1640-1659 Atlantic hurricane seasons

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The decades of the 1640s and 1650s featured the 1640-1659 Atlantic hurricane seasons. While data for every storm that occurred is unavailable, some parts of the coastline were populated enough to give data of hurricane occurrences. Each season was an ongoing event in the annual cycle of tropical cyclone formation in the Atlantic basin. Most tropical cyclone formation occurs between June 1 and November 30.

Contents 1 Storms 2 See also 3 External links 4 References

[edit] Storms

Year	Location	Date	Deaths	Damage/Notes
1640	Cuba	September 11	N/A	Disrupted Dutch fleet poised to attack Havana, Cuba
1641	Hispaniola, Florida	September 24	Many	12+ ships lost
1642	Hispaniola, Florida	September	Many	Crew in twenty two ships drown
1642	St. Kitts and Nevis	Possibly same storm as above	Unknown	Several ships containing tobacco ran aground and poisened the water, killing thousands of fish.[1]
1642	St. Kitts and Nevis
1644	Western Cuba, Florida Keys	October	1500	N/A
1649	Virginia	N/A	N/A	Crop (tobacco) damage
1650	St. Kitts	N/A	28	From two hurricanes
1652	Leeward Islands	September 23	N/A	Three ships and crew missing
1653	Barbados, St. Vincent	July 13	Many	A ship and crew lost
1656	Guadeloupe	N/A	N/A	Every vessel at anchor wrecked
1657	Guadeloupe, Bahamas	N/A	N/A	Two ships sunk

[edit] See also

• List of notable Atlantic hurricanes
• List of Atlantic hurricane seasons

[edit] External links

• http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/pastdeadlyapp1.shtml
• http://www.candoo.com/genresources/hurricane.htm#1600
• http://www.hpc.ncep.noaa.gov/research/roth/vahur.htm

[edit] References