1891 Atlantic hurricane season
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The 1891 Atlantic hurricane season began during the summer and ran through the late fall of 1891. The season had ten tropical cyclones. Seven of these became hurricanes; one becoming a major Category 3 hurricane.
1891 Atlantic hurricane season | |
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Seasonal boundaries | |
First system formed | July 3, 1891 |
Last system dissipated | November 6, 1891 |
Strongest storm | |
Name | "Martinique" |
• Maximum winds | 125 mph (205 km/h) (1-minute sustained) |
• Lowest pressure | 961 mbar (hPa; 28.38 inHg) |
Seasonal statistics | |
Total storms | 10 |
Hurricanes | 7 |
Major hurricanes (Cat. 3+) | 1 |
Total fatalities | 700+ |
Total damage | Unknown |
Related article | |
Atlantic hurricane seasons 1889, 1890, 1891, 1892, 1893 |
Because there were no modern satellite or other remote-sensing technologies, only cyclones that affected populated land areas or that encountered ships at sea are currently known, so the true total could be higher. For the years 1886 through 1910, an undercount bias of zero to four tropical cyclones per year has been estimated.[1]
The tracks of four of the ten cyclones were revised in 1996 by Jose Fernandez-Partagas.[2] Following re-analysis in 2003, two storms previously considered distinct are now regarded as a single system, Tropical Storm 8. A number of other storms from 1891 were considered for inclusion in the Atlantic hurricane database, HURDAT, but are currently excluded due to a lack of evidence of tropical storm intensity.[3]