Season Summary
| Storm name |
Dates active | Storm category
at peak intensity |
Max wind (mph) |
Min. press. (mbar) |
Landfall(s) | Damage (millions USD) |
Deaths | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Where | When | Wind
(mph) |
||||||||
| Arlene | May 6 – May 9 | Tropical storm | 60 | 999 | Cuba | May 8 | 35 | |||
| Eleuthera Island, Bahamas | May 8 | 35 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Bret | June 29 – July 1 | Tropical storm | 70 | 996 | Eastern Shore of Virginia | July 1 | 60 | 0 | 0 | |
| Cindy | August 2 – August 5 | Tropical storm | 60 | 1002 | none | 0 | 0 | |||
| Dennis | August 8 – August 22 | Category 1 hurricane | 80 | 995 | Cuba | August 16 | 40 | |||
| Florida | August 18 | 40 | 15 | 0 | ||||||
| Emily | August 31 – September 12 | Category 1 hurricane | 90 | 966 | none | 0 | 0 | |||
| Floyd | September 3 – September 12 | Category 3 hurricane | 115 | 975 | none | 0 | 0 | |||
| Gert | September 7 – September 15 | Category 2 hurricane | 105 | 988 | Puerto Rico | September 8 | 60 | 0 | 0 | |
| Harvey | September 11 – September 20 | Category 4 hurricane | 135 | 946 | none | 0 | 0 | |||
| Irene | September 21 – October 3 | Category 3 hurricane | 120 | 959 | none | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jose | October 29 – November 2 | Tropical storm | 50 | 998 | none | 0 | 0 | |||
| Katrina | November 3 – November 7 | Category 1 hurricane | 85 | 980 | Cuba | November 6 | 65 | |||
| Eleuthera Island, Bahamas | November 6 | 50 | 0 | 2 | ||||||
| Three | November 12 – November 17 | Subtropical storm | 70 | 978 | none | 0 | 0 | |||
| Season Aggregates | ||||||||||
| 12 cyclones | May 6 -November 17 |
135 | 946 | 8 landfalls | 15 | 2 | ||||
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