1934 Atlantic hurricane season
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| First storm formed: | May 27, 1934 |
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| Last storm dissipated: | Nov. 28, 1934 |
| Strongest storm: | #6, #8 - 100 mph (160 km/h) |
| Total storms: | 11 |
| Major storms (Cat. 3+): | 0 |
| Total damage: | $4.26 million (1934 USD) |
| Total fatalities: | 2,017 |
| Atlantic hurricane seasons 1932, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1936 |
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The 1934 Atlantic hurricane season officially began on June 1, 1934, and lasted until November 30, 1934. These dates conventionally delimit the period of each year when most tropical cyclones form in the Atlantic basin.
The 1934 season was fairly quiet. However, it was a continuation of deadly seasons that had been going on since 1928.
A weak June hurricane, the 1934 Central America Hurricane, made landfall in Belize and executed a full loop over Central America. It went over the Yucatán Peninsula and made final landfall in Louisiana. Between 1,000 to 3,000 people are believed to have been killed by the storm, with over $2 million in damage in Louisiana.
Elsewhere, a tropical storm formed and existed entirely during the month of May, striking Everglades City, Florida and Beaufort, South Carolina and causing $155,000 in damage. A Category 1 hurricane passed over north Florida as a tropical storm and made landfall in central Texas, causing 11 casualties and $1-$2 million in damage. Another Category 1 grazed Galveston. The extratropical remnant of a hurricane moved up the northeast coast and tropical storms struck western Alabama, and Jamaica and southern Cuba.
