1889 Atlantic hurricane season

1889 Atlantic hurricane season
1889 Atlantic hurricane season
	Season summary map
Seasonal boundaries
First system formed	May 16, 1889
Last system dissipated	October 7, 1889
Strongest storm
Name	Six
• Maximum winds	110 mph (175 km/h); (1-minute sustained)
Seasonal statistics
Total storms	9
Hurricanes	6
Major hurricanes; (Cat. 3+)	0
Total fatalities	40
Total damage	Unknown
	Atlantic hurricane seasons; 1887, 1888, 1889, 1890, 1891

The 1889 Atlantic hurricane season was a relatively quiet season, with nine tropical storms and six hurricanes and no major hurricanes. However, due to scarce technology and the fact that only storms that affected populated land or ships were recorded, 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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