| Changes to Continental U.S. Hurricanes - 1899 to 1930, 1958, 1992 (Revised in December 2010 for reanalysis of 1926 to 1930 seasons.) ----------------------------------------------------------------- #/Date Original HURDAT Category/State HURDAT Reanalysis Changes ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 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 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 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 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 BFL1 No changes 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 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, 11 hurricanes upgraded 1 category, 35 hurricanes no change in category, 12 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.) |