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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, which struck the Florida Keys on September 2, still holds the record for the lowest pressure ever recorded at landfall for any tropical cyclone or hurricane in the Western Hemisphere, at 892 mb or 26.35 inHg. The storm that would become the 1935 Labor Day Hurricane was first noted just north of the Turks and Caicos ...
Aug 28, 2019 · Simply known as the Labor Day Storm, the 1935 hurricane was the strongest Atlantic hurricane to ever make landfall and the first designated Category 5 hurricane to ever touch the United States.
The Labor Day Storm of 1935. August 29, 1935 a relatively nondescript tropical disturbance was identified east of the central Bahamas. The disturbance began to slowly organize as it moved in a west southwesterly direction. The tropical storm approached Andros Island, churning over the warm Atlantic waters at 11 mph.
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 ...
The Labor Day Hurricane of 1935 was a very compact storm that caused catastrophic destruction in the Florida Keys. To date, it is believed by some to be the strongest hurricane to ever strike the United States, and one of only a few to strike the US as a Category 5 storm on the Saffir-Simpson scale.
The 1935 Labor Day Hurricane, which struck the Florida Keys on September 2, still holds the record for the lowest pressure ever recorded at landfall for any tropical cyclone or hurricane in the Western Hemisphere, at 892 mb or 26.35 inHg. The storm that would become the 1935 Labor Day Hurricane was first noted just north of the Turks and Caicos ...
