Another Record for 2005

[quandary]

Although 2005 has had 4 major hurricanes hit the United States, I believe it also holds the record for most major hurricane landfalls in a single year. We can do this counting either truly distinct landfalls or just individual landfalls.

That might've been confusing. However, we've had 5 major hurricanes make landfall in the Western Hemisphere this year. Not sure if that's a record. Counting landfall areas, we have 8! major hurricane landfalls:

Dennis (Cuba and FL Panhandle)
Emily (Yucatan and the bulk of area of Mexico)
Katrina (Louisiana)
Rita (Texas/Louisiana)
Wilam (Yucatan and SW Florida)

If we count just landfalls themselves, 2005 still has the record since Katrina made 2 landfalls, Dennis made 3 I believe and Wilma made landfall on Cozumel Island as well.

Basically, this just goes to show that 2005 has been the season where major hurricanes have streaked across all landmasses. No one, except North and South Carolina (and thankfully NY and NE, since they would've been huge disasters) have been spared.

Good-bye 2005.

[WxGuy1]

If we count just landfalls themselves, 2005 still has the record since Katrina made 2 landfalls, Dennis made 3 I believe and Wilma made landfall on Cozumel Island as well.

Katrina actually had 3 landfalls -- Florida, Louisiana, and Mississippi. She clipped the MS River Delta part of LA before making landfall a 3rd time east of the LA/MS border.

[quandary]

I'm only counting major landfalls. When I say 2 for Katrina, this was the 140mph one on Louisiana and the 125+ mph one on Mississippi. Katrina wasn't a major in S. Florida.

We've also had 4 Cat 4 landfalls in this hemisphere this year. Wilma and Emily on the Yucatan, Katrina and Dennis.

[WxGuy1]

I'm only counting major landfalls. When I say 2 for Katrina, this was the 140mph one on Louisiana and the 125+ mph one on Mississippi. Katrina wasn't a major in S. Florida.

Ahh... Gotchya.

[lurkey]

Although 2005 has had 4 major hurricanes hit the United States, I believe it also holds the record for most major hurricane landfalls in a single year. We can do this counting either truly distinct landfalls or just individual landfalls.

That might've been confusing. However, we've had 5 major hurricanes make landfall in the Western Hemisphere this year. Not sure if that's a record. Counting landfall areas, we have 8! major hurricane landfalls:

Dennis (Cuba and FL Panhandle)
Emily (Yucatan and the bulk of area of Mexico)
Katrina (Louisiana)
Rita (Texas/Louisiana)
Wilam (Yucatan and SW Florida)

If we count just landfalls themselves, 2005 still has the record since Katrina made 2 landfalls, Dennis made 3 I believe and Wilma made landfall on Cozumel Island as well.

Basically, this just goes to show that 2005 has been the season where major hurricanes have streaked across all landmasses. No one, except North and South Carolina (and thankfully NY and NE, since they would've been huge disasters) have been spared.

Good-bye 2005.

2005 Hurricane Season (so far as of today) courtesy of Google Maps

[wxmann_91]

Very interesting statistics.

Another one - every major hurricane that formed this season has made landfall as a major hurricane with the exception of Maria.

[quandary]

Very interesting statistics.

Another one - every major hurricane that formed this season has made landfall as a major hurricane with the exception of Maria.

Yep. And Maria could easily have not been a Cat 3.