1892 Atlantic hurricane season

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**1892 Atlantic hurricane season**
Season summary map
First storm formed:	June 9, 1892
Last storm dissipated:	Oct. 29, 1892
Strongest storm:	#3, 5, 7 - 85 knots (95 mph)
Total storms:	9
Major storms (Cat. 3+):	0
Total damage:	Unknown
Total fatalities:	16

Atlantic hurricane seasons 1890, 1891, 1892, 1893, 1894

The 1892 Atlantic hurricane season officially began on June 1, 1892, and lasted until November 30, 1892. These dates conventionally delimit the period of each year when most tropical cyclones form in the Atlantic basin.

The season accumulated 9 tropical storms, 5 hurricanes, and 0 major hurricanes, with an Accumulated Cyclone Energy of 116, making this season an above average season. Three tropical storms made landfall on the United States. However, due to scarce technology and the fact that only storms that affected land or ships were recorded, the actual total could be higher.

The first storm of the season formed south of Isla de la Juventud on June 19. it made landfalls in Cuba and Florida before dissipating south of North Carolina on June 16 after peaking at 50mph.

On August 15, a tropical storm was first seen in the open Atlantic east of the Leeward Islands. It tracked northwestward, becoming a hurricane on the 19th before becoming extratropical on the 21st. The extratropical storm hit Newfoundland, and completely lost its identity on the 24th.

The third hurricane of the year was a long-lasting storm that formed southwest of the Cape Verde islands on September 3. The unnamed storm did not affect land, peaking at 100 mph before dissipating northeast of the Azores islands near Spain on September 17.

On September 8, the 4th tropical storm formed in the southwestern Gulf of Mexico northwest of Campeche. After tracking to the northeast, it made landfalls near New Orleans and near the Louisiana-Mississippi state lines as a 60 mph tropical storm. On September 13 the storm became extratropical over Tennessee, and lost its identity on the 17th near Greenland.

First recorded east of the Cape Verde islands on September 12, Hurricane Five only affected the islands without officially making landfall before dissipating in the open Atlantic near 37°N 40°W on September 23.

The 6th tropical storm of the season was a very short-lived storm that was first recorded northwest of Ciudad del Carmen on September 25. The storm travelled northwest across the Bahía de Campeche before making landfall near the Mexico-Texas border, dissipating inland on the 27th.

On October 5, the 7th storm of the season formed east of Trinidad and Tobago. It made landfalls on Paraguaná, Guajira, and after tracking across the Caribbean Sea, another near Cabo Gracias a Dios on the Nicaragua - Honduras border as a 100 mph Category 2. Belize and Tampico were where the storm made its fourth and then final landfalls before dissipating inland on October 16.

The 8th storm of the season formed northeast of the Bahamas on October 13, and briefly threatened Bermuda. However, as a fish-spinning storm, it never made landfall before becoming extratropical in the open Atlantic on October 18.

The 9th and final tropical storm of the season formed northwest of the Yucatán Peninsula on October 21. It made its single landfall near Tampa, Florida as a 50 mph tropical storm, tracked east over Central Florida back into the Atlantic, turned northeast, and lost its identity on October 29 in the open Atlantic.