Reanalysis completed for 1936-1940, 7 new storms, 1 removed
Posted by
Fred on 12/23/2012, 1:22 pm
HURDAT has been updated to reflect the approved
changes for the hurricane seasons of 1936 to 1940.
All of the existing 46 tropical storms and hurricanes were
revised (one of which - original storm #7 in 1938 - was
removed from the database as it was extratratropical
throughout its lifetime). Additionally, seven new tropical
storms (three of which reached hurricane intensity) were
discovered and added into the database. The biggest
impact hurricane of these five seasons was, by far,
the Great New England hurricane of 1938. This cyclone
was retained as a Category 3 hurricane on
the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale at its landfall
in New York and New England, though the peak sustained
winds at landfall in New York were increased from
85 kt in the original database to 105 kt in the revision.
Data and track maps available here:
http://www.aoml.noaa.gov/hrd/hurdat/Data_Storm.html
Reanalysis homepage available here:
http://www.aoml.noaa.gov/hrd/data_sub/re_anal.html
Note that the new HURDAT2 is being prepared for
the revisions of 1936 to 1940. This should be available
by early in 2013.
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Reanalysis completed for 1936-1940, 7 new storms, 1 removed - Fred, 12/23/2012, 1:22 pm
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