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Storm 2 of 1896 1896

Category 3 hurricane · Atlantic · August 30 to September 10, 1896

Storm 2 of 1896's 80 mph landfall in Massachusetts on September 10, 1896 ranks tied for the third-strongest of the 11 storms with a landfall record there. The storm generated 27% of the season's accumulated cyclone energy, more than any other 1896 storm. The storm's winds climbed 60 mph in the 24 hours to August 31.

Track of Storm 2 of 1896 from the best-track record, coloured by strength20°N30°N40°N90°W80°W70°W60°W50°WMayagüezFort-de-FranceNassauMassachusetts, 80 mphPeak 115 mphFirst recordNot tropicalTropical stormCategory 1Category 2Category 300 and 12 UTCLandfall

Strength over time

Maximum sustained wind of Storm 2 of 1896 over time, in mphTSCat 1Cat 2Cat 3Cat 404080120Aug 31Sep 2Sep 4Sep 6Sep 8Sep 10mph
  1. First record (tropical storm) 60 miles north of Bridgetown, Saint Michael, Barbados
  2. Hurricane 30 miles south of Roseau, Saint George, Dominica
  3. Major hurricane 40 miles south of Nassau, the Bahamas
  4. Peak, 115 mph 40 miles south of Nassau, the Bahamas; lowest pressure 956 mb
  5. Landfall Massachusetts
  6. No longer tropical (extratropical low) 40 miles north-northeast of Salem, Massachusetts
  7. Last record 65 miles north of Bangor, Maine

Against every Atlantic storm since 1851

Peak sustained wind115 mph · tied 281st of 1,98830 mph190 mph
Lowest central pressure956 mb · tied 225th of 1,277882 mb1016 mb
Accumulated cyclone energy36.3 · 56th of 1,7520.173.6
Days as a tropical or subtropical cyclone11.5 days · tied 163rd of 1,9880.0 days31.8 days

In the 1896 season

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Storm 2 of 7 in 1896, hurricane 2 of 6; it formed after Storm 1 of 1896 and before Storm 3 of 1896. This storm ranks second by peak wind in the season. 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
Mayagüez, Puerto Rico2 mi90 mphSeptember 1
Ponce, Puerto Rico5 mi100 mphSeptember 1
Nassau, the Bahamas8 mi115 mphSeptember 5
Fort-de-France, Martinique, France9 mi70 mphAugust 30
Samaná, the Dominican Republic10 mi100 mphSeptember 2
New Bedford, Massachusetts15 mi70 mphSeptember 10
Puerto Plata, the Dominican Republic16 mi100 mphSeptember 2
Nagua, María Trinidad Sánchez, the Dominican Republic17 mi100 mphSeptember 2

Every storm within 50 miles of Mayagüez, Puerto Rico

Similar landfalls in Massachusetts

Storms whose strongest landfall record in Massachusetts came closest to this one's 80 mph:

  • Storm 6 of 188880 mph, September 26, 1888
  • Storm 2 of 187980 mph, August 19, 1879
  • Storm 11 of 188070 mph, October 23, 1880
  • Esther (1961)60 mph, September 26, 1961

All 11 storms with a landfall record in Massachusetts

Also peaked at 115 mph

Of 64 storms from other Atlantic seasons, the nearest in time:

  • Storm 3 of 1894948 mb, no landfall record
  • Storm 4 of 1893952 mb, landfall in New York
  • Storm 7 of 1886no pressure recorded, no landfall record
  • Storm 2 of 1884957 mb, no landfall record