1951 Atlantic hurricane season
| 1951 Atlantic hurricane season |
Season summary map
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| Seasonal boundaries |
| First system formed |
January 4, 1951 |
| Last system dissipated |
December 11, 1951 |
| Strongest storm |
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| Name |
Easy |
| • Maximum winds |
150 mph (240 km/h) |
| • Lowest pressure |
937 mbar (hPa; 27.67 inHg) |
| Seasonal statistics |
| Total depressions |
17 |
| Total storms |
12 |
| Hurricanes |
8 |
Major hurricanes
(Cat. 3+) |
3 |
| Total fatalities |
276+ overall |
| Total damage |
$80 million (1951 USD) |
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Atlantic hurricane seasons
1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953
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| Tropical storm (SSHWS) |
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| Duration |
January 4 – January 9 |
| Peak intensity |
65 mph (100 km/h) (1-min) < 997 mbar (hPa) |
| Category 1 hurricane (SSHWS) |
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| Duration |
May 16 – May 24 |
| Peak intensity |
90 mph (150 km/h) (1-min) 973 mbar (hPa) |
| Tropical storm (SSHWS) |
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| Duration |
August 2 – August 5 |
| Peak intensity |
60 mph (95 km/h) (1-min) 996 mbar (hPa) |
| Category 4 hurricane (SSHWS) |
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| Duration |
August 12 – August 23 |
| Peak intensity |
130 mph (215 km/h) (1-min) ≤ 958 mbar (hPa) |
| Category 1 hurricane (SSHWS) |
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| Duration |
August 27 – September 5 |
| Peak intensity |
90 mph (150 km/h) (1-min) ≤ 992 mbar (hPa) |
| Category 4 hurricane (SSHWS) |
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| Duration |
September 1 – September 10 |
| Peak intensity |
150 mph (240 km/h) (1-min) ≤ 937 mbar (hPa) |
| Category 3 hurricane (SSHWS) |
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| Duration |
September 2 – September 9 |
| Peak intensity |
115 mph (185 km/h) (1-min) ≤ 978 mbar (hPa) |
| Tropical storm (SSHWS) |
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| Duration |
September 19 – September 22 |
| Peak intensity |
60 mph (95 km/h) (1-min) 999 mbar (hPa) |
| Category 2 hurricane (SSHWS) |
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| Duration |
September 29 – October 5 |
| Peak intensity |
100 mph (155 km/h) (1-min) 972 mbar (hPa) |
The 1951 Atlantic hurricane season was the first hurricane season in which tropical cyclones were officially named by the United States Weather Bureau. The season officially started on June 15, when the United States Weather Bureau began its daily monitoring for tropical cyclone activity; the season officially ended on November 15. It was the first year since 1937 in which no hurricanes made landfall on the United States; as Hurricane How was the only tropical storm to hit the nation, the season had the least tropical cyclone damage in the United States since the 1939 season. As in the 1950 season, names from the Joint Army/Navy Phonetic Alphabet were used to name storms this season.
The first hurricane of the season, Able, formed prior to the official start of the season; before reanalysis in 2015, it was once listed as the earliest major hurricane on record in the Atlantic basin. It formed on May 16 and executed a counterclockwise loop over the Bahamas; later it brushed the North Carolina coastline. Hurricane Charlie was a powerful Category 4 hurricane that struck Jamaica as a major hurricane, killing hundreds and becoming the worst disaster in over 50 years. The hurricane later struck Mexico twice as a major hurricane, producing deadly flooding outside of Tampico, Tamaulipas. The strongest hurricane, Easy, spent its duration over the open Atlantic Ocean, briefly threatening Bermuda, and was formerly listed as one of a relatively few Category 5 hurricanes on record over the Atlantic Ocean. It briefly neared Category 5 status and interacted with Hurricane Fox, marking the first known instance of a hurricane affecting another's path.
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