Hurricane Florida History Map
The map shows the storm tracks that are from the deadliest and most powerful.
Hurricane florida history map. The data used for this map is from the nat. Hurricane katrina 2005 katrina was one of the most devastating hurricanes in the history of the united states. Back to the top. The national oceanic and atmospheric administration has put a lot of that history in one place with its historical hurricane tracks website which puts more than 170 years of global hurricane data into an interactive map.
Over 195 maps of hurricanes and tropical storms that have been near florida. Hurricanes are never good news but they do make history. State of florida collectively cyclones in florida during the time period resulted in more than 123 billion in damage 2017 usd additionally tropical cyclones in florida were responsible for 145. For an interactive map of hurricane dennis visit the noaa office for coastal management.
The site developed by the noaa office for coastal management in partnership with noaa s national hurricane center and national centers for environmental information offers data and information on coastal county hurricane strikes through 2016. Calculating hurricane strength. State and since 1851 only eighteen hurricane seasons passed without a known storm impacting the state. This hurricane map shows major historic storm tracks along the florida coast.
It is the deadliest hurricane to strike the united states since the palm beach lake okeechobee hurricane of september 1928. Tracking and understanding hurricanes is important to scientists and climatologists who seek to find patterns and variability as a piece in understanding climate change. The list of florida hurricanes encompasses approximately 500 tropical or subtropical cyclones that affected the state of florida more storms hit florida than any other u s. The list of florida hurricanes from 2000 to the present has been marked by several devastating north atlantic hurricanes.
These are the deadliest and most powerful hurricanes that caused major loss of life flooding real estate damage and major insurance claims. The red track shows the dates between 9 20 to 9 30. In 1992 hurricane andrew rampaged through south florida causing 65 deaths and more than 26 billion in damage destroying more than 28 000 homes and damaging at least 107 000 others the storm. Dataset tabs default display.
These maps are separated by year and by decade by named storm so that one storm s route can be viewed as it moved and other florida hurricane maps most of them noaa images and pictures showing hurricanes approaching and affecting florida. The legend shows the tracks of each storm and the dates it occurred. Noaa puts 170 years of hurricane history into one interactive site. As of 2017 79 tropical or subtropical cyclones have affected the u s.
This map created by fcit shows storm tracks of hurricanes and tropical storms in 1917. Noaa s historical hurricane tracks is a free online tool that allows users to track the paths of historic hurricanes.