1740-1759 Atlantic hurricane seasons
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The decades of the 1740s and 1750s featured the 1740-1759 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.
[edit] Storms
| Year | Location | Date | Deaths | Damage/Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1740 | Puerto Rico | September 11 - 12 September | N/A | Two ships destroyed |
| 1740 | Louisiana | September 23 | N/A | Destroyed town of La Balize |
| 1742 | Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico | October 27 - October 28 | N/A | Two ships lost |
| 1743 | Jamaica | October 20 | "Great number" | N/A |
| 1744 | Jamaica | October 31 - November 1 | 182 | N/A |
| 1746 | Caribbean Sea | N/A | N/A | Thirteen ships destroyed |
| 1747 | Virginia | September 15 | 50+ | Indentured servant ship destroyed |
| 1747 | North Carolina, Massachusetts | October 8 | "Many" | Seven ships destroyed |
| 1747 | Bermuda | October 10 | "Violent gale of wind" | |
| 1747 | St. Kitts | October 24 | "Upwards of 20 sail of vessels lost" | |
| 1748 | Off Virginia Capes | September 11 | "Dispersed fleet" | |
| 1748 | Bermuda | October 13 | Up to £20,000 damage | |
| 1749 | North Carolina, Virginia, Maryland | October 12 | One family | £30,000, flood and tree damage |
| 1750 | Offshore North Carolina | August 17 | N/A | Four ships lost |
| 1751 | St. Kitts | July 24 | Entire crew | one ship lost |
| 1752 | South Carolina | September 15 | 103 | N/A |
| 1752 | Cuba | September 26 | N/A | Sixteen ships lost |
| 1752 | Offshore Florida | October 22 | 7+ | twelve ships lost |
| 1754 | Santo Domingo | September | N/A | twelve ships lost |
| 1757 | Virginia | August 11 | Rain for 3 days; great SW-NW-N gusts | |
| 1758 | St. Kitts | November 10 | 200 | N/A |
| 1758 | St. Marks, Florida | N/A | 40 | N/A |
