1905 Atlantic hurricane season
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September saw a third storm form in the northwest Caribbean
, hitting the Yucatán Peninsula
, and making landfall on the southern coast of Louisiana
in the last week of the month.
and hit Haiti
in early October. The storm went out to sea, reaching major hurricane strength east of Bermuda
. That island experienced an entire day of gale force winds with gusts reaching hurricane force, but damage was apparently minimal. The steamer Campania was reported to have been struck by a large rogue wave but the extent of the damage was not explicitly mentioned, though the wave was described as "disastrous."
and hit Louisiana
on October 9. Winds by that time had weakened to just 45 mph and most of those winds were vented over empty marsh. The remnants of this storm did bring heavy rains to the eastern United States and the Canadian Maritimes.
Caribbean
The Caribbean is a crescent-shaped group of islands more than 2,000 miles long separating the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea, to the west and south, from the Atlantic Ocean, to the east and north...
, hitting the Yucatán Peninsula
Yucatán Peninsula
The Yucatán Peninsula, in southeastern Mexico, separates the Caribbean Sea from the Gulf of Mexico, with the northern coastline on the Yucatán Channel...
, and making landfall on the southern coast of Louisiana
Louisiana
Louisiana is a state located in the southern region of the United States of America. Its capital is Baton Rouge and largest city is New Orleans. Louisiana is the only state in the U.S. with political subdivisions termed parishes, which are local governments equivalent to counties...
in the last week of the month.
Hurricane Four
A tropical storm formed in the southwest Caribbean SeaCaribbean Sea
The Caribbean Sea is a sea of the Atlantic Ocean located in the tropics of the Western hemisphere. It is bounded by Mexico and Central America to the west and southwest, to the north by the Greater Antilles, and to the east by the Lesser Antilles....
and hit Haiti
Haiti
Haiti , officially the Republic of Haiti , is a Caribbean country. It occupies the western, smaller portion of the island of Hispaniola, in the Greater Antillean archipelago, which it shares with the Dominican Republic. Ayiti was the indigenous Taíno or Amerindian name for the island...
in early October. The storm went out to sea, reaching major hurricane strength east of Bermuda
Bermuda
Bermuda is a British overseas territory in the North Atlantic Ocean. Located off the east coast of the United States, its nearest landmass is Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, about to the west-northwest. It is about south of Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, and northeast of Miami, Florida...
. That island experienced an entire day of gale force winds with gusts reaching hurricane force, but damage was apparently minimal. The steamer Campania was reported to have been struck by a large rogue wave but the extent of the damage was not explicitly mentioned, though the wave was described as "disastrous."
Tropical Storm Five
The final storm formed in the Gulf of MexicoGulf of Mexico
The Gulf of Mexico is a partially landlocked ocean basin largely surrounded by the North American continent and the island of Cuba. It is bounded on the northeast, north and northwest by the Gulf Coast of the United States, on the southwest and south by Mexico, and on the southeast by Cuba. In...
and hit Louisiana
Louisiana
Louisiana is a state located in the southern region of the United States of America. Its capital is Baton Rouge and largest city is New Orleans. Louisiana is the only state in the U.S. with political subdivisions termed parishes, which are local governments equivalent to counties...
on October 9. Winds by that time had weakened to just 45 mph and most of those winds were vented over empty marsh. The remnants of this storm did bring heavy rains to the eastern United States and the Canadian Maritimes.
See also
- List of tropical cyclones
- List of Atlantic hurricane seasons