The decade of the 1830s featured the 1830s Atlantic hurricane seasons. While data is not available for every storm that occurred, some parts of the coastline were populated enough to give data of hurricane occurrences. Each season was an ongoing event in the annual cycle of tropical cyclone formation in the Atlantic basin. Most tropical cyclone formation occurs between June 1 and November 30.
1830 Atlantic hurricane season
Atlantic Coast Hurricane
A huricane moved into the Caribbean in the middle of August. It moved west-northwestward, and approached the coast of Florida. It came close to present-day Daytona Beach on August 15, but recurved northeastward before landfall. Land was not spared totally. It made landfall near Cape Fear on the 16th and went out to sea that night. The hurricane broke a 3 month drought, but in the process, caused heavy crop damage.
1831 Atlantic hurricane season
Great Caribbean Hurricane
The Great Barbados Hurricane was an intense Category 4, hurricane that left cataclysmic damage across the Caribbean and Louisiana in 1831. A possible Cape Verde hurricane, the storm slammed into Barbados, leveling the capital of Bridgetown. Some 1,500 people perished, either drowned by the 17ft storm surge that the hurricane brought or crushed beneath collasped buildings. Then the hurricane crashed past Haiti and Cuba, and crossed the entire length of Cuba, the other hurricane since being Hurricane Georges of 1998, which also had a similar track of this storm. Its Category 4 winds brought ships ashore at Guantanamo Bay, causing mudslides, and resulted in major structual damage. It turned to the northwest, where it made landfall near Last Island, Louisiana as a Category 3 hurricane. There it flooded parts of New Orleans from its 7 to 10 ft. storm surge in Lake Pontchartrain and also causing hail. The Great Barbados Hurricane left 2,500 people dead and $7 million dollars (1831 dollars) in damage.
Other storms
On August 28, a strong tropical storm hit Southwest Louisiana, causing high tides and gales, but no reported deaths.
A hurricane hit near the mouth of the Rio Grande, causing heavy rain over Texas and Mexico.
1832 Atlantic hurricane season
Early in the season, a hurricane moved through the Bahamas on June 6, causing 52 deaths.
A hurricane hit Bermuda during this season.
1833 Atlantic hurricane season
A hurricane passed offshore of Norfolk in late August, keeping ships at harbor but causing no damage.
1834 Atlantic hurricane season
On September 4 a hurricane hit South Carolina, causing 37 deaths. It moved through North Carolina and Virginia, capsizing the ship E. Pluribus Unum. The crew made it safely to shore.
A hurricane struck the island of Dominica on September 20, bringing heavy winds and a 12ft storm surge that devistated the capital of Roseau; 230 people are believed to have been killed by the hurricane's onslaught. Then the hurricane made its second landfall at Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic on the 23rd. About 170 sailors died when their ships sank in the Ozama River. On land the hurricane disrupted the funeral service of Padre Ruiz, a Roman Catholic priest. A total of 400 people were killed from the hurricane.
Also in September, a hurricane hit south Texas, causing heavy damage.
1835 Atlantic hurricane season
Antigua Hurricane
A hurricane was first detected near Antigua on August 12. It moved over Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic, and Cuba, causing at least 3 casualties. It moved across the Florida straights and the Gulf of Mexico, hitting near the mouth of the Rio Grande on August 18. There, it destroyed small villages, caused strong storm surge, and killed 18 people.
1836 Atlantic hurricane season
A hurricane hit the Cayman Islands during this season.
1837 Atlantic hurricane season
On July 26 a storm hit Martinique. It caused 57 deaths.
On August 2, a hurricane hit Puerto Rico, causing 141 deaths.
A tropical system was observed east of the West Indies on August 13. It moved through the islands, and passed the Bahamas on the 16th. As it was recurving, it hit the North Carolina coast on the 18th. It slowly moved over land, causing 48 hours of strong winds, and moved offshore on the 20th. This is known as the Calypso Hurricane.
Racer's Storm
The 10th known tropical storm in the 1837 season, nicknamed Racer's Storm, was first observed in the Western Caribbean during late September. It moved across the Yucatán Peninsula and the western Gulf of Mexico, where it hit Brownsville, Texas on October 2. It remained over land for 3 days before recurving to the east, hitting near Louisiana and Pensacola before moving out to sea. This hurricane caused 105 deaths.
1838 Atlantic hurricane season
On September 7, a hurricane hit near Cape Florida, causing 38 deaths.
A late season hurricane hit the east coast of Mexico on November 1, sinking 2 U.S. ships.
1839 Atlantic hurricane season
A hurricane hit Charleston, South Carolina on August 28. It passed over North Carolina and Virginia before going out to sea on the 30th.
During the middle of September, a hurricane approached the coast of Louisiana. It struck near Lake Charles, then known as Charley's Lake, on September 15.
A late season hurricane hit Galveston, Texas on November 5.
See also
External links
- http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/pastdeadly.shtml
- http://www.hpc.ncep.noaa.gov/research/roth/vahur.htm
- http://www.srh.noaa.gov/lch/research/txearly19hur.htm
- http://www.srh.noaa.gov/lch/research/laerly19hu.htm
- http://www.eglin.af.mil/weather/hurricanes/history.html
- http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/weather/hurricane/sfl-hc-canehistory1,0,3352010.special
- David Longshore. "Padre Ruiz Hurricane." Encyclopedia of Hurricanes, Typhoons and Cyclones. David Longshore. New York: Facts on File, 1998, Pg; 257.
- David Longshore. "Great Caribbean Hurricane of 1831." Encyclopeddia of Hurricanes, Typhoons and Cyclones. David Longshore. New York: Facts on File, 1998, Pg; 145.