Worst 20th Century Atlantic Hurricanes
YEAR DEATHS SOLAR ECLIPSE JUPT-URAN CONJ SAT IN SAG
1900 6000 MAY 28 7 GE 1900 1898-1900
1909 350 JUN 17 26 GE
1915 275 AUG 10 17 LE 1914
1919 500 MAY 29 7 GE
1928 1836 JUN 17 26 GE 1927 1927-9
1935 408 JUN 30 8 CN
1938 600 MAY 29 8 GE 1941
1954 60 JUN 30 8 CN
1955 184 JUN 20 28 GE 1955
1957 390 OCT 23 0 SC 1957-8
1960 50 SEP 20 28 VI
1965 75 MAY 30 9 GE
1969 256 SEP 11 19 VI 1969
1972 122 JUL 10 19 CN
1979 AUG 22 29 LE
1980 AUG 10 18 LE
1983 JUN 11 20 GE 1983 1985-7
1988 SEP 11 19 VI
1989 AUG 31 8 VI
1992 JUN 30 9 CA
1998 AUG 22 29 LE
To this list we add:
1940 50 OCT 1 8 LI 1941
1985 * MAY 19 28 TA 1985-7
* 1985 saw the most storms to strike the US coast since 1916,
with 36 total deaths; the greatest damage for a single storm,
and the first November storm to make land fall in 50 years.