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Storm 1 of 1900 1900

Category 4 hurricane · Atlantic · August 27 to September 11, 1900

Storm 1 of 1900's best track runs 7,937 miles from first to last position, the fifth-longest path in the Atlantic database. No other storm of the 1900 Atlantic season matched the storm's 145 mph peak; the season had 7 storms. The storm came ashore in Texas as a Category 4 hurricane on September 9, 1900, with 140 mph winds.

Track of Storm 1 of 1900 from the best-track record, coloured by strength20°N30°N40°N50°N60°N100°W90°W80°W70°W60°W50°W40°W30°WSanta ClaraBayamoWacoTexas, 140 mphPeak 145 mphFirst recordNot tropicalDepressionTropical stormCategory 1Category 2Category 3Category 400 and 12 UTCLandfall

Strength over time

Maximum sustained wind of Storm 1 of 1900 over time, in mphTSCat 1Cat 2Cat 3Cat 4Cat 504080120160Aug 28Aug 30Sep 1Sep 3Sep 5Sep 7Sep 9Sep 11Sep 13Sep 15mph
  1. First record (tropical storm) 1,090 miles northeast of Paramaribo, Suriname
  2. Hurricane 90 miles west of Key West, Florida
  3. Major hurricane 250 miles south of Pensacola, Florida
  4. Peak 175 miles south-southeast of Houma, Louisiana; lowest pressure 936 mb
  5. Landfall Texas
  6. No longer tropical (extratropical low) 35 miles north of Ottumwa, Iowa
  7. Last record far out at sea, at 60.0°N, 28.0°W

Against every Atlantic storm since 1851

Peak sustained wind145 mph · tied 85th of 1,98830 mph190 mph
Lowest central pressure936 mb · 90th of 1,277882 mb1016 mb
Accumulated cyclone energy22.5 · 196th of 1,7520.173.6
Days as a tropical or subtropical cyclone15.2 days · tied 34th of 1,9880.0 days31.8 days

In the 1900 season

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Storm 1 of 7 in 1900, hurricane 1 of 3; it formed before Storm 2 of 1900. This storm produced 27% of the season's accumulated cyclone energy. See the season.

Places the center passed

The center came within 50 miles of at least 8 towns or cities of 10,000 people or more while the system was tropical. Distances are to the interpolated track line, not the storm's edge.

PlaceClosestWind thenDate
Azua, the Dominican Republic1 mi45 mphSeptember 2
Saint John's, Antigua and Barbuda2 mi50 mphAugust 30
Sancti Spíritus, Cuba2 mi40 mphSeptember 4
Baní, Peravia, the Dominican Republic2 mi45 mphSeptember 2
Bayamo, Granma, Cuba4 mi40 mphSeptember 3
Comendador, Elias Pina, the Dominican Republic4 mi40 mphSeptember 2
Waco, Texas4 mi70 mphSeptember 9
Santa Clara, Villa Clara, Cuba5 mi40 mphSeptember 5

Every storm within 50 miles of Santa Clara, Villa Clara, Cuba

Similar landfalls in Texas

Storms whose strongest landfall record in Texas came closest to this one's 140 mph:

All 95 storms with a landfall record in Texas

Also peaked at 145 mph

Of 24 storms from other Atlantic seasons, the nearest in time:

  • Storm 2 of 1915940 mb, landfall in Texas
  • Storm 6 of 1915931 mb, landfall in Louisiana
  • Storm 9 of 1932943 mb, no landfall record
  • Storm 13 of 1944937 mb, landfall in Florida