1904 Atlantic hurricane season
1904 Atlantic hurricane season |
Season summary map
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Seasonal boundaries |
First system formed |
June 10, 1904 |
Last system dissipated |
November 4, 1904 |
Strongest storm |
|
Name |
Two |
• Maximum winds |
80 mph (130 km/h) |
• Lowest pressure |
985 mbar (hPa; 29.09 inHg) |
Seasonal statistics |
Total depressions |
6 |
Total storms |
6 |
Hurricanes |
4 |
Major hurricanes
(Cat. 3+) |
0 |
Total fatalities |
112-275 |
Total damage |
$2.5 million (1904 USD) |
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Atlantic hurricane seasons 1902, 1903, 1904, 1905, 1906
|
Category 1 hurricane (SSHWS) |
|
Duration |
June 10 – June 14 |
Peak intensity |
80 mph (130 km/h) (1-min) <1003 mbar (hPa) |
Category 1 hurricane (SSHWS) |
|
Duration |
September 8 – September 15 |
Peak intensity |
80 mph (130 km/h) (1-min) 985 mbar (hPa) |
Category 1 hurricane (SSHWS) |
|
Duration |
September 28 – October 4 |
Peak intensity |
80 mph (130 km/h) (1-min) |
Category 1 hurricane (SSHWS) |
|
Duration |
October 12 – October 21 |
Peak intensity |
80 mph (130 km/h) (1-min) 989 mbar (hPa) |
Tropical storm (SSHWS) |
|
Duration |
October 19 – October 23 |
Peak intensity |
50 mph (85 km/h) (1-min) 1005 mbar (hPa) |
Tropical storm (SSHWS) |
|
Duration |
October 31 – November 4 |
Peak intensity |
50 mph (85 km/h) (1-min) <1005 mbar (hPa) |
The 1904 Atlantic hurricane season featured no tropical cyclones in the months of July and August. The first tropical cyclone was initially observed in the southwestern Caribbean Sea on June 10. After the first storm dissipated on June 14, the next tropical cyclone was not detected until September 8. The sixth and final system transitioned into an extratropical cyclone offshore South Carolina on November 4. Two of the six tropical cyclones existed simultaneously.
Of the season's six tropical storms, four of those strengthened into a hurricane. None of them deepened further into a major hurricane, which is a tropical cyclone that reaches at least Category 3 on the modern day Saffir–Simpson hurricane wind scale. The Atlantic hurricane reanalysis project also indicated but could not confirm the presence of four additional tropical depressions throughout the season. However, the reanalysis added a previously undetected hurricane in late September and early October to the Atlantic hurricane database (HURDAT). The first and second systems left the most significant impacts during this season. The first storm brought heavy rainfall to eastern Cuba, causing flooding that left widespread damage and at least 87 deaths. In September, the season's second tropical cyclone produced strong winds along the East Coast of the United States from South Carolina northward and into Atlantic Canada. There were at least 18 deaths and $2.5 million (1904 USD) in damage.
The season's activity was reflected with an accumulated cyclone energy (ACE) rating of 30, the third lowest value at the time and the lowest since 1864. ACE is, broadly speaking, a measure of the power of the hurricane multiplied by the length of time it existed, so storms that last a long time, as well as particularly strong hurricanes, have high ACEs. It is only calculated for full advisories on tropical systems at or exceeding 39 mph (63 km/h), which is tropical storm strength.
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