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Politics : Liberalism: Do You Agree We've Had Enough of It?
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To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (185473)10/5/2015 1:49:56 PM
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The most intense hurricane to hit the US (lowest central pressure on initial US landfall) was the 1935 Labor Day hurricane. Out of the top 10, 1 (Katrina) was in the 21st century and only 2 (Katrina and Andrew) were post 1990. 4 were before 1930, despite the fact that in the earlier days of the country the pressure wouldn't have been measured so they wouldn't be on the list. While barometers existed as far back as the 1600s a practical aneroid recording baromiter wasn't invented until 1844. I don't know when barometers were deployed across the US to a great enough extent to catch a strong majority of hurricanes but I'd guess it would be post Civil War, maybe late 19th century.

From 1880 onwards the number of hurricanes in the top 10 in US history for each decades (decade not listed if zero)

1880's - 1
1910's - 1
1920's - 2
1930's - 1
1960's - 3
1990's - 1
2000's - 1

There where more top ten hurricanes in the 17 years from 1919 to 1935 and also more in the 9 years from 1961 to 1969 then there has been in the 46 years from 1970 to 2015. *

Most intense landfalling U.S. hurricanes
Intensity is measured solely by central pressure Rank Hurricane Season Landfall pressure
"Labor Day" 1935 892 mbar ( hPa)
Camille 1969 900 mbar (hPa)
Katrina 2005 920 mbar (hPa)
Andrew 1992 922 mbar (hPa)
"Indianola" 1886 925 mbar (hPa)
"Florida Keys" 1919 927 mbar (hPa)
"Okeechobee" 1928 929 mbar (hPa)
"Great Miami" 1926 930 mbar (hPa)
Donna 1960 930 mbar (hPa)
Carla 1961 931 mbar (hPa)
from en.wikipedia.org

*Year totals edited to add one year to each since the ranges are inclusive. For example 1961 to 1969 includes both end years so its 9 years not 8.
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