Providing hurricane statistics for cities in the Atlantic basin for over 25 years
Fri, Mar 29, 2024 at 4:00 AM

During this week back in...
For the period of August 1st through August 7th


Other Weeks:

  • 1955: Connie is born off Cape Verde islands on the 3rd & would later hit North Carolina.
  • 1955: Diane is born August 7th in ITCZ. & would later affect the N.E. United States.
  • 1970, Aug. 3rd: Texas is hit by Hurricane Celia. Corpus Christi has gusts to 161mph killing 70.
  • 1976: Belle is born near the N.E. Bahamas on Aug. 6th & would later hit Connecticut & Massachusetts areas with gusts to 77mph.
  • 1995: Erin hits central Florida & panhandle areas as a cat 1 on August 2nd.
  • 2004: Hurricane Alex western eye wall hits the Outer Banks of North Carolina on the 4th with 100mph winds. Within 24 hrs, Alex went from a tropical storm SE of Charleston to a cat 2 while moving N.E.
  • 2016, Aug 4th: In early morning Hurricane Earl hits near Belize City with 80mph winds while moving west.
  • 2020, Aug 4th: Hurricane Isaias hits NC/SC border with 85mph winds would cause wind damage up eastern seaboard.