1945 Atlantic hurricane season

1945 Atlantic hurricane season
Season summary map
Seasonal boundaries
First system formed	June 20, 1945
Last system dissipated	October 13, 1945
Strongest storm
Name	Nine
• Maximum winds	130 mph (215 km/h) (1-minute sustained)
• Lowest pressure	949 mbar (hPa; 28.02 inHg)
Seasonal statistics
Total depressions	16
Total storms	11
Hurricanes	5
Major hurricanes (Cat. 3+)	2
Total fatalities	36
Total damage	At least $82.85 million (1945 USD)
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The 1945 Atlantic hurricane season produced multiple landfalling tropical cyclones. It officially began on June 16 and lasted until October 31, dates delimiting the period when a majority of storms were perceived to form in the Atlantic Ocean.^[1] A total of 11 systems were documented, including a late-season cyclone retroactively added a decade later. Five of the eleven systems intensified into hurricanes, and two further attained their peaks as major hurricanes. Activity began with the formation of a tropical storm in the Caribbean on June 20, which then made landfalls in Florida and North Carolina at hurricane intensity, causing one death and at least $75,000 in damage. In late August, a Category 3 hurricane on the modern-day Saffir–Simpson hurricane wind scale struck the Texas coastline, with 3 deaths and $20.1 million in damage. The most powerful hurricane of the season, reaching Category 4 intensity, wrought severe damage throughout the Bahamas and East Coast of the United States, namely Florida, in mid-September; 26 people were killed and damage reached $60 million. A hurricane moved ashore the coastline of Belize in early October, causing one death, while the final cyclone of the year resulted in 5 deaths and $2 million in damage across Cuba and the Bahamas two weeks later. Overall, 36 people were killed and damage reached at least $82.85 million.