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Posts by Michael Ferragamo

Thank you! The ones that stand out to me are FOUR 1903 (which is the Mid-Atlantic’s only hurricane landfall), TEN 1869 & GERDA 1969 (both made landfall in Maine exactly 100 years apart!), and definitely SEVEN 1898, which struck Georgia as a Category 4. Lots of cool stuff in a map like this!

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After months, I was finally able to combine both my hurricane landfall and return period datasets for the U.S. into one massive infographic.

I absolutely love this. What an insane map to look at!

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We now have a Category 4 landfall on the Cape York Peninsula of #Australia. It actually appears Cyclone #NARELLE tightened up slightly prior to landfall.

This 120 kt (140 mph) landfall makes NARELLE the strongest on record to strike the Cape York Peninsula.

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Close-ups of the Gulf, Carribean, and East Coast regions:

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It's finally done, I can't believe it. After months, I have finally plotted every single Atlantic hurricane landfall on record.

There are approximately 1,167 hurricane landfalls listed. This is so unreal to look at.

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Haha you read my mind. It’s up now!

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It's finally done. Over 3 days of hand-plotting 173 years' worth of data. The end result is unbelievable.

What an incredible dataset to look at.

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Two really interesting (at least to me) plots of motion vectors for all landfalling New England hurricanes.

As geography and wind patterns permit, a NE motion is most common, with only two storms (1938 and 1896) exhibiting slight westward motions. Super cool data here!

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On November 25th, 2016, after making landfall as a Category 3, Hurricane OTTO survived the crossover from Atlantic to Pacific Basins, the first storm to do so since CESAR-DOUGLAS 1996.

OTTO was the southernmost landfalling hurricane in Central America history, beating Hurricane IRENE-OLIVIA 1971.

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On November 20th, 1985, Hurricane KATE reached peak intensity before coming the latest landfalling hurricane in US history.

It was the first hurricane to strike the FL Panhandle since ELOISE 1975, and the most recent November hurricane landfall in Florida until NICOLE 2022.

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Another hurricane season, and another miss for New England.

BOB 1991 was the last hurricane to strike New England. The last major hurricane was CAROL 1954. The region is overdue in both categories by decades.

Luck will run out eventually. 33 years and counting...

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Incredible “bomb cyclone” off the west coast of North America this evening.

Textbook definition of a powerhouse cyclone. WOW!

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