1780 Atlantic hurricane season
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The 1780 Atlantic hurricane season ran through the summer and fall in 1780. The 1780 season was extraordinarily destructive, and was the deadliest Atlantic hurricane season in recorded history, with over 28,000 deaths. Four different hurricanes, one in June and three in October, caused at least 1,000 deaths each;[1][2] this event has never been repeated, and only in the 1893 and 2005 seasons were there two such hurricanes.[3] The season also had the deadliest Atlantic hurricane of all time, the Great Hurricane of 1780. Only one of the known storms was not a hurricane.
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1780 Atlantic hurricane season | |
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Seasonal boundaries | |
First system formed | ≤June 13, 1780 |
Last system dissipated | ≥Nov. 17, 1780 |
Strongest storm | |
Name | The Great Hurricane |
• Maximum winds | 200 mph (325 km/h) |
Seasonal statistics | |
Total storms | ≥ 8 |
Hurricanes | 7 |
Major hurricanes (Cat. 3+) | ≥ 4 |
Total fatalities | ≥ 28,000 (Deadliest Atlantic hurricane season on record) |
Total damage | Unknown |
Atlantic hurricane seasons 1778, 1779, 1780, 1781, 1782 |
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Landfalling storms affected the Lesser Antilles, Puerto Rico, the Dominican Republic, Jamaica, Cuba, Bermuda, Louisiana, Georgia, Florida, and the New England states.