Atlantic hurricane season 1961

Atlantic hurricane season 1961

All the storms of the season
Formation of the first storm	20th of July
Dissolution of the last storm	November 11th
Strongest storm	Hattie - 920  hPa  ( mbar ), 140  kn  (260  km / h )
Storms	11
Hurricanes	8th
Severe hurricanes ( Cat. 3+ )	7th
Total number of victims	345
Total damage	$ 392 million   (1961)
Atlantic hurricane seasons 1959 , 1960 , 1961 , 1962 , 1963

The 1961 Atlantic hurricane season officially began on June 1 and ended on November 30. While a total of eight cyclones were counted this season, there were seven strong hurricanes ( category 3+), the second highest number recorded so far. 1961 was the second of just five seasons in which two or more category five hurricanes formed (the others were 1960 , 2005 , 2007, and 2017 ).

The best known and most powerful hurricanes were the two Category 5 hurricanes Carla , which hit Texas and killed 49 people and caused damage of US $ 325 million (1961), and Hattie , which devastated Belize and killed 200 people there, and Belize City largely destroyed. That was a reason to move the capital there to Belmopan in 1970 .

Route from Debbie

Hurricane Debbie , assigned to level 3, swings as a tropical cyclone towards Ireland , where it subsides into a severe storm above the sea and moves on to the northeast. The Irish weather station on Malin Head recorded its highest wind speed to date on September 16, 1961. The storm killed 11 people in Ireland and caused severe damage in the UK.

Storm names

During the 1961 Atlantic hurricane season, the following storm names were used. Frances, Hattie, Inga and Jenny were first used to name a hurricane, tropical storms were not given a name at the time.

Anna Betsy Carla Debbie Esther Frances Gerda

Hattie Inga Jenny Kara Laurie Martha Netty

Orva Peggy Rhoda Sadie Tanya Virgy Wenda

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