1938 New England hurricane
Appearance
Category 5 major hurricane (SSHWS/NWS) | |
![]() Weather map from September 21, 1938 featuring the storm | |
Formed | September 10, 1938 |
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Dissipated | September 22, 1938 |
Highest winds | 1-minute sustained: 160 mph (260 km/h) |
Lowest pressure | 938 mbar (hPa); 27.7 inHg |
Fatalities | 682 to 800 direct |
Damage | $306 million (1938 USD) |
Areas affected | Bahamas, New Jersey, New York, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, Vermont, New Hampshire, Maine, southwestern Quebec |
Part of the 1938 Atlantic hurricane season |
The 1938 New England Hurricane was an extremely damaging and highly deadly Atlantic tropical cyclone which struck Long Island, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont with strong winds of Category 4 hurricane level. The hurricane did not curve out to sea like hurricanes usually do. The 1938 storm caused over 300 million in property damage (1938 USD) and killed between 682 and 800 people. Tropical cyclones were not given human names at the time, so the 1938 storm had a number instead.
Categories:
- Hurricanes in the United States
- 1938 in the United States
- September events
- 20th century in the Bahamas
- 20th century in New Jersey
- 1930s in New York (state)
- 20th century in Connecticut
- 20th century in Rhode Island
- 20th century in Massachusetts
- History of Vermont
- 20th century in New Hampshire
- 20th century in Maine
- 1938 in Canada
- Category 5 Atlantic hurricanes
- Deadly storms