Hurricane Isabel was the strongest Atlantic hurricane since Mitch,and the deadliest,costliest,and most intense tropical cyclone in the 2003 Atlantic hurricane season. Hurricane Isabel was also the strongest hurricane in the open waters of the Atlantic,both by wind speed and central pressure,before being surpassed by hurricanes Irma and Dorian in 2017 and 2019,respectively. The ninth named storm,fifth hurricane,and second major hurricane of the season,Isabel formed near the Cape Verde Islands from a tropical wave on September 6,in the tropical Atlantic Ocean. It moved northwestward,and within an environment of light wind shear and warm waters,it steadily strengthened to reach peak winds of 165 mph (266 km/h) on September 11. After fluctuating in intensity for four days,during which it displayed annular characteristics,Isabel gradually weakened and made landfall on the Outer Banks of North Carolina,with winds of 105 mph (169 km/h) on September 18. Isabel quickly weakened over land and became extratropical over western Pennsylvania on the next day. On September 20,the extratropical remnants of Isabel were absorbed into another system over Eastern Canada.
Hurricane Opal was a large and powerful tropical cyclone that caused severe and extensive damage along the northern Gulf Coast of the United States in October 1995. The fifteenth named storm,ninth hurricane and strongest tropical cyclone of the unusually active 1995 Atlantic hurricane season,Opal developed from the interaction of a tropical wave and a low-pressure area near the Yucatán Peninsula on September 27 as Tropical Depression Seventeen. The depression crossed the Yucatán Peninsula and intensified into a tropical storm on September 30. Opal intensified into a hurricane on October 2 after entering the Gulf of Mexico. The cyclone turned northeastward and strengthened significantly. By October 4,Opal was an intense 150 mph (240 km/h),Category 4 hurricane. With a minimum pressure of 916 millibars,Hurricane Opal was the most intense category 4 Atlantic hurricane on record. However,the cyclone abruptly weakened to a low-end Category 3 hurricane prior to making landfall on the Florida Panhandle near Pensacola later that day. The storm quickly unraveled as it moved inland and became extratropical on October 5. The remnants of Opal moved northward and dissipated over Ontario the following day.
Hurricane Rita was the most intense tropical cyclone on record in the Gulf of Mexico and the fourth-most intense Atlantic hurricane ever recorded. Part of the record-breaking 2005 Atlantic hurricane season,which included three of the ten most intense Atlantic hurricanes in terms of barometric pressure ever recorded,Rita was the seventeenth named storm,tenth hurricane,and fifth major hurricane of the 2005 season. It was also the earliest-forming 17th named storm in the Atlantic until Tropical Storm Rene in 2020. Rita formed near The Bahamas from a tropical wave on September 18,2005,that originally developed off the coast of West Africa. It moved westward,and after passing through the Florida Straits,Rita entered an environment of abnormally warm waters. Moving west-northwest,it rapidly intensified to reach peak winds of 180 mph (285 km/h),achieving Category 5 status on September 21. However,it weakened to a Category 3 hurricane before making landfall in Johnson's Bayou,Louisiana,between Sabine Pass,Texas and Holly Beach,Louisiana,with winds of 115 mph (185 km/h). Rapidly weakening over land,Rita degenerated into a large low-pressure area over the lower Mississippi Valley by September 26.
Tropical Storm Tammy was a short-lived tropical cyclone that affected the East Coast of the United States in October 2005. The 19th named storm of the 2005 Atlantic hurricane season,Tammy formed on October 5 off the east coast of Florida from the interaction of a tropical wave and a trough. After strengthening to a peak intensity of 50 mph (85 km),the storm made landfall in northeastern Florida. Tammy moved into the U.S. state of Georgia,degenerating into a remnant low pressure area,which was absorbed by an extratropical cyclone over the eastern Gulf of Mexico. Tammy and its remnants contributed to ten fatalities.
Hurricane Gustav was a Category 2 hurricane that paralleled the East Coast of the United States in September 2002 during the 2002 Atlantic hurricane season. It was the seventh named storm and first hurricane of the season. Initially a subtropical depression north of the Bahamas,Gustav passed just to the east of the Outer Banks,North Carolina as a tropical storm before traveling northeastward,making two landfalls in Atlantic Canada as a Category 1 hurricane. The storm was responsible for one death and $100,000 in damage,mostly in North Carolina. The interaction between Gustav and a non-tropical system produced strong winds that caused an additional $240,000 (2002 USD) in damage in New England,but this damage was not directly attributed to the hurricane.
Tropical Storm Bill was a tropical storm that affected the Gulf Coast of the United States in the summer of 2003. The second storm of the 2003 Atlantic hurricane season,Bill developed from a tropical wave on June 29 to the north of the Yucatán Peninsula. It slowly organized as it moved northward,and reached a peak of 60 miles per hour (97 km/h) shortly before making landfall in south-central Louisiana. Bill quickly weakened over land,and as it accelerated to the northeast,moisture from the storm,combined with cold air from an approaching cold front,produced an outbreak of 34 tornadoes. Bill became extratropical on July 2,and was absorbed by the cold front later that day.
Hurricane Humberto was a Category 1 hurricane that formed and intensified faster than any other North Atlantic tropical cyclone on record,before landfall. The eighth named storm and third hurricane of the 2007 Atlantic hurricane season,Humberto developed on September 12,2007,in the northwestern Gulf of Mexico. The tropical cyclone rapidly strengthened and struck High Island,Texas,with winds of about 90 mph (140 km/h) early on September 13. It steadily weakened after moving ashore,and on September 14,Humberto began dissipating over northwestern Georgia as it interacted with an approaching cold front.
Hurricane Hermine was the first hurricane to make landfall in Florida since Hurricane Wilma in 2005,and the first to develop in the Gulf of Mexico since Hurricane Ingrid in 2013. The ninth tropical depression,eighth named storm,and fourth hurricane of the 2016 Atlantic hurricane season,Hermine developed in the Florida Straits on August 28 from a long-tracked tropical wave. The precursor system dropped heavy rainfall in portions of the Caribbean,especially the Dominican Republic and Cuba. In the former,the storm damaged more than 200 homes and displaced over 1,000 people. Although some areas of Cuba recorded more than 12 in (300 mm) of rain,the precipitation was generally beneficial due to a severe drought. After being designated on August 29,Hermine shifted northeastwards due to a trough over Georgia and steadily intensified into an 80 mph (130 km/h) Category 1 hurricane just before making landfall in the Florida Panhandle during September 2. After moving inland,Hermine quickly weakened and transitioned into an extratropical cyclone on September 3 near the Outer Banks of North Carolina. The remnant system meandered offshore the Northeastern United States before dissipating over southeastern Massachusetts on September 8.
Hurricane Michael was a powerful and destructive tropical cyclone that became the first Category 5 hurricane to make landfall in the contiguous United States since Andrew in 1992. It was the third-most intense Atlantic hurricane to make landfall in the contiguous United States in terms of pressure,behind the 1935 Labor Day hurricane and Hurricane Camille in 1969. Michael was the first Category 5 hurricane on record to impact the Florida Panhandle,the fourth-strongest landfalling hurricane in the contiguous United States in terms of wind speed,and the most intense hurricane on record to strike the United States in the month of October.
Hurricane Sally was a destructive and slow-moving tropical cyclone that was the first hurricane to make landfall in the U.S. state of Alabama since Ivan in 2004,coincidentally on the same date in the same place. The eighteenth named storm and seventh hurricane of the extremely active 2020 Atlantic hurricane season,Sally developed from an area of disturbed weather which was first monitored over the Bahamas on September 10. The system grew a broad area of low-pressure on September 11,and was designated as a tropical depression late that day. Early the next day,the depression made landfall at Key Biscayne and subsequently strengthened into Tropical Storm Sally that afternoon. Moderate northwesterly shear prevented significant intensification for the first two days,but convection continued to grow towards the center and Sally slowly intensified. On September 14,a center reformation into the center of the convection occurred,and data from a hurricane hunter reconnaissance aircraft showed that Sally had rapidly intensified into a strong Category 1 hurricane. However,an increase in wind shear and upwelling of colder waters halted the intensification and Sally weakened slightly on September 15 before turning slowly northeastward. Despite this increase in wind shear,it unexpectedly re-intensified,reaching Category 2 status early on September 16 before making landfall at peak intensity at 09:45 UTC on September 16,near Gulf Shores,Alabama,with maximum sustained winds of 110 mph (180 km/h) and a minimum central pressure of 965 millibars (28.5 inHg). The storm rapidly weakened after landfall before transitioning into an extratropical low at 12:00 UTC the next day. Sally's remnants lasted for another day as they moved off the coast of the Southeastern United States before being absorbed into another extratropical storm on September 18.
Hurricane Zeta was a late-season tropical cyclone in 2020 that made landfall on the Yucatán Peninsula and then in southeastern Louisiana,the latest on record to do so at such strength in the United States. Zeta was the record-tying sixth hurricane of the year to make landfall in the United States. The twenty-seventh named storm,twelfth hurricane and fifth major hurricane of the extremely active 2020 Atlantic hurricane season,Zeta formed from a broad area of low pressure that formed in the western Caribbean Sea on October 19. After battling wind shear,the quasi-stationary low organized into Tropical Depression Twenty-Eight on October 24. The system strengthened into Tropical Storm Zeta early on October 25 before becoming a hurricane the next day as it began to move northwestward. Hurricane Zeta made landfall on the Yucatán Peninsula late on October 26 and weakened while inland to a tropical storm,before moving off the northern coast of the peninsula on October 27. After weakening due to dry air entrainment,Zeta reorganized and became a hurricane again,and eventually a Category 2 hurricane,as it turned northeastward approaching the United States Gulf Coast on October 28. It continued to strengthen until it reached its peak intensity as a major Category 3 hurricane with 115-mile-per-hour (185 km/h) sustained winds and a minimum pressure of 970 mbar (28.64 inHg) as it made landfall at Cocodrie,Louisiana,that evening. Zeta continued on through Mississippi and parts of Alabama with hurricane-force winds. Zeta gradually weakened as it accelerated northeastward,and became post-tropical on October 29,as it moved through central Virginia,dissipating shortly afterwards off the coast of New Jersey. After bringing accumulating snow to parts of New England,the extratropical low-pressure system carrying Zeta's remnant energy impacted the United Kingdom on November 1 and 2.
Tropical Storm Melissa was a nor'easter and a short-lived tropical cyclone that affected portions of the East Coast of the United States and Atlantic Canada in October 2019. The fourteenth depression and thirteenth named storm of the 2019 Atlantic hurricane season,Melissa originated from a cold front that developed over the southwestern Atlantic on October 6. The system developed tropical storm-force winds on October 8,before becoming a nor'easter on the next day. The system then began to organize,and was designated as Subtropical Storm Melissa on October 11. Melissa was then upgraded into a tropical storm,the following day. However,the storm soon began to disorganize and transition into an extratropical low by October 14,before dissipating later that same day.
Hurricane Helene was a deadly and devastating tropical cyclone that caused widespread catastrophic damage and numerous fatalities across the Southeastern United States in late September 2024. It was the strongest hurricane on record to strike the Big Bend region of Florida,the deadliest Atlantic hurricane since Maria in 2017,and the deadliest to strike the mainland U.S. since Katrina in 2005.
Hurricane Helene brought destructive effects to Florida. The eighth named storm,fifth hurricane and second major hurricane of the 2024 Atlantic hurricane season,Helene made landfall in Florida on September 26,bringing destructive effects across the state. Across Florida,Helene brought destructive winds and historic storm surge.
