Atlantic hurricane season 1935

The 1935 hurricane season officially began on June 1, 1935 and ended on November 30, 1935. These dates usually demarcate the period of each year when most tropical cyclones form in the Atlantic Ocean , the Caribbean and the Gulf of Mexico .

The 1935 season was not very active, but it was extremely eventful. A Category 1 hurricane in the West Indies killed an estimated 2,150 people in the Greater Antilles and Central America . A Category 3 storm hit central Cuba and grazed Miami . An extra-tropical hurricane hit Newfoundland .

By far the most notable storm of the season was Labor Day hurricane , which landed in the Florida Keys on September 2nd. The storm was first discovered as a fault east of the Bahamas . He got stronger very quickly as he pulled down Florida Street. It came at Long Key in the Upper Keys as a small but intense Category 5 hurricane . A pressure of 892 millibars was measured near the point where the center crossed the islands. This pressure level makes the Labor Day hurricane the most intense that ever hit the US. It is ranked third among the most intense Atlantic hurricanes according to lowest pressure and is only behind Hurricane Gilbert of 1988, which did not hit the USA, and Wilma of 2005.

After crossing the Keys, he advanced to the west coast of Florida and brought torrential rains along his way. The storm saw land on the rural Apalachean coast for the last time. It moved inland and then turned to the sea and dissolved in the North Atlantic . More than 400 people were killed in the Keys and the damage in the shore area was absolute. Parts of the Florida East Coast Railway in the Upper Keys were totally destroyed. The hurricane washed an evacuation train off the rails , killing many waiting to be rescued, such as World War I veterans living in the Keys who were part of a government legal aid project.