1901 Atlantic hurricane season
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| First storm formed: | June 11, 1901 |
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| Last storm dissipated: | Nov. 5, 1901 |
| Strongest storm: | #6 - 90 knots (100 mph) |
| Total storms: | 12 |
| Major storms (Cat. 3+): | 5 |
| Total damage: | $1 million+ (1901 USD) $22.2 million+ (2005 USD) |
| Total fatalities: | 10 |
| Atlantic hurricane seasons 1899, 1900, 1901, 1902, 1903 |
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The 1901 Atlantic hurricane season officially began on June 1, 1901, and lasted until November 30, 1901. These dates conventionally delimit the period of each year when most tropical cyclones form in the Atlantic basin.
The 1901 season was slightly above average, with twelve tropical storms, of which five became hurricanes, none major.
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[edit] Storms
[edit] Tropical Storm One
The season had an early start with a tropical storm forming near the Isle of Youth on June 11. It passed Cuba and moved through the Gulf of Mexico as a weak tropical storm, finally hitting land on the Florida Panhandle on June 14.
[edit] Tropical Storm Two
The next storm formed on July 1 east of Venezuela. It moved briskly through the Caribbean Sea, hitting Jamaica and the western tip of Cuba on the way, and finally made landfall in Southeast Texas as a minimal tropical storm.
[edit] Hurricane Three
Another July storm formed near the same location as the previous storm on July 4. It moved westward, hitting the Lesser Antilles, Puerto Rico, and the Dominican Republic as a tropical storm. The storm strengthened to hurricane strength, hit the Outer Banks, and looped around to hit near the North Carolina/South Carolina border.
[edit] Hurricane Four
The season's fourth storm had an unusual origin southwest of the Azores Islands on August 2. It moved west-southwestward for six days before reaching tropical storm strength near the Bahamas. It hit near West Palm Beach on August 10, crossed Florida. It hit Grand Isle, Louisiana on August 14th, producing levee breeches which flooded New Orleans, and destroying every building in Port Eads, Louisiana other than the lighthouse. It hit near Gulfport, Mississippi on the August 16, after causing 10 deaths and over $1 million in damage (1901 USD).
[edit] Tropical Storm Five
The fifth storm formed and moved through Grenada in middle August.
[edit] Hurricane Six
The next storm, a Cape Verde-type hurricane, made it to 100 mph winds before going out to sea.
[edit] Hurricane Seven
Tropical Storm Seven moved through the northern Lesser Antilles and the Greater Antilles, recurved, and hit near Pensacola, Florida in early to middle September.
[edit] Tropical Storm Eight
The season's eighth storm formed and died off the coast of Africa.
[edit] Tropical Storm Nine
The ninth storm of the season formed in the central Caribbean, moved northward through Cuba, and hit Florida in late September.
[edit] Tropical Storm Ten
The tenth storm remained out at sea.
[edit] Tropical Storm Eleven
Tropical Storm Eleven formed south of Cuba, crossed over, and strengthened before becoming extratropical.
[edit] Hurricane Twelve
The final storm formed north of Puerto Rico in late October, reached hurricane strength southeast of Bermuda, and dissipated in early November.
