[15] A building high pressure area turned the hurricane westward in the Gulf of Mexico,[10] and after further strengthening the storm attained peak winds of 110 mph (180 km/h) on July 5.

It turned to the west-southwest and made landfall in northeastern Mexico on July 7 with winds of 100 mph (160 km/h), about halfway between Tampico and the Mexico/United States border.

The extratropical system moved slowly through northern Louisiana, turned to the northeast, and dissipated over northeastern Arkansas near Memphis, Tennessee.

[10][17] While passing near Jamaica, the storm dropped heavy rainfall, including 9 inches (230 mm) in Kingston which led to flooding and washouts.

[19] Prior to the arrival of the storm in Texas, numerous coastal residents boarded up their houses and businesses and voluntarily evacuated further inland.

[20] In eastern Texas and western Louisiana, the system dropped very heavy precipitation, which in places reached accumulations exceeding 20 inches (510 mm).

The torrential rainfall also resulted in overflowing rivers; numerous highways, roads, and railroads were either impassable or closed, with some locations experiencing water depths of up to 20 feet (6.1 m).

Located to the southeast of Antigua, it tracked west-northwestward and strengthened, attaining hurricane status over the Leeward Islands; it passed near Saba and St. Thomas with winds of 85 mph (137 km/h).

[24] The hurricane caused the drowning of one person in the Bahamas, and moderate winds produced severe structural damage to the buildings in the archipelago.

On August 23, the storm made landfall on the Outer Banks of North Carolina as a Category 1 hurricane and continued to quickly weaken as it moved inland, away from its energy source.

[11] The hurricane caused damage ranging from moderate to severe in the corridor between North Carolina and New Jersey, due to high tides and strong winds.

[10] This tide is notable as the one that separated Ocean City, MD from Assateague & Chincoteague Islands and allowed for the current harbor and inlet to the Atlantic as well as destroying the only rail bridge to the town, which was never rebuilt.

[11] On Trinidad, rainfall from this storm and a subsequent tropical depression were the heaviest in nine years, which caused rivers to overflow and flooded parts of the island.

Hurricane warnings were issued for the eastern Florida coastline, and 3,000 people were evacuated around Lake Okeechobee to safer areas.

[43] In southeastern Florida, the strong winds broke many glass windows and downed trees and power lines; severe house damage was reported near the landfall location.

The hurricane's powerful winds also severely damaged crops, including 4 million boxes of citrus fruit across the state.

[45] After moving through the Outer Banks, the system accelerated to the northeast and became extratropical on September 18 about halfway between Cape Cod and the southern tip of Nova Scotia.

[10] Strong winds from the hurricane downed trees and power lines in southeastern North Carolina, causing damage to many houses.

[46] On September 10, as Hurricane Twelve was intensifying over the waters of the Atlantic Ocean, another area of disturbed weather developed into a tropical storm over the western Caribbean Sea off the coast of Guatemala.

On the next day, the hurricane made landfall on the Mexican state of Quintana Roo, and the system weakened to a tropical storm as it moved northwestward across the Yucatán Peninsula.

[48] On the other side of the Caribbean Sea, what would become the second Category 5 hurricane of the season, and the 14th tropical storm of the year, was first observed on September 16 to the east of the southern Leeward Islands.

The hurricane weakened slightly over the Yucatán Peninsula, but then re-strengthened over the Gulf of Mexico to reach a second peak intensity of 110 mph (180 km/h) on September 24.

Most of the deaths occurred from flood waters, which were 10 to 15 feet (3.0 to 4.6 m) deep and covered the entire city;[51] many bodies were washed out to sea, and were never recovered.

[53] The strong winds downed numerous power lines, leaving the entire city in blackout, and destroyed two large water towers.

It paralleled the Nova Scotia coast, turned to the east-southeast, and lost its tropical characteristics on October 9 over the open north Atlantic Ocean.

[55] In Cuba, people boarded up numerous buildings, and emergency workers assisted authorities in spreading the word about the impending storm; residents in vulnerable areas evacuated to shelters on higher ground.

The hurricane's powerful winds destroyed several houses in Camagüey, and heavy rainfall overflowed numerous rivers in low-lying districts.

On October 29, it strengthened into a hurricane near Jamaica and reached peak winds of 90 mph (140 km/h) before striking the western portion of the island.

[67] In Atlantic Canada, the former tropical storm produced winds of 52 mph (84 km/h) in Nova Scotia, along with heavy rainfall of 2.3 in (58 mm) in Amherst.

Winds were strong enough to knock down telephone and telegraph lines, mainly due to fallen trees which also covered roads and damaged houses.