The 1898 hurricane season

Every storm track on one map · Atlantic · 11 systems

Atlantic storms
11
5 hurricanes · 1 major
Atlantic ACE
113
1991–2020 avg ≈ 123
Strongest
132 mph
1898 Georgia Hurricane
Landfalling
5
Atlantic storms

TD TS Cat 1 2 3 4 5 · hover a track to highlight it, click to open the storm’s own page with an animated replay.

01 · Summary

How the 1898 season went

The 1898 Atlantic season produced 11 tropical storms, 5 hurricanes and 1 major hurricanes (Cat 3+), with an accumulated cyclone energy (ACE) of 113. The strongest was 1898 Georgia Hurricane at 132 mph / 938 mb. 5 storms made landfall.

02 · Timeline

Storm by storm, month by month

AUGSEPOCTNOVUnnamed hurricane #1 — August 2–3, 1898Unnamed hurricane #1 Cat 1Unnamed hurricane #2 — August 30 – September 1, 1898Unnamed hurricane #2 Cat 1Unnamed hurricane #3 — September 3–6, 1898Unnamed hurricane #3 Cat 11898 Windward Islands Hurricane — September 5–20, 18981898 Windward Islands Hurricane Cat 2Unnamed storm #5 — September 12–22, 1898Unnamed storm #5 TSUnnamed storm #6 — September 20–28, 1898Unnamed storm #6 TS1898 Georgia Hurricane — September 25 – October 6, 18981898 Georgia Hurricane Cat 4Unnamed storm #8 — September 25–28, 1898Unnamed storm #8 TSUnnamed storm #9 — October 2–14, 1898Unnamed storm #9 TSUnnamed storm #10 — October 21–23, 1898Unnamed storm #10 TSUnnamed storm #11 — October 27 – November 4, 1898Unnamed storm #11 TS

Each bar is one storm’s life, colored by its strength at that moment (faded = post-tropical). Click a bar to open the storm.

03 · Atlantic

Atlantic storms of 1898

StormDatesPeakPressureLandfallACE
Unnamed hurricane #1Aug 2 – Aug 3Cat 1 81 mph—yes1.4
Unnamed hurricane #2Aug 30 – Sep 1Cat 1 86 mph—yes3.3
Unnamed hurricane #3Sep 3 – Sep 6Cat 1 81 mph——4.4
1898 Windward Islands HurricaneSep 5 – Sep 20Cat 2 109 mph965 mb—40.1
Unnamed storm #5Sep 12 – Sep 22TS 58 mph—yes8.4
Unnamed storm #6Sep 20 – Sep 28TS 58 mph—yes7.6
1898 Georgia HurricaneSep 25 – Oct 6Cat 4 132 mph938 mbGeorgia24.5
Unnamed storm #8Sep 25 – Sep 28TS 52 mph1008 mb—1.3
Unnamed storm #9Oct 2 – Oct 14TS 69 mph——13.2
Unnamed storm #10Oct 21 – Oct 23TS 46 mph——1.4
Unnamed storm #11Oct 27 – Nov 4TS 58 mph——7.5
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