[nb 1] However, in the absence of modern satellites and other remote-sensing technologies, only storms that affected populated land areas or encountered ships at sea are known, so the actual total could be higher.

[2] The first system was initially detected over the northwestern Gulf of Mexico on June 16, while the ninth and final storm transitioned into an extratropical cyclone offshore North Carolina on November 25.

More recently, a 2014 reanalysis study by climate researcher Michael Chenoweth recommended the removal of the second storm and the addition of six cyclones not currently listed in HURDAT, but these proposals have not yet been approved.

Later, the season's seventh system drowned nine people at Cedar Key, Florida, and the ninth and final storm resulted in sixteen deaths, fifteen due to maritime incidents.

[1] Neither meteorologists José Fernández-Partagás and Henry F. Diaz in 1996 nor the Atlantic hurricane reanalysis project in the early 21st century added or removed any previously undocumented storms from HURDAT, though both modified the tracks of several cyclones.

[3] However, a more recent reanalysis by climate researcher Michael Chenoweth, published in 2014, adds six storms and removes one – the second system – for a net gain of five cyclones,[4] although these proposed changes have yet to be approved for inclusion to HURDAT.

[5] Chenoweth's study utilizes a more extensive collection of newspapers and ship logs, as well as late 19th century weather maps for the first time, in comparison to previous reanalysis projects.

Peaking with maximum sustained winds of 125 mph (205 km/h) and a minimum atmospheric pressure of 945 mbar (27.9 inHg), the storm made landfall in the Turks and Caicos Islands, the Bahamas, Florida, and Louisiana at hurricane intensity and moved across the Eastern United States before becoming extratropical offshore New England on August 22.

A storm that later peaked with an equal maximum sustained wind formed on August 31 and struck the Turks and Caicos Island, the Bahamas, Cuba, and Mexico at hurricane intensity in early September.

[1] The first cyclone of the season existed by 00:00 UTC on June 16 in the northwestern Gulf of Mexico, based on Brownsville, Texas, recording sustained winds of 28 mph (45 km/h).

Centered about 200 mi (320 km) southeast of Galveston Island on July 16, the cyclone moved west-northwestward and quickly strengthened, becoming a hurricane several hours later.

[12] Based on a 1993 reanalysis led by meteorologist C. J. Neumann,[7] the second tropical storm of the season originated about 200 mi (320 km) east of the mouth of the Rio Grande, on the Texas–Mexico border.

In this area, a shower of pebbles, each ranging from 1⁄8–1⁄4 in (3.2–6.3 mm) in diameter and irregularly shaped, was reported to have occurred,[14] possibly due to a tornado or waterspout that touched down at an unknown distance from Palestine.

As it approached southeast Florida, the storm strengthened into the equivalence of a Category 3 major hurricane, peaking with winds of 125 mph (205 km/h) and a barometric pressure of 945 mbar (27.9 inHg) by 12:00 UTC on August 16.

[5] Chenoweth proposed few significant changes to this storm, other than more dramatic weakening over the interior of the United States; however, he downgraded it to Category 1 at landfall on South Florida, owing to a lack of reliable firsthand data sources.

[17] Rainfall in New Orleans totaled 7.9 in (201 mm) over a 12-hour period, and winds in the city reached an estimated 90 mph (145 km/h),[19] unroofing many buildings, felling numerous trees, and blowing down fences.

Weakening to a Category 1 hurricane by early on the following day, the system turned southwestward over Cuba and remained over land until emerging into the Yucatán Channel several hours later.

[5] A reanalysis study by Chenoweth argued that this cyclone actually developed as a tropical depression near the Cabo Verde Islands on August 25 and later may have clipped the north coast of the Yucatán Peninsula instead of moving across it.

[4] Although the storm remained well north of Puerto Rico, heavy rainfall caused flooding that killed more than 100 people, 30 of them in Ponce after the Portugués River overflowed.

[25] In Havana, few public buildings escaped damage and massive trees felled, with some being blown several blocks away, while downed street lamps left most of the city dark.

[27] Based on a 1993 reanalysis led by meteorologist C. J. Neumann,[7] the official track begins on September 6 about 110 mi (175 km) north of Turks and Caicos Islands.

[5] Despite the system moving over land, it peaked with winds of 60 mph (95 km/h) early on September 9 while passing near Cedar Key,[5] which observed a barometric pressure of 999 mbar (29.5 inHg).

[4] Across the Southeastern United States, the storm deposited heavy rainfall from Florida through southern Virginia, including a peak total of 11.70 in (297 mm) in Greenwood, South Carolina.

By early on September 26, the system intensified into a hurricane with sustained winds of 80 mph (130 km/h),[5] based on Nantucket, Massachusetts, recording a barometric pressure of 985 mbar (29.1 inHg).

The hurricane then reached peak intensity early on October 11 with winds of 110 mph (175 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 970 mbar (29 inHg) around the time it struck just north of Cedar Key, Florida,[5] based on local storm surge observations.

Continuing to weaken after reaching the Atlantic, the system fell to tropical storm intensity prior to making another landfall near present-day Oak Island, North Carolina.

The storm re-emerged into the Atlantic east of Elizabeth City early on October 12 and continued northeastward until curving east-northeastward near the eastern tip of Long Island, New York.

After initially moving northwestward, the storm turned northward, striking or passing near Saint Lucia, Martinique, Dominica, and Guadeloupe throughout that day and into November 2.

The storm was last noted late on November 8 roughly 600 mi (965 km) southeast of Cape Race, Newfoundland,[5] due to likely being absorbed by an extratropical system.

[5] Chenoweth's reanalysis study argued that the storm turned sharply eastward on November 20 while south of Bermuda, remaining far from the East Coast of the United States.