1874 Atlantic hurricane season

1874 Atlantic hurricane season
Season summary map
Seasonal boundaries
First system formed	July 2, 1874
Last system dissipated	November 4, 1874
Strongest storm
Name	Seven
• Maximum winds	100 mph (155 km/h) (1-minute sustained)
Seasonal statistics
Total depressions	7
Total storms	7
Hurricanes	4
Total fatalities	1
Total damage	Unknown
Atlantic hurricane seasons 1872, 1873, 1874, 1875, 1876

The 1874 Atlantic hurricane season was a relatively inactive one, in which seven tropical cyclones developed. Four storms intensified into hurricanes, but none attained major hurricane (Category 3+) status. However, in the absence of modern satellite and other remote-sensing technologies, only storms that affected populated land areas or encountered ships at sea were recorded, so the actual total could be higher. An undercount bias of zero to six tropical cyclones per year between 1851 and 1885 and zero to four per year between 1886 and 1910 has been estimated.^[1]

The first storm of the season developed on July 2, and the final storm was last sighted on November 4, while situated just to the north of the Bahamas. Most of the systems directly impacted land. A tropical storm that developed in the Bay of Campeche during the month of September destroyed the Brazos Santiago lighthouse.^[2] in the state of Texas. The sixth storm of the season, and also the third hurricane, made landfall in Florida as a Category 1 hurricane before making a second landfall in South Carolina at the same intensity. The seventh, final, and strongest system of the season developed in the Caribbean on the last day of October, and made landfall in Jamaica as a Category 2 hurricane before weakening to a tropical storm by the time it made a second landfall in Eastern Cuba. The storm was last sighted to the north of the Bahamas on November 4, as a Category 1 hurricane.