1927 Atlantic hurricane season

Infobox hurricane season | name=1927 Atlantic hurricane season
first storm formed=Aug. 19, 1927
last storm dissipated=Nov. 3, 1927
strongest storm=#1, 4 - 105 knots (120 mph)
total storms=7
major storms=2
total da

total fatalities=184
basin=Atlantic hurricane
five seasons=1925, 1926, 1927, 1928, 1929 The 1927 Atlantic hurricane season ran through the summer and the first half of fall in 1927. The season was relatively inactive. There were seven tropical cyclones that formed during the season; four became hurricanes; two became major hurricanes. The first storm of the season was also the strongest and most notable. It became a Category 3 early in its life and was one for a long time (more than two days). It then became a strong extratropical cyclone as it headed up the east coast of the U.S. striking Nova Scotia causing heavy damage and 184 deaths. The other major hurricane produced gusty winds on Bermuda. The only cyclone to strike the U.S. that year was a tropical storm that made landfall in South Carolina.

torms

Hurricane One

infobox hurricane small
name=Hurricane One
category=cat3
type=hurricane

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formed=August 19
dissipated=August 24
highest winds=120 mph (195 km/h)
lowest pressure=Pressure unknownThe first storm of the season was the most notable. It was the tropical inception of the Great August Gale that caused heavy damage to Atlantic Canada. It formed in the deep tropics in mid August and quickly strengthened into a hurricane, eventually attaining winds of convert|120|mi/h|km/h|abbr=on. The storm moved northwest toward the American mid-Atlantic coast. It was a major hurricane for two and a half days before becoming extratropical on August 24 and recurving to the northeast. It struck Yarmouth, Nova Scotia with convert|105|mi/h|km/h|abbr=on sustained winds, raking all the way up through Newfoundland. The storm killed 184 people and caused over one million dollars in damages.

Hurricane Two

infobox hurricane small
name=Hurricane Two
category=cat2
type=hurricane

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formed=September 1
dissipated=September 10
highest winds=105 mph (170 km/h)
lowest pressure=Pressure unknownStorm Two was a Cape Verde-type hurricane that spent its entire life over the open ocean. It formed off Dakar in early September and moved nearly due west for an entire week with a slight northward grade. It became a hurricane on September 7 and eventually became a Category 2 storm with convert|105|mi/h|km/h|abbr=on sustained winds. Shortly after reaching its peak intensity on September 9, it recurved to the north-northeast and became extratropical.

Hurricane Three

infobox hurricane small
name=Hurricane Three
category=cat1
type=hurricane

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formed=September 22
dissipated=September 29
highest winds=80 mph (130 km/h)
lowest pressure=Pressure unknownThe third hurricane of the season was very similar to 1998's Hurricane Lisa in that it moved nearly due north across the central Atlantic for most of its existence and was a tropical storm until the very end of its life. Storm Three moved slowly for the first five days while moving on a more northwesterly track. On September 28 it sped up and turned straight north. It became a hurricane the next day but would lose its identity that evening.

Hurricane Four

infobox hurricane small
name=Hurricane Four
category=cat3
type=hurricane

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formed=September 23
dissipated=September 29
highest winds=120 mph (195 km/h)
lowest pressure=Pressure unknownThe only other major hurricane of the season, this one formed shortly after Storm Three in the same general area between the Cape Verde Islands and the Windward Islands. It moved northwestward in the direction Bermuda and strengthened. It became a hurricane the day after forming. Storm Four became a major hurricane with convert|120|mi/h|km/h|abbr=on sustained winds as it recurved away from Bermuda, which briefly received gale-force winds. The storm slowly weakened over cooler waters and became extratropical on September 29 while just south of the Grand Banks.

Tropical Storm Five

infobox hurricane small
name=Tropical Storm Five
category=storm
type=tropical storm

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formed=October 1
dissipated=October 4
highest winds=60 mph (95 km/h)
lowest pressure=Pressure unknownThe only cyclone to strike the United States in 1927, Storm Five formed near the central Bahamas on the first day of October and moved generally northwest, reaching its peak intensity of convert|60|mi/h|km/h|abbr=on on the afternoon of the 2nd. It made landfall at that intensity near Beaufort, South Carolina the next day and very slowly weakened inland. The storm recurved over the Carolinas and dissipated over northern Virginia. No damage was reported.

Tropical Storm Six

infobox hurricane small
name=Tropical Storm Six
category=storm
type=tropical storm

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formed=October 17
dissipated=October 19
highest winds=45 mph (70 km/h)
lowest pressure=Pressure unknownThe sixth storm of the season formed in the western Caribbean on October 17 and moved due east, an odd track for Atlantic storms prior to recurvature. It clipped the Cayman Islands and turned northeastward into southeast Cuba with winds no higher than convert|45|mi/h|km/h|abbr=on. Heavy rains caused some crop damage but little else of consequence. The storm quickly exited Cuba and passed over the Bahamas before dissipating over the western Atlantic.

Tropical Storm Seven

infobox hurricane small
name=Tropical Storm Seven
category=storm
type=tropical storm

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formed=October 30
dissipated=November 3
highest winds=45 mph (70 km/h)
lowest pressure=Pressure unknownLittle is written about the last storm of the season. According to the Best Track data, it formed near the Cayman Islands in late October, moving up through central Cuba on Halloween night with sustained winds of only convert|45|mi/h|km/h|abbr=on. It then passed through the Bahamas slight weaker and turned more northward. It became extratropical on November 3.

ee also

*List of tropical cyclones
*List of Atlantic hurricane seasons

External links

* [http://www.aoml.noaa.gov/general/lib/lib1/nhclib/mwreviews/1927.pdf Monthly Weather Review]