1810 Atlantic hurricane season

Tropical Storm One

On July 30 and July 31, this

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affected

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Hurricane Two

On August 12 a hurricane hit

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, causing heavy damage. The system apparently moved to

by the 15th.The Deadliest Atlantic Tropical Cyclones, 1492–1996
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Tropical Storm Three

A tropical storm hit near

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between September 11 and September 13, causing minor damage.

Hurricane Four

A hurricane strikes eastern

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on September 28.

Hurricane Five

The "Salty Storm" strikes Cuba on October 24 and 25th before continuing onward into the southwest

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. The pressure at

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1811 Atlantic hurricane season

Hurricane One

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, a city in Brazil on the mouth of the Amazon River, on June 7, 1811, saw an intense hurricane with damage to the city being minor as a localized weather event kept the damage to Portuguese military installations.

Hurricane Two

A minimal hurricane that struck Cuba continued onward to Charleston, South Carolina on September 10, causing many deaths, tornadoes, and crop damage as it moved across the state.

Hurricane Three

On October 4 a major hurricane hit near

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. Many homes were destroyed, and 35 people drowned in the sinking of a U.S. gunboat.

Hurricane Four

On October 11 a hurricane strikes Pensacola, Florida and Fort Stoddard,

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Hurricane Five

A hurricane moved through the western Caribbean west of

between October 20 and October 25. On October 26, a Spanish ship is lost at Elliot Key from a hurricane.

1812 Atlantic hurricane season

Tropical Storm One

Between June 5 and June 11, a tropical storm moved through the northwest

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Tropical Storm Two

A tropical storm struck

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on July 23.

Tropical Storm Three

On August 8, a tropical storm moved into

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Hurricane Four

The Great Louisiana hurricane of 1812

A tropical storm was sighted east of

on August 14. By August 19, it struck southeast

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as a major hurricane after raking the Caribbean Islands. It passed just to the west of New Orleans, almost destroying the levee north of town. The hurricane caused severe flooding, damaged 53 boats, caused $6,000,000 in damage, and 100 deaths. The British fleet in the

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was disrupted.

Hurricane Five

There is record of another hurricane affecting

on August 21.

Hurricane Six

A hurricane impacted northeast coastal

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and lower coastal

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on October 1. The storm was apparently either stationary for a few days, or performed a loop at sea, as hurricane conditions were reported again on October 5 in the same general areas.

Hurricane Seven

Later in the season, a hurricane hit

on October 12, affecting the island into the 14th. It continued northwestward and struck

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shortly afterwards. Later that day, the hurricane hit

before moving into the southwest

east of

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by October 17. It destroyed 500 houses and many ships.

1813 Atlantic hurricane season

Hurricane One

July 22–29. On 22 July, a hurricane hit

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, killing 18. It continued through the Antilles, affecting

on the July 23, causing more damage and deaths along its path. A major hurricane, probably this same storm, struck the

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on July 26 and recurved west of

by July 29.

Hurricane Two

July 29-August 1. A hurricane moved through the

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on July 29 and then struck

during July 31 and August 1 leading to many lives lost. The hurricane moved into Belize on August 3.

Hurricane Three

August 3–7. A hurricane strikes nearby

with the severest weather occurring on August 4 and 5. It ranks the most powerful hurricane to affect the island since 1793 and forced the construction of a breakwater to prevent a similar harbor disaster from recurring; the "violent gale" drove ashore more than 30 ships. Winds were estimated at during the passage of the hurricane.

Hurricane Four

August 24–29. A storm affected the Caicos islands on August 24 and moved northwest as a compact major hurricane to strike near

on August 27, causing many deaths due to drowning. The storm passed northward through the Mid-Atlantic States by August 29.

Hurricane Five

August 25–28. A powerful hurricane hit

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and

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beginning August 25, causing 3,000 deaths. The hurricane moved south of Jamaica, bringing wind to the island on August 28.

Hurricane Six

A major hurricane hit northeast

or southeast

on 16 September, causing strong storm surge and 50 casualties.

Hurricane Seven

A hurricane hit

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on September 24, 1813.

1814 Atlantic hurricane season

Hurricane One

A minimal hurricane hit

on July 1, causing 1 tornado.

Hurricane Two

A hurricane struck

and

between July 22 and July 24.

Hurricane Three

A hurricane affected

for four days around October 10. USS Wasp probably lost in hurricane.

1815 Atlantic hurricane season

Hurricane One

July 27-August 10. A hurricane was reported on August 9 in the Gulf Stream offshore of the Mid-Atlantic and New England states at latitude 40, longitude -60. It is suspected that (as the renamed USS ''Epervier'') foundered in the storm, on its return voyage from the Mediterranean with news of the United States Naval victory over the Dey of Algiers in the

Second Barbary War The Second Barbary War, also known as the U.S.–Algerian War and the Algerine War, was a brief military conflict between the United States and the North African state of Algiers in 1815. Piracy had been rampant along the North African "Barb ...

Hurricane Two

A hurricane impacted

on August 30.

Hurricane Three

August 26-September 5. Cape Lookout, North Carolina was hit by a major hurricane on September 3. It moved northeastward across the state, reaching the Atlantic Ocean near

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. It weakened over land to a tropical storm, but still brought gusty winds to

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. It caused at least 4 deaths.

Hurricane Four

A hurricane struck

on September 15.

Hurricane Five

September 16–23. A major hurricane was located off the coast of

Virginia Virginia, officially the Commonwealth of Virginia, is a U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern and Mid-Atlantic (United States), Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States between the East Coast of the United States ...

moving northward. It hit

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on September 23, causing damage and destruction throughout New England. At least 20 deaths occurred, though "The loss of life was so heavy that the newspapers did not have space enough to give all the details of the marine disasters."

Tropical Storm Six

A tropical storm was located off the coast of South Carolina on September 28, but did not make landfall.

Hurricane Seven

October 18–22. From October 17 until October 19

was hit by a hurricane. It drifted over the island causing 100 deaths. It later moved on to the Turks and Caicos Islands on October 22.

Hurricane Eight

A minimal hurricane hit

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on October 18. It turned northwestward, and moved up the Chesapeake Bay on October 24, delaying ships' arrivals.

1816 Atlantic hurricane season

Records from ship logs have determined both 1815 and 1816 were active hurricane seasons, with at least 12 tropical cyclones ascribed to 1816 alone. This is some evidence that a northward-displaced

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appears to be partially responsible for the increased

tropical cyclone A tropical cyclone is a rapidly rotating storm system with a low-pressure area, a closed low-level atmospheric circulation, strong winds, and a spiral arrangement of thunderstorms that produce heavy rain and squalls. Depending on its locat ...

activity in 1816, which was the famed

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Hurricane One

June 5–8. A hurricane brushed the

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, causing the loss of five ships. It appears to have been lured northward by an unusual June snowstorm across New England.

Hurricane Two

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, around Port-au-Prince, was struck by a hurricane on August 18.

Hurricane Three

, eastern

, and

were lashed by a hurricane between September 3 and September 11.

Tropical Storm Four

A tropical storm affected

on September 18 before moving northeast into New York. The tropical storm caused heavy flooding in the

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area.

Hurricane Five

There is record of a hurricane moving by

and

hurricane
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on September 18. The cyclone then recurved between the United States East coast and Bermuda by September 25.

Hurricane Six

On October 16–17, a severe gale was experienced in

and

. During the storm, an earthquake shook the region.

1817 Atlantic hurricane season

Hurricane One

A hurricane was first observed near

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on August 1 before continuing through the

and the

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by August 6. It crossed over Florida, and when it reached the western

, it paralleled the coastlines of Georgia and

. It moved inland over southern

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, and brought heavy rain to the

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area, delaying mail delivery and causing flooding through the mid-Atlantic as it moved northward into Pennsylvania by August 9. Its track appears similar to that of

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of August 2004.

Hurricane Two

and

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were struck by a hurricane on October 21, causing 250 deaths as it moved through the

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. The hurricane subsequently moved into

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by October 26.

1818 Atlantic hurricane season

Hurricane One

A hurricane passed through the central Atlantic east of

to south and east of the

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between August 26 and September 5. It reportedly silted at Hamilton Harbor on

. (from Beware the Hurricane)

Hurricane Two

A hurricane passed by the

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in early September. It crossed the

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, and turned northwest when it reached the

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. The hurricane intensified to a Category 2–3 before hitting

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on September 12 and continuing onward to

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. The hurricane was "quite severe", destroying all but six houses on

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Hurricane Three

A hurricane seriously affected

on September 22. It possibly recurved sharply offshore the Eastern Seaboard; the frigate ''Macedonian'' encountered a hurricane on 26/27 September east-northeast of Bermuda. The breeze freshened that afternoon as the ship lay near 35.6N 55.7W. By sunset, waves increased to , and southeast gales lashed the system after midnight on the 27 September. Winds continued to increase into that afternoon, as seas increased to . One man fell overboard by 5 pm and drowned. The hurricane reached its full violence by 10 pm, splitting the storm

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s and making the

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useless. The main mast cracked under the strain by 2 am on 28 September, and the mizzenmast followed suit by 4 am. Seawater poured into the ship from all sides, as the wooden hull twisted under the force of the waves. The ship finally cleared the storm without capsizing by noon, and her crew again saw sunset on the evening of September 29.

Hurricane Four

A hurricane on October 12–14 affected

and the central

Hurricane Five

Between November 6 and November 13, another hurricane moved across the southwest

into

and

. A hurricane struck Jamaica on 18–20 November.

1819 Atlantic hurricane season

Hurricane One

The Bay St. Louis Hurricane of 1819 July 24–30. The exact origin of this hurricane is unknown, but it likely formed off the coast of

before heading on a west-northwest track towards the

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. A small hurricane, it reached an estimated Category 3–4 strength before making landfall on July 27 in southeastern

, bringing heavy winds and a 5–6 ft

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. The hurricane continued northeastward, making a second landfall in Bay St. Louis, Mississippi before dissipating inland. Known as one of the most destructive hurricanes to affect the United States during the first half of the 19th century, the Bay St. Louis Hurricane caused severe damage across

, and

, leaving behind the remains of shattered buildings and uprooted trees. Several vessels (from small boats to 60-ton brigs) were driven ashore by the hurricane's

. One of them was the capsizing of the U.S. warship '' USS Firebrand'', drowning 39 sailors. Several U.S. soldiers were caught off guard by the hurricane and perished in its midst. There were also reports of people being attacked by

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s, and

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s, which further added to the death toll. The hurricane caused over $100,000 (1819 US dollars) in damage, and killed between 43 and 175 people, some of them later found washed up across the Gulf Coast.

Hurricane Two

The San Mateo Hurricane of 1819 September 19–26. A hurricane San Mateo tracked through the northeast

and southwest of

starting on September 19. During September 21 and 22, this hurricane hit the

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and

, causing heavy damage and loss of life. In Saint Tomas about 101 ships were sunk. In Puerto Rico, the hurricane destroyed most of the houses in the towns and most of the crops in the fields.

Tropical Storm Three

September. A tropical storm hit between

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and Apalachicola in September, with heavy rainfall well inland.

Hurricane Four

October 13–15. A hurricane passed through the

during October 13 to 15.

Hurricane Five

October 27–29. A

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is recorded to have struck

on October 27 before moving onward to the

on October 28.Reassessment of Historical Atlantic Basin Tropical Cyclone Activity 1700-1855 (2006), M Chenoweth, Final Storm #259 In the aftermath of the 1815 Great Gale, the concept of a hurricane as a "moving vortex" was presented by

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, Hollis Professor of Mathematics and Natural Philosophy at Harvard University in an 1819 paper. He was the first known to conclude that a hurricane "appears to have been a moving vortex and not the rushing forward of a great body of the atmosphere".

References

Books

*David Longshore. "Bay St. Louis Hurricane." ''Encyclopedia of Hurricanes, Typhoons and Cyclones''. David Longshore. New York: Facts on File, 1998, p. 33–34. *Terry Tucker. ''Beware the Hurricane! The Story of the Gyratory Tropical Storms That Have Struck Bermuda''. Bermuda: Hamilton Press, 1966, p. 77–87.

External links

* http://www.treasurelore.com/florida/hurricanes.htm * https://web.archive.org/web/20091212091250/http://www.sephardim.org/jamaica/main.html * http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/pastdeadly.shtml * http://myweb.fsu.edu/jelsner/temp/HHITProject/HHITyears/ * http://www.candoo.com/genresources/hurricane.htm {{DEFAULTSORT:1810-1819 Atlantic Hurricane Seasons 1810s

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References

Books

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