Atlantic hurricane seasons 1492–1600

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The years 1492 through 1600 represented the hurricane seasons 1492–1600 . While data is not available for every storm that has occurred, some parts of the coastline were populated enough to record data on individual hurricane events. Each season was an ongoing event in the annual cycle of tropical cyclones in the Atlantic basin. Most tropical cyclones form between June 1st and November 30th.

Data prior to the arrival of Europeans in 1492 are not available because written records of such weather events did not exist in the pre-Columbian era and the records that may have existed are long lost. Nonetheless, studies of sedimentary deposits in Florida have revealed that severe hurricanes hit the region thousands of years ago. Even data from the early years of the Colombian era are in doubt because the distinction between a tropical cyclone and an extra-tropical complex was not made by the scientists and sailors of the Renaissance . In addition, the European conquest and colonization of the region, which was affected by hurricanes, did not begin before the middle of the 16th century and thus the coast was too sparsely populated to be completely under historical observation.

Storms

year place date Deaths Damage / remarks
1494 Hispaniola June 16 nv Possible hurricane; could be the first hurricane in the western hemisphere to be observed and recorded by Europeans.
1495 West Indies nv nv 3 ships sunk, earliest definitive report of a hurricane, came from Christopher Columbus ; "Nothing but the service of God and the greatness of the monarchy would put me in such danger"
1500 Bahamas July nv 2 ships destroyed
1502 Hispaniola July 1 nv 20 ships, all killed on board
1502 in the sea, Hispaniola, today's Dominican Republic July 11th 500 nv
1502 Honduras 16th September nv 1 ship sunk, all on board killed
1504 North coast of Colombia nv 175 nv
1508 Hispaniola (today's Dominican Republic) 12. August nv Killed the entire population of Buenaventura
1509 Santo Domingo 29th of July nv Moderate damage
1515 Puerto Rico July Death of many Indians nv
1519 Jamaica nv nv Ship sunk, 18 sailors survived
1523 Florida west coast nv nv Two ships and their crew missing
1524 Cuba October 73 nv
1525 West cuba end of October 73 nv
1526 Wilmington , North Carolina June nv 1 Spanish ship missing
1527 West cuba October 70 Individual floods
1527 near the mouth of the Mississippi 23rd October unknown possibly connected with previous storm; Boats thrown into the air like wood under Panifo de Narvaez
1527 Upper Texas Coast November 200 One of only two hurricanes hit Texas in November, merchant fleet destroyed
1530 Puerto Rico August 31 "Countless deaths from drowning" nv
1533 Puerto Rico nv many slaves killed Possibly 3 hurricanes
1537 Puerto Rico nv many drowned slaves nv
1537 Northwest cuba nv nv Two ships missing
1545 Dominican Republic 20th of August Lots nv
1545 Mexico nv nv Missing a ship
1550 Florida Keys nv nv A ship missing near Havana
1551 Gulf of Honduras nv Lots One ship sunk, all drowned
1553 West florida nv 700 nv
1553 Texas nv Many drowned Sixteen ships missing
1554 Cuba November nv A ship sunk
1554 South texas nv nv Three ships missing
1559 West florida 20th of August 500 nv
1565 In the sea off east Florida September 22 nv French ships missing at sea
1566 East florida 13.september nv nv
1566 In the sea off east Florida September 24th nv nv
1566 Gulf of Mexico nv 5+ Four ships destroyed
1567 Near Dominica nv nv Six ships destroyed
1571 St. Augustine , Florida nv nv Strong tide, two ships missing
1579 Atlantic Ocean nv nv The 600 ton ship Almiraten of the Spanish Armada sank
1586 Roanoke June 23rd - June 26th nv First of many storms to hit the first colonial settlement
1586 Bahamas nv nv Nine ships missing, possibly related to upper storm
1588 Roanoke nv 116 Third of four hurricanes to hit the area in five years.
1589 Bahamas the 9th of September nv four ships sunk
1590 Gulf of Mexico "Early 1590" 1000 nv
1591 Atlantic Ocean August 10 501 Waves and rain, twenty ships missing
1594 Caribbean nv nv missing a ship
1600 At sea Mexico 12th September 60 nv
1600 At sea Mexico September 26th 150-250 nv

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