U.S. Mainland Hurricane Strikes by State, 1851-2004 (Text)

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U.S. Mainland Hurricane Strikes by State, 1851-2004 (Text)

The following table is derived from NOAA Technical Memorandum NWS TPC-4:

THE DEADLIEST, COSTLIEST, AND MOST INTENSE
UNITED STATES HURRICANES FROM 1851 TO 2004
(AND OTHER FREQUENTLY REQUESTED HURRICANE FACTS)
by
Eric S. Blake, Jerry D. Jarrell(retired) and Edward N. Rappaport
NOAA/NWS/ Tropical Prediction Center
Miami, Florida

Christopher W. Landsea
NOAA/AOML/Hurricane Research Division
Miami, Florida

Full Report available in HTML and PDF formats.

Hurricane direct hits on the mainland U.S. coastline and for individual states 1851-2004 by Saffir/Simpson category.
Area	Category Number					All (1-5)	Major (3-5)
Area	1	2	3	4	5	All (1-5)	Major (3-5)
U.S. (Texas to Maine)	109	72	71	18	3	273	92
Texas	23	17	12	7	0	59	19
(North)	12	6	3	4	0	25	7
(Central)	7	5	2	2	0	16	4
(South)	9	5	7	1	0	22	8
Louisiana	17	14	13	4	1	49	18
Mississippi	2	5	7	0	1	15	8
Alabama	11	5	6	0	0	22	6
Florida	43	32	27	6	2	110	35
(Northwest)	27	16	12	0	0	55	12
(Northeast)	13	8	1	0	0	22	1
(Southwest)	16	8	7	4	1	36	12
(Southeast)	13	13	11	3	1	41	15
Georgia	12	5	2	1	0	20	3
South Carolina	19	6	4	2	0	31	6
North Carolina	21	13	11	1	0	46	12
Virginia	9	2	1	0	0	12	1
Maryland	1	1	0	0	0	2	0
Delaware	2	0	0	0	0	2	0
New Jersey	2	0	0	0	0	2	0
Pennsylvania	1	0	0	0	0	1	0
New York	6	1	5	0	0	12	5
Connecticut	4	3	3	0	0	10	3
Rhode Island	3	2	4	0	0	9	4
Massachusetts	5	2	3	0	0	10	3
New Hampshire	1	1	0	0	0	2	0
Maine	5	1	0	0	0	6	0

Notes:

State totals will not necessarily equal U.S. totals, and Texas or Florida totals will not necessarily equal sum of sectional totals.

Major hurricane direct hits on the mainland U.S. coastline and for individual states 1851-2004 by month.
Area Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct All

U.S. (Texas to Maine) 2 4 26 43 17 92

Texas 1 1 10 7 0 19

(North) 1 1 3 2 0 7

(Central) 0 0 2 2 0 4

(South) 0 0 5 3 0 8

Louisiana 2 0 6 7 3 18

Mississippi 0 1 3 4 0 8

Alabama 0 1 1 4 0 6

Florida 0 1 6 19 9 35

(Northwest) 0 1 1 7 3 12

(Northeast) 0 0 0 1 0 1

(Southwest) 0 0 2 5 5 12

(Southeast) 0 0 4 8 3 15

Georgia 0 0 1 1 1 3

South Carolina 0 0 2 2 2 6

North Carolina 0 0 4 7 1 12

Virginia 0 0 0 1 0 1

Maryland 0 0 0 0 0 0

Delaware 0 0 0 0 0 0

New Jersey 0 0 0 0 0 0

Pennsylvania 0 0 0 0 0 0

New York 0 0 1 4 0 5

Connecticut 0 0 1 2 0 3

Rhode Island 0 0 1 3 0 4

Massachusetts 0 0 0 3 0 3

New Hampshire 0 0 0 0 0 0

Maine 0 0 0 0 0 0

Notes: State totals do not equal U.S. totals and Texas or Florida totals do not necessarily equal the sum of sectional entries.

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