Tropical cyclone

1935 Labor Day hurricane

2 Sep 1935 · 24.92° N, 80.63° W

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When
2 Sep 1935
Kind
Tropical cyclone
Coordinates
24.92° N, 80.63° W

Placed at the coordinates of the event it links, 1935 Labor Day hurricane.

Summary

1935 Labor Day hurricane: The strongest hurricane ever to strike the United States landfalls in the Upper Florida Keys as a Category 5 storm with 185 mph winds, killing 423.

1935 Labor Day hurricane

Category 5 Atlantic hurricane in 1935

The 1935 Labor Day hurricane was an extremely powerful and devastating Atlantic hurricane that struck the southeastern United States in early September 1935. For several decades, it was the most intense Atlantic hurricane on record in terms of barometric pressure, 1-minute sustained winds, and the strongest at landfall by 1-minute sustained winds.

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