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Wea. Rev., 63, 269-271. The full life history of the hurricane that devastated some of the Florida Keys on the afternoon and night of Labor Day, September 2, 1935, covers almost 2 weeks. The first indications of conditions favorable to the origin of this disturbance were noted during the last 2 or 3 days of August, to the eastward and northward ...
The 1935 Labor Day hurricane was also one of the deadliest in Florida history (Blake & Landsea, 2010). Classed as a category 5, it is recorded as having winds of either 185 mph or 225 mph and a 17 ft. storm surge (Knowles, 2009). The Labor Day hurricane was the first category 5 hurricane in U.S. history.
Sep 1, 2019 · The 1935 Labor Day Hurricane, which hit the Florida Keys, was the strongest hurricane to make landfall in the U.S., killing 408 people See photos from Tuesday night's high school graduation ceremonies
The hurricane's path. The Labor Day Hurricane of 1935 was the strongest tropical cyclone during the 1935 Atlantic hurricane season.The second tropical cyclone, second hurricane, and second intense hurricane of the season was the most intense Atlantic hurricane that affected the United States, and it remains the first of three Category 5 hurricanes that struck the country.
Proposed storm tack according to the National Hurricane Center. Summary of event: Officially, 408 lives were taken by the great Labor Day Hurricane of 1935, most of them World War I veterans working in the Keys where the hurricane made its first landfall. The second landfall at Cedar Key saw 3 deaths and widespread damage.
Aug 31, 2020 · The Labor Day Hurricane of 1935 blasted into Islamorada late at night on Sept. 2. A giant tidal surge, 18 or more feet high, swept across the Keys, and 408 people were killed — 256 of them ...
Sep 1, 2019 · Labor Day Hurricane of 1935 was a category 5 tempest that devastated the Keys, producing a storm surge of up to 20 feet above sea level. The railroad connecting the Keys to the mainland was destroyed.
