List of Category 1 Atlantic hurricanes


A Category 1 Atlantic hurricane is an Atlantic hurricane that reaches category 1 strength, which is the lowest hurricane classification on the Saffir–Simpson scale. When a storm's wind speed is between, it is classified as a Category 1. Since records began in 1851, 358 tropical cyclones have peaked at this intensity.

Background

Since HURDAT began in 1851, all tropical cyclones of at least tropical storm intensity were tracked by the National Hurricane Center. In 1971, the Saffir–Simpson scale was devised by Herbert Saffir and Robert Simpson. Category 1 was designed as the lowest hurricane category on the scale.

Systems

1850s

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Other systems

In 1996, the Lake Huron cyclone formed over the Great Lakes, and became a Category 1 equivalent subtropical cyclone at its peak.

Michael Chenoweth

A climate researcher: Michael Chenoweth has suggested that the following systems were Category 1 hurricane's on the Saffir-Simpson hurricane wind scale:

Landfalls

NameYearCategory 1Tropical stormTropical depression
Abby1968Florida
Brenda1968Florida
Dolly1968Florida
Gladys1968Florida
Martha1969Panama
Alma1970Cuba, Florida
Beth1971Nova Scotia
Fern1971TexasLouisiana
Irene1971Nicaragua
Agnes1972FloridaNew York
Dawn1972Florida
Alice1973Nova Scotia, Newfoundland
Brenda1973Yucatan Peninsula, Campeche
Blanche1975Nova Scotia
Babe1977Louisiana
Cora1978Grenada
Bob1979Louisiana
Dennis1981Cuba, Florida
Katrina1981Cuba
Barry1983Northern MexicoFlorida
Klaus1984Puerto Rico-
Bob1985South CarolinaFlorida
Danny1985Louisiana
Juan1985LouisianaFlorida
Bonnie1986Texas
Charley1986North Carolina
Debby1988Mexico
Florence1988Louisiana
Chantal1989Texas
Jerry1989Texas
"Perfect Storm"1991Nova ScotiaPrince Edward Island
Gordon1994Jamaica, Cuba, Florida Florida
Allison1995Florida
Cesar1996NicaraguaColombia
Dolly1996Quintana Roo and Tamaulipas
Danny1997Louisiana and Alabama
Debby2000Barbuda, Saint Barthélemy and Virgin Gorda
Gordon2000FloridaQuintana Roo
Gabrielle2001Florida
Karen2001Nova Scotia
Kyle2002South Carolina and North Carolina
Claudette2003TexasQuintana Roo
Erika2003Tamaulipas
Gaston2004South Carolina
Cindy2005LouisianaMississippi
Stan2005VeracruzQuintana Roo
Vince2005Spain
Ernesto2006Cuba, Florida and North Carolina
Humberto2007Texas
Lorenzo2007Veracruz
Noel2007Haiti, Cuba and New Providence
Hanna2008Middle Caicos Island, South Carolina-North Carolina border, New York and Connecticut
Kyle2008Nova Scotia
Maria2011Newfoundland
Nate2011Veracruz
Isaac2012LouisianaHaiti, Cuba
Ingrid2013Tamaulipas
Bertha2014Turks and Caicos Islands
Fay2014Bermuda
Alex2016Azores
Earl2016BelizeVeracruz
Hermine2016Florida
Franklin2017VeracruzQuintana Roo
Nate2017Louisiana and MississippiNicaragua
Barry2019Louisiana
Hanna2020Texas
Isaias2020Andros Island and North CarolinaDominican Republic
Nana2020Belize
Gamma2020Quintana RooYucatán
Elsa2021Cuba, Florida, New York and Rhode Island
Henri2021Rhode Island
Nicholas2021Texas
Julia2022NicaraguaVenezuela, Colombia
Lisa2022Belize
Nicole2022Grand Bahama and FloridaGreat Abaco Island
Debby2024FloridaSouth CarolinaCuba
Oscar2024Great Inagua and Cuba
Imelda2025Abaco Islands