CONUS Landfalling Hurricanes 1950-2004

[southerngale]

I remember seeing this map when it was through 2002 and I was looking up some info and came across the latest one. I think it's pretty neat.

[yoda]

Nice map.. thanks!

[Ixolib]

Can't imagine what it'll look like in another 54 years!!

[EDR1222]

It would be interesting to see what that map would look like if it included the active period of the 20's, 30's, and 40's. !

Probably would be a big mess!

[jkt21787]

It would be interesting to see what that map would look like if it included the active period of the 20's, 30's, and 40's. !

Probably would be a big mess!

Obviously why they limited it to 1950 and beyond . Just would be a cluttered mess!

[Recurve]

Thanks Southerngale, great chart, I saved it for reference. Interesting how one of the worst, Donna, had three landfalls, twice in Florida alone.

We forget too that it was no picnic here in the 50s-60s either, but Florida was a much less populated place, especially during the mean season.

[Astro_man92]

ya that is a really cool map but

I thought that andrew made landfall as a cat 4?
Andrew track map: that map says that it made landfall as a cat 3

& I thought that Camille made landfall as a cat 4 also
Camille Track map: But I guess it made land fall as a cat 5 or a cat 3 which ever

[Recurve]

Andrew was a Cat 5 in Florida and Cat 3 in Louisiana, and the chart shows that. It was called at Cat 4 in Florida in 1992, but then it was raised officially to Cat 5 during the NHC re-assessment project, I think 10 years after the fact.

[jasons2k]

Carol 1953 in Maine - is that correct? I thought Carol was 1954 (listed too).

[thud15de]

ya that is a really cool map but

I thought that andrew made landfall as a cat 4?
Andrew track map: that map says that it made landfall as a cat 3

& I thought that Camille made landfall as a cat 4 also
Camille Track map: But I guess it made land fall as a cat 5 or a cat 3 which ever

Camille made landfall as a very powerful Cat 5, if you live in south MS. your reminded of that fact every year on the anniversary of her arrival.

[johngaltfla]

That gap between Charley and Gladys is disturbing at the least.

[wxmann_91]

That gap between Charley and Gladys is disturbing at the least.

And Elena and Flossie.

We've been extremely lucky in the past 55 years.

[djones65]

Someone please correct me if I'm wrong... Hurricane Georges in 1998 which struck the Mississippi coast was a category 2 hurricane correct?
The chart shows it as a category 1. I thought the landfall intensity was estimated to be 100 mph, category 2 status. Thanks to anyone who can confirm this or correct me.

[djones65]

I just went to the TPC archives and looked up the tropical cyclone report of hurricane Georges in 1998. It shows landfall intensity of 90 knots or 105 mph... definitely a category 2 hurricane, along with a minimum central pressure of 964 mb.

Unfortunately the chart/poster is erroneous on the hurricane intensity of Georges along the MS coast.... Otherwise I enjoy the chart very much and it shows how vulnerable ALL of us along the US coast really are.