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Hurricane direct hits on the mainland U.S. coastline and for individual
states 1900-1996 by Saffir/Simpson category.
AREA | Category Number |
ALL 1,2,3,4,5 |
MAJOR 3,4,5 |
1 | 2 | 3 |
4 |
5 |
U.S. (Texas to Maine) | 58 | 36 | 47 | 15 | 2 |
158 | 64 |
Texas | 12 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 36 |
15 |
(North) | 7 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 17 | 7 |
(Central) | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 |
(South) | 3 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 6 |
Louisiana | 8 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 25 |
12 |
Mississippi | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 8 |
6 |
Alabama | 4 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
5 |
Florida | 17 | 16 | 17 | 6 | 1 | 57 |
24 |
(Northwest) | 9 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 7 |
(Northeast) | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
(Southwest) | 6 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 9 |
(Southeast) | 5 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 26 | 11 |
Georgia | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
South Carolina | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 14 |
4 |
North Carolina | 10 | 4 | 10 | 1 * | 0 |
25 | 11 |
Virginia | 2 | 1 | 1 * | 0 | 0 |
4 | 1 * |
Maryland | 0 | 1 * | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1 * | 0 |
Delaware | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
0 |
New Jersey | 1 * | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1 * | 0 |
New York | 3 | 1 * | 5 * | 0 |
0 | 9 | 5 * |
Connecticut | 2 | 3 * | 3 * | 0 |
0 | 8 | 3 * |
Rhode Island | 0 | 2 * | 3 * | 0 |
0 | 5 * | 3 * |
Massachusetts | 2 | 2 * | 2 * | 0 |
0 | 6 | 2 * |
New Hampshire | 1 * | 1 * | 0 | 0 |
0 | 2 * | 0 |
Maine | 5 * | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
5 * | 0 |
Notes: * - Indicates all hurricanes in this group were moving faster than 30 mph.
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 1900-1996 by month.
AREA | June | July | August | September | October |
ALL |
U.S. (Texas to Maine) | 2 | 3 | 15 | 36 | 8 |
64 |
Texas | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 15 |
(North) | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 7 |
(Central) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
(South) | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 |
Louisiana | 2 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 12 |
Mississippi | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 6 |
Alabama | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 5 |
Florida | 0 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 6 | 24 |
(Northwest) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 7 |
(Northeast) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
(Southwest) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 9 |
(Southeast) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 11 |
Georgia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
South Carolina | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
North Carolina | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 11 |
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 |
New York | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 5 |
Connecticut | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
Rhode Island | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
Massachusetts | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
New Hampshire | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Maine | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Notes: State totals will not necessarily equal U.S. totals, and Texas or Florida totals will not
necessarily equal sum of sectional totals.
This is taken from The Deadliest, Costliest, and Most Intense United States hurricanes of this century
(and other frequently requested hurricane facts) [NOAA Technical Memorandum NWS TPC-1] updated in February,
1997.
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