[nb 1] A few days after the first storm developed, the Haiti hurricane, formed near the southern Windward Islands on August 7.

Several islands of the Greater and Lesser Antilles suffered "great destruction", especially Guadeloupe and Puerto Rico.

Shortly thereafter, the hurricane made landfall as a slightly weaker storm near Fort Pierce, Florida, at 07:00 UTC on August 8.

Once inland, the system continued to weaken, degenerating to tropical depression strength before transitioning into an extratropical storm later that day.

[4] In its early developmental stages north of the Greater Antilles, the storm disrupted shipping routes through the Bahamas and generated rough seas offshore Cuba.

[5][6] At its first landfall on Fort Pierce, the hurricane caused property damage in several areas, particularly in coastal regions, where numerous homes were unroofed.

[10] At the hurricane's second landfall, wind damage was relatively minor, though torrential rainfall, aided by orthographic lift, caused extensive flooding as far north as the Mid-Atlantic states.

After striking the Tiburon Peninsula of Haiti, the cyclone began weakening and fell to tropical storm intensity on August 12.

A Seaboard Air Line Railroad station was destroyed in Boca Grande, while signs, trees, and telephone poles were knocked down in Sarasota.

[15] The storm contributed to flooding onset by the previous hurricane, with rainfall peaking at 13.5 in (340 mm) in Caesars Head, South Carolina.

The system deteriorated after crossing the peninsula and entering the Bay of Campeche early on September 6 as a weak tropical storm.

The depression strengthened into a tropical storm later that day, shortly before passing south of the Cape Verde Islands.

[3] Around midday on September 13, the storm strengthened into a Category 5 hurricane, based on the anemometer at San Juan observing sustained winds of 160 mph (260 km/h).

About six hours later, the system made landfall in Puerto Rico; it was the only recorded tropical cyclone to strike the island as a Category 5.

[21] Early on September 17, the storm made landfall near West Palm Beach, Florida, with winds of 145 mph (233 km/h).

The storm surge caused water to pour out of the southern edge of the lake, flooding hundreds of square miles as high as 20 feet (6.1 m) above ground.

Numerous houses and buildings were swept away in the cities of Belle Glade, Canal Point, Chosen, Pahokee, and South Bay.

It curved north-northeastward and briefly re-emerged into the Atlantic on September 18, but soon made another landfall near Edisto Island, South Carolina, with winds of 85 mph (137 km/h).

Upon turning northward on September 10,[4] the system attained its peak intensity as a strong tropical storm with maximum sustained winds of 70 mph (110 km/h) and a high minimum barometric pressure of 1,015 mbar (30.0 inHg), both of which were measured by ships.

[3] Shortly thereafter, it began losing tropical characteristics and transitioned into an extratropical cyclone later that day while located about 700 mi (1,100 km) south-southeast of Cape Race, Newfoundland and Labrador.

[3] A low pressure area previously associated with a frontal system developed into a tropical depression near Bermuda on September 22.

[3] The final cyclone of the season developed about 740 mi (1,190 km) west-northwest of the easternmost islands of Cape Verde on October 10.