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
Abby1968—Florida —
Brenda1968——Florida
Dolly1968——Florida
Gladys1968Florida——
Martha1969—Panama—
Alma1970——Cuba, Florida
Beth1971Nova Scotia——
Fern1971Texas—Louisiana
Irene1971Nicaragua——
Agnes1972FloridaNew York—
Dawn1972——Florida
Alice1973—Nova Scotia, Newfoundland—
Brenda1973—Yucatan Peninsula, Campeche—
Blanche1975Nova Scotia——
Babe1977Louisiana——
Cora1978—Grenada—
Bob1979Louisiana——
Dennis1981—Cuba, Florida—
Katrina1981Cuba——
Barry1983Northern Mexico—Florida
Klaus1984—Puerto Rico—-
Bob1985South CarolinaFlorida—
Danny1985Louisiana——
Juan1985LouisianaFlorida—
Bonnie1986Texas——
Charley1986North Carolina——
Debby1988Mexico——
Florence1988—Louisiana—
Chantal1989Texas——
Jerry1989Texas——
"Perfect Storm"1991—Nova ScotiaPrince Edward Island
Gordon1994—Jamaica, Cuba, Florida Florida
Allison1995—Florida—
Cesar1996NicaraguaColombia—
Dolly1996Quintana Roo and Tamaulipas——
Danny1997Louisiana and Alabama——
Debby2000Barbuda, Saint Barthélemy and Virgin Gorda——
Gordon2000—FloridaQuintana Roo
Gabrielle2001—Florida—
Karen2001—Nova Scotia—
Kyle2002—South Carolina and North Carolina—
Claudette2003TexasQuintana Roo—
Erika2003Tamaulipas——
Gaston2004South Carolina——
Cindy2005LouisianaMississippi—
Stan2005VeracruzQuintana Roo—
Vince2005——Spain
Ernesto2006—Cuba, Florida and North Carolina—
Humberto2007Texas——
Lorenzo2007Veracruz——
Noel2007—Haiti, Cuba and New Providence—
Hanna2008—Middle Caicos Island, South Carolina-North Carolina border, New York and Connecticut—
Kyle2008Nova Scotia——
Maria2011—Newfoundland—
Nate2011—Veracruz—
Isaac2012LouisianaHaiti, Cuba—
Ingrid2013—Tamaulipas—
Bertha2014—Turks and Caicos Islands—
Fay2014Bermuda——
Alex2016—Azores—
Earl2016BelizeVeracruz—
Hermine2016Florida——
Franklin2017VeracruzQuintana Roo—
Nate2017Louisiana and MississippiNicaragua—
Barry2019Louisiana——
Hanna2020Texas——
Isaias2020Andros Island and North CarolinaDominican Republic—
Nana2020Belize——
Gamma2020Quintana Roo—Yucatán
Elsa2021—Cuba, Florida, New York and Rhode Island—
Henri2021—Rhode Island—
Nicholas2021Texas——
Julia2022Nicaragua—Venezuela, Colombia
Lisa2022Belize——
Nicole2022Grand Bahama and FloridaGreat Abaco Island—
Debby2024FloridaSouth CarolinaCuba
Oscar2024Great Inagua and Cuba——
Imelda2025—Abaco Islands—