1923 Atlantic hurricane season
| 1923 Atlantic hurricane season |
Season summary map
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| Seasonal boundaries |
| First system formed |
June 19, 1923 |
| Last system dissipated |
October 26, 1923 |
| Strongest storm |
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| Name |
Five |
| • Maximum winds |
120 mph (195 km/h) |
| • Lowest pressure |
965 mbar (hPa; 28.5 inHg) |
| Seasonal statistics |
| Total storms |
9 |
| Hurricanes |
4 |
Major hurricanes
(Cat. 3+) |
1 |
| Total fatalities |
None |
| Total damage |
Unknown |
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Atlantic hurricane seasons
1921, 1922, 1923, 1924, 1925
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| Tropical storm (SSHWS) |
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| Duration |
June 22 – June 28 |
| Peak intensity |
60 mph (95 km/h) (1-min) <999 mbar (hPa) |
| Category 2 hurricane (SSHWS) |
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| Duration |
September 1 – September 9 |
| Peak intensity |
105 mph (165 km/h) (1-min) <989 mbar (hPa) |
| Tropical storm (SSHWS) |
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| Duration |
September 7 – September 11 |
| Peak intensity |
50 mph (85 km/h) (1-min) <1000 mbar (hPa) |
| Category 1 hurricane (SSHWS) |
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| Duration |
September 10 – September 13 |
| Peak intensity |
80 mph (130 km/h) (1-min) <986 mbar (hPa) |
| Category 3 hurricane (SSHWS) |
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| Duration |
September 24 – October 1 |
| Peak intensity |
120 mph (195 km/h) (1-min) <965 mbar (hPa) |
| Category 1 hurricane (SSHWS) |
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| Duration |
October 12 (Entered basin) – October 17 |
| Peak intensity |
80 mph (130 km/h) (1-min) 983 mbar (hPa) |
| Tropical storm (SSHWS) |
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| Duration |
October 15 – October 19 |
| Peak intensity |
65 mph (100 km/h) (1-min) <987 mbar (hPa) |
| Tropical storm (SSHWS) |
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| Duration |
October 16 – October 18 |
| Peak intensity |
60 mph (95 km/h) (1-min) 992 mbar (hPa) |
| Tropical storm (SSHWS) |
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| Duration |
October 24 – October 26 |
| Peak intensity |
45 mph (75 km/h) (1-min) <1003 mbar (hPa) |
The 1923 Atlantic hurricane season ran its course from Summer through Fall of 1923. The season was slightly below average with 9 tropical storms; of which 4 became hurricanes, and one became a major hurricane.
On June 19 a weak tropical depression formed from the tail end of a dying cold front, north of Western Bahamas and east of Florida. The tropical depression moved generally north after its formation. Failing to intensify further it was absorbed by a stronger cold front sweeping down the East Coast on June 22. The peak winds from this system were 25 knts (30 mph, 45 km/h) from ship observations on June 19. The lowest pressure was 1012 millibars. Due to the weak nature of this system and lack of gale winds it was evaluated as a tropical depression and was not included in HURDAT. In 2009 this tropical depression was first detected from Historical Weather Maps when Landsea and his team of researchers did a total reanalysis of the 1923 Atlantic hurricane season.
Early on June 22, a broad area of low pressure was observed in the Bay of Campeche where it intensified into a tropical depression later that day. It remained at that intensity for the next three days while drifting slowly northeastward, while its pressure continued to gradually fall. By late June 25, it had begun to become better organized and move more swiftly to the north-northeast as a tropical storm. The storm clipped the southeastern Louisiana and made landfall as a minimal tropical storm over extreme southern Mississippi and Alabama on June 26. Excessive rains fell in the vicinity of the cyclone and further up the East Coast of the United States.
The system weakened into a tropical depression while over southeastern Alabama late on June 26. The cyclone turned in a more easterly direction under the influence of an extratropical low. On June 27, it regained tropical storm intensity as it reached the Atlantic Ocean off the Georgia–South Carolina coast. On June 28, the cyclone reached a peak intensity of 60 mph (95 km/h) and a peripheral pressure of 999 mbar (29.5 inHg). At this time, the extratropical low to the northwest began to affect this tropical storm more heavily, causing it to lose tropical characteristics around 00:00 UTC on June 29. This storm was first introduced to HURDAT in a 2009 reanalysis of the basin.
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