List of meteorological histories of tropical cyclones

Hurricane Gustav at peak intensity on August 29, 2008

This page documents the list of meteorological histories of tropical cyclones. These storms have detailed information on their respective histories as tropical cyclones, including formation, peak intensity, dissipation, and other notable facts the storm was known for.

1990s

Atlantic

Track of Hurricane Andrew in 1992

• Hurricane Andrew (1992) – One of six hurricanes to strike the United States at Category 5 intensity, and at the time was the costliest tropical cyclone in history, with over $20 billion in damages.
• Hurricane Gordon (1994) – a long-lived tropical cyclone which took an unusual track off the Southeast United States, while also displaying hybrid characteristics at times.^[1]
• Hurricane Luis (1995) – Powerful category 4 Cape Verde hurricane which severely impacted the Windward Islands.^[2]
• Hurricane Georges (1998) – long-lived tropical cyclone which impacted areas from the Windward Islands all the way to the Southeastern United States.
• Hurricane Mitch (1998) – The second-deadliest Atlantic hurricane ever recorded, with over 12,000 deaths. Peaked as a powerful Category 5 in the Caribbean Sea.^[3]

2000s

Atlantic

Track of Hurricane Katrina in 2005

• Hurricane Ivan (2004) – Long-tracked Cape Verde hurricane which peaked 3 times as a Category 5, struck the Florida Panhandle as a Category 3. Made a large clockwise loop over the Eastern United States and regenerated in the Gulf of Mexico.^[4]
• Hurricane Jeanne (2004) – another hurricane that struck Florida after impacting Haiti, Cuba and the Bahamas.
• Hurricane Dennis (2005) – High-end Category 4 hurricane which caused destruction throughout its path from Haiti all the way to the Gulf Coast. It was the first of many powerful hurricanes to strike the coastline in 2005.
• Hurricane Katrina (2005) – The costliest natural disaster ever recorded, with totals exceeding $100 billion damages. Struck the Louisiana–Mississippi region on August 29 as a major hurricane, causing major damage in New Orleans and other surrounding areas.
• Hurricane Wilma (2005) – The most intense hurricane ever recorded in the Atlantic, with a minimum pressure of 882 millibars (26.0 inHg). Was also the last recent major hurricane to strike the United States until Hurricane Harvey in 2017.
• Hurricane Dean (2007) – Classic long-tracked Cape Verde hurricane which is tied for the third-most intense landfalling hurricane in the Atlantic, striking the Yucatán Peninsula as a Category 5 with maximum sustained winds of 175 mph (282 km/h) and a central pressure of 905 millibars (26.7 inHg).
• Hurricane Gustav (2008) – Intense high-end Category 4 hurricane which impacted areas from Haiti to Louisiana in the United States around the Labor Day weekend.

Western Pacific

• Typhoon Durian (2006) – Powerful super typhoon that devastated parts of the Philippines as a high-end Category 4-equivalent. Tracked southwest into South China Sea before crossing into the North Indian Ocean basin.

2010s

Atlantic

Track of Hurricane Harvey in 2017

• Hurricane Sandy (2012) – The second-most destructive and largest tropical cyclone recorded in the Atlantic. Struck Jamaica as a hurricane and Cuba as a major, before slamming the Bahamas and eventually morphing into an extremely large hybrid storm, before hooking left and slamming into the New Jersey coastline on October 29, causing tremendous damage.

• Hurricane Matthew (2016) – Long-lived hurricane which was the first Category 5 hurricane in the Atlantic since Hurricane Felix in 2007. Tracked through the Caribbean and devastated Haiti on October 4 before passing through the Bahamas and paralleling the Florida coast as a Category 4 hurricane. Made landfall as a Category 1 hurricane in the United States early on October 8.

• Hurricane Harvey (2017) – A Category 4 hurricane that made landfall in Texas, becoming the first major hurricane to make landfall in the United States since Wilma in 2005. It subsequently meandered across southeast Texas for days, dropping up to 60 inches (1524 mm) of rain in some areas and causing catastrophic flooding and more than $100 billion in damage.

• Hurricane Irma (2017) – An extremely powerful Category 5 hurricane that was the strongest hurricane on record to strike the Leeward Islands. It later made landfall as a Category 5 storm in Cuba, becoming the strongest and costliest hurricane to ever hit the country. Irma made its final landfall in southwest Florida as a Category 4 hurricane.

• Hurricane Maria (2017) – A Category 5 hurricane that devastated the island of Dominica in the Leeward Islands before striking Puerto Rico as a high-end Category 4 hurricane. Maria caused catastrophic damage and a major humanitarian crisis in the U.S. territory.

• Hurricane Florence (2018) – A Category 4 hurricane that took an unusual west-northwest track across the Atlantic at a high latitude, eventually striking North Carolina as a Category 1 hurricane. Florence's slow movement resulted in catastrophic flooding across the state, with more than 35 inches (889 mm) of rainfall reported in some areas.

• Hurricane Dorian (2019) – An extremely powerful Category 5 hurricane that was the most powerful hurricane ever recorded outside of the Caribbean Sea and Gulf of Mexico. Dorian stalled over portions of the Bahamas as a strong Category 5 hurricane, causing catastrophic damage before striking Cape Hatteras, North Carolina as a Category 1 hurricane and Nova Scotia as a powerful post-tropical cyclone.

Eastern Pacific

• Hurricane Patricia (2015) – The second-most intense tropical cyclone recorded worldwide in terms of minimum pressure, with a central pressure of 872 millibars (25.8 inHg), and the strongest worldwide in terms 1-minute sustained winds, which peaked at 215 mph (345 km/h). Also underwent one of the most explosive intensification periods known in history, growing from a tropical storm to a Category 5 hurricane in 24 hours. Its central pressure fell 100 millibars (3.0 inHg) and its winds increased by 120 mph (195 km/h) in just over 24 hours from October 22–23.

Western Pacific

Track of Typhoon Haiyan in 2013

• Typhoon Haiyan (2013) – One of the most intense tropical cyclones recorded and the most intense tropical cyclone to make landfall worldwide, with winds at landfall estimated to be around 195 mph (314 km/h) in the Philippines . Caused massive devastation in the Philippines.

See also

• List of tropical cyclones
• List of the most intense tropical cyclones

References

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