000Z 29.5N  91.3W  105   3    30   952   LA3,MS2
2-7/5/1916     2100Z 30.4N  88.4W  105   3    20   950   MS3,AL2,AFL2
1-8/6/1918     1800Z 29.8N  93.2W  105   3    10  (955)  LA3,CTX1 
6-/9/21/1938   2000Z 40.7N  72.9W  105   3    40   941   NY3,CT3,RI3,MA2

4-8/23/1851$   2100Z 30.1N  85.7W  100   3   ---  (955)  AFL3,GA1
1-8/26/1852    0600Z 30.2N  88.6W  100   3    10   961   AL3,MS3,LA2,AFL1
2-9/8/1854     2000Z 31.7N  81.1W  100   3    40   950   GA3,SC2,DFL1
6-9/8/1869     2200Z 41.4N  71.7W  100   3    30   965   RI3,MA3,CT1 
3-8/17/1871$   0200Z 27.1N  80.2W  100   3    30   955   CFL3,DFL1,AFL1
5-10/7/1873$   0100Z 26.5N  82.2W  100   3    25   959   BFL3,CFL2,DFL1
3-9/16/1875    2100Z 27.7N  97.2W  100   3   ---  (955)  BTX3,ATX2
4-10/3/1877$   0500Z 30.0N  85.5W  100   3   ---  (955)  AFL3,GA1
2-8/18/1879    1200Z 34.7N  76.7W  100   3    15   971   NC3,VA2
6-8/28/1893    0500Z 31.7N  81.1W  100   3    25   954   GA3,SC3,NC1,DFL1
4-7/21/1909    1700Z 28.9N  95.3W  100   3    20   959   CTX3
11-10/11/1909  1800Z 24.7N  81.0W  100   3    20   957   BFL3,CFL3
4-9/29/1917    0200Z 30.4N  86.6W  100   3    40   949   AFL3,LA2,AL1
2-9/14/1919    2100Z 27.2N  97.3W  100   3    35   950   ATX3,BTX3
6-10/25/1921   2000Z 28.1N  82.8W  100   3    20   958   BFL3,AFL2,DFL1
3-8/25/1926    2300Z 29.2N  90.9W  100   3    15   967   LA3
7-9/20/1926    2200Z 30.3N  87.5W  100   3    15   955   AFL3,AL3,MS1
2-9/28/1929    1300Z 25.0N  80.5W  100   3    30   948   BFL3,CFL3


Notes:

Date/Time:  Date and time when the circulation center crosses the U.S. 
coastline (including barrier islands).  Time is estimated to the nearest hour.

Lat/Lon:  Location is estimated to the nearest 0.1 degrees latitude 
and longitude (about 6 nm).  

Max Winds:  Estimated maximum sustained (1 min) surface (10 m) winds 
to occur along the U. S. coast.

SSHWS:  The estimated Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale at landfall based 
upon maximum 1-min surface winds.  

RMW:  The radius of maximum winds (primarily for the right front quadrant 
of the hurricane), if available.

Cent Press:  The central pressure of the hurricane at landfall.  Central 
pressure values in parentheses indicate that the value is a simple estimation 
(based upon a wind-pressure relationship), not directly measured or calculated.

States Affected:  The impact of the hurricane upon individual U.S. states by 
Saffir-Simpson 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.)

$ - Indicates that the hurricane may not have been reliably estimated for intensity 
(both central pressure and maximum 1-min windspeed) because of landfall in a 
relatively uninhabited region.  Errors in intensity are likely to be underestimates 
of the true intensity.

# - Indicates that hurricane made landfall first over Mexico, but caused hurricane 
winds in Texas.  The position given is that of Mexican landfall.  The strongest winds 
impacted Mexico.  The winds indicated here are lower than in HURDAT and are lower than 
they were over Mexico.  Central pressure given is that at Mexican landfall.