Each season was an ongoing event in the annual cycle of tropical cyclone formation in the Atlantic basin.
[3] The storm dismasted the brig Eliza sailing from Savannah to New York, causing the loss of two lives from those swept overboard.
On October 31, a hurricane struck Jamaica before moving onward to Cuba and the southwest Atlantic.
A lighthouse begun in 1795 on Wreck Hill was abandoned after this storm, as it was then determined to be an unsuitable site (from Beware the Hurricane.)
It continued through Jamaica, moved northward, and eventually hit England later in the month.
A hurricane hit near the Chesapeake Bay on August 29, causing at least one death.
A minimal hurricane right on its heels of the prior one hit near New Bern, North Carolina on August 31 and September 1.
During August 18 and 19, a hurricane was noted east of Bermuda, sinking the ship Alexander.
It moved west-northwestward across western Puerto Rico and Turks Island on September 4.
Later in the season, a major hurricane moved northwestward across the Western Atlantic to the north of Puerto Rico.
The storm brought heavy snow across the Northeast, in some areas up to 2–3 feet, and killed 8 people.
[19][20] Between July 27 and August 1, a hurricane tracked through the southwest Atlantic east of Bermuda.
[21] On September 30, a hurricane struck Mantanzas, Cuba then moved northward into Maine by October 3.
As it moved offshore Georgia, coastal flooding occurred on Jekyll Island on August 22.
Charleston, South Carolina experienced heavy rains and high winds which uprooted trees.
The hurricane hit the southern North Carolina coast on August 23 and led to 42 deaths.
It moved out to sea, disrupting British and French ships involved in the Napoleonic Wars.
[26] A tropical storm caused damage in Vera Cruz, Mexico on September 8.
[28][29] On September 15, a hurricane hit northeast Florida, destroying several houses but leading to no deaths.
It crossed Puerto Rico from Humacao in the east to Aguadilla in the west and later continued to the Dominican Republic and Cuba.
[37] A minimal hurricane hit the Outer Banks on September 12, damaging the lighthouse there.