1872 Atlantic hurricane season

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1872 Atlantic hurricane season
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seasons 1870, 1871, 1872, 1873, 1874

The 1872 Atlantic hurricane season was quiet, lasting from mid-summer through mid-autumn. There were five tropical cyclones, of which four attained hurricane status. However, due to scarce technology, only storms that affected land or ships were recorded, therefore, the actual total could be higher.An undercount bias of zero to six tropical cyclones per year between 1851 and 1885 and zero to four per year between 1886 and 1910 has been estimated..Of the known cyclones,significant changes were made to the tracks of Hurricane Two and Hurricane Four in 1995 by Jose Fernandez-Partagas and Henry Diaz, who also proposed smaller changes to the known track of Hurricane Three. Further analysis, in 2003,revised the track of Hurricane Five.

The first storm of the season developed on July 9 in the Gulf of Mexico, and the final storm was last sighted on October 27, while situated east of Newfoundland.Only two of the systems directly impacted land.Tropical Storm One crossed the Gulf Coast of the United States while Hurricane Five, the last cyclone of the season, crossed the Florida peninsula and also impacted the US East coast.

Timeline

Storms

Tropical Storm One

Tropical storm (SSHWS)

Duration	July 9 – July 13
Peak intensity	60 mph (95 km/h) (1-min);

Tropical Storm One formed in the central Gulf of Mexico on July 9. Tropical Storm One struck Louisiana and Mississippi before being last seen over Tennessee on July 13.

Hurricane Two

Category 2 hurricane (SSHWS)

Duration	August 20 – September 1
Peak intensity	105 mph (165 km/h) (1-min);

Hurricane Two formed near Cape Verde on August 20. Hurricane Two headed across the Atlantic but then curved north and passed near Bermuda. Hurricane Two persisted until it was last seen near Newfoundland on September 2.

Hurricane Three

Category 1 hurricane (SSHWS)

Duration	September 9 – September 20
Peak intensity	80 mph (130 km/h) (1-min);

On September 9, a tropical storm was observed east of the Lesser Antilles. Over the following two days, it moved slowly north-northwestward through the islands, before reaching hurricane status on September 12. It turned more toward the north, and passed east of Bermuda on September 15. It was last observed on September 19.

Hurricane Four

Category 1 hurricane (SSHWS)

Duration	September 30 – October 6
Peak intensity	80 mph (130 km/h) (1-min);

A tropical storm formed on September 30 to the southwest of the Cape Verde islands. It tracked northwestward for several days, reaching hurricane status on October 3. Two days later it curved to the northeast, and the hurricane was last observed on October 6 near the Azores.

Hurricane Five

Category 1 hurricane (SSHWS)

Duration	October 22 – October 27
Peak intensity	80 mph (130 km/h) (1-min);

In the southern Gulf of Mexico, a tropical storm developed on October 22. It crossed Florida as a 60 mph (97 km/h) tropical storm, and hit South Carolina as a minimal hurricane. It caused 4-8 inches of rain in the Norfolk area.

References

Landsea, C. W. (2004). "The Atlantic hurricane database re-analysis project: Documentation for the 1851–1910 alterations and additions to the HURDAT database". In Murname, R. J.; Liu, K.-B. (ed.). Hurricanes and Typhoons: Past, Present and Future. New York: Columbia University Press. pp. 177–221. ISBN 0-231-12388-4. {{cite book}}: Invalid |display-authors=1 (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: editors list (link)
Partagas, J.F. and H.F. Diaz, 1995b "A Reconstruction of Historical Tropical Cyclone Frequency in the Atlantic from Documentary and other Historical Sources : 1851-1880 Part II: 1871-1880" Climate Diagnostics Center, NOAA, Boulder, CO
Hurricane Research Division (2008). "Documentation of Atlantic Tropical Cyclones Changes in HURDAT". National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Retrieved 2011-03-14.
^ Hurricane Research Division (2008). "Easy to Read HURDAT". National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Retrieved January 23, 2010.
David Roth and Hugh Cobb. "Virginia Hurricane History". National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Archived from the original on January 8, 2008. Retrieved January 14, 2008. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

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