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.