The 1908 season

Unnamed hurricane (1908)

Unnamed hurricane reached Category 1 in the North Atlantic between May 24, 1908 and May 31, 1908, with a lowest pressure of 989 mb, and made landfall.

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The storm

Basin
North Atlantic
Dates
May 24, 1908 to May 31, 1908
Peak strength
Category 1, 65 kt (75 mph)
Lowest pressure
989 mb (29.21 inHg)
Landfall
Yes
Accumulated cyclone energy
6.0
Identifier
AL021908

Deaths and damage

No source this site reads publishes a machine-readable casualty or damage figure for a storm of this era. The National Hurricane Center’s season tables begin in 1995 and carry deaths and damage only from 2005 in the Atlantic and 2020 in both basins; the US Storm Events record begins in 1996.

Track

Time (UTC)PositionWindPressureStatus
May 24, 12:0021.0N 71.7W30 ktTropical depression
May 24, 18:0021.7N 72.0W30 ktTropical depression
May 25, 00:0022.4N 72.3W30 ktTropical depression
May 25, 06:0023.3N 72.8W30 ktTropical depression
May 25, 12:0024.0N 73.5W30 ktTropical depression
May 25, 18:0024.7N 74.3W30 ktTropical depression
May 26, 00:0025.4N 75.0W35 ktTropical storm
May 26, 06:0026.0N 75.6W35 ktTropical storm
May 26, 12:0026.7N 76.3W35 ktTropical storm
May 26, 18:0027.2N 77.3W35 ktTropical storm
May 27, 00:0027.7N 78.1W40 ktTropical storm
May 27, 06:0028.5N 79.1W45 ktTropical storm
May 27, 12:0029.5N 79.5W50 ktTropical storm
May 27, 18:0030.1N 79.5W55 ktTropical storm
May 28, 00:0030.6N 79.2W60 ktTropical storm
May 28, 06:0031.2N 78.8W65 ktHurricane
May 28, 12:0031.7N 78.3W65 ktHurricane
May 28, 18:0032.3N 77.9W65 ktHurricane
May 29, 00:0032.8N 77.4W65 ktHurricane
May 29, 06:0033.4N 77.0W65 ktHurricane
May 29, 12:0034.0N 76.5W65 ktHurricane
May 29, 18:0034.8N 75.8W65 kt989 mbHurricane
May 29, 21:00 landfall35.2N 75.6W65 kt989 mbHurricane
May 30, 00:0035.6N 75.1W65 ktHurricane
May 30, 06:0036.3N 74.6W60 ktTropical storm
May 30, 12:0037.3N 74.0W50 ktTropical storm
May 30, 18:0039.4N 73.0W40 ktTropical storm
May 30, 23:00 landfall41.3N 72.0W35 ktTropical storm
May 31, 00:0041.8N 71.7W35 ktTropical storm
May 31, 06:0043.8N 70.3W35 ktExtratropical
May 31, 12:0045.5N 69.0W35 ktExtratropical
May 31, 18:0046.4N 68.3W35 ktExtratropical

Other North Atlantic storms of 1908

What this means

A best track is the record a warning agency settles on after the storm, not what it said at the time: position, maximum sustained wind and central pressure every six hours, revised against every observation that came in later. Category is the Saffir-Simpson scale, which runs from Category 1 at 64 kt to Category 5 at 137 kt and reads wind only, so it says nothing about surge or rain. Accumulated cyclone energy adds up the square of the wind through the storm's life, so it counts strength and duration together.

Sources

Storm history from NOAA NCEI’s International Best Track Archive for Climate Stewardship (IBTrACS), which merges the official best track of every warning agency. Live storms, cones, watches and warnings from the National Hurricane Center and the Central Pacific Hurricane Center. Archived radar from NOAA’s Level II archive.

The National Hurricane Center has published no tropical cyclone report for this storm.