1888 Atlantic hurricane season

1888 Atlantic hurricane season
1888 Atlantic hurricane season
	Season summary map
Seasonal boundaries
First system formed	June 16, 1888
Last system dissipated	November 25, 1888
Strongest storm
Name	Three
• Maximum winds	125 mph (205 km/h); (1-minute sustained)
• Lowest pressure	945 mbar (hPa; 27.91 inHg)
Seasonal statistics
Total storms	9
Hurricanes	6
Major hurricanes; (Cat. 3+)	2
Total fatalities	924
Total damage	$2.7 million (1888 USD)
	Atlantic hurricane seasons; 1886, 1887, 1888, 1889, 1890

The 1888 Atlantic hurricane season was significantly less active compared to the previous season, with two tropical storms, four hurricanes, and two major hurricanes. However, in the absence of modern satellites and other remote-sensing technologies, only storms that affected populated land areas or encountered ships at sea are known, 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]

^ Landsea, C. W. (2004). "The Atlantic hurricane database re-analysis project: Documentation for the 1851–1910 alterations and additions to the HURDAT database". In Murname, R. J.; Liu, K.-B. (eds.). Hurricanes and Typhoons: Past, Present and Future. New York: Columbia University Press. pp. 177–221. ISBN 978-0-231-12388-4.

[1] Landsea, C. W. (2004). "The Atlantic hurricane database re-analysis project: Documentation for the 1851–1910 alterations and additions to the HURDAT database". In Murname, R. J.; Liu, K.-B. (eds.). Hurricanes and Typhoons: Past, Present and Future. New York: Columbia University Press. pp. 177–221. ISBN 978-0-231-12388-4.

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