This Week is the Anniversary of Many Hurricanes

This week is the anniversary of dozens of different hurricanes, according to WikiPedia -- and that's not including Tropical Storms! It makes sense... after the maximum of storms at one time (in early September), it follows that a lot of storms would be making landfall a week or two later. Brian McNoldy of the University of Miami recently updated his "Daily Average Number of Active (Tropical) Storms" graph, and I've highlighted this period below:

Among the most famous this week are these seven (leave me a comment with more!):

I am cooking up some more content for Hurricane Rita, but not as comprehensive unfortunately, as I've run out of time.

- Hurricane Hugo (Sept. 23, 1989):

- The Great New England Hurricane (Sept. 21, 1938):

- South Florida Hurricane (Sept. 22, 1948):

- Hurricane Gloria (Sept. 24, 1985 - 10th Anniversary!): Click here to read about Gloria.

- Hurricane Eloise ( Sept. 24 1975 - 40th Anniversary!): Click here to read about Eloise.

- Hurricane Jeanne (Sept. 25, 2004): Click here to read about Jeanne.

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