1906 Mississippi hurricane
| Category 3 major hurricane (SSHWS/NWS) | |
 Shipping damage in Pensacola caused by the hurricane | |
| Formed | September 19, 1906 |
|---|---|
| Dissipated | September 30, 1906 |
| Highest winds | 1-minute sustained: 120 mph (195 km/h) |
| Lowest pressure | 953 mbar (hPa); 28.14 inHg |
| Part of the 1906 Atlantic hurricane season | |
The 1906 Pensacola hurricane
Meteorological history
Tropical storm (39–73 mph, 63–118 km/h)
Category 1 (74–95 mph, 119–153 km/h)
Category 2 (96–110 mph, 154–177 km/h)
Category 3 (111–129 mph, 178–208 km/h)
Category 4 (130–156 mph, 209–251 km/h)
Category 5 (≥157 mph, ≥252 km/h)
Unknown
Extratropical cyclone, remnant low, tropical disturbance, or monsoon depressionThe first documented information on the storm places it in the western Caribbean Sea on September 22.[1] By the following morning, the system was confirmed to be a tropical depression.[2] The system drifted north from the Yucatan Channel on September 24,[1] as a weak hurricane, with winds of 75 mph (120 km/h).[2] The depression was south-southwest of Havana by the morning,[1] and as it drifted north-northwestward during the evening hours of September 24, the system had intensified into a Category 2 hurricane.[2] The system was documented to have been about 300 miles (480 km) west-northwest of Cuba on September 25.
The system was fully in the Gulf of Mexico by September 27. Between September 27 and 28, the hurricane made landfall near Pensacola.[1][3]
References
- ^ a b c d Partagas, Jose Fernandez; Diaz, Henry F. (1997). A Reconstruction of Historical Tropical Cyclone Frequency in the Atlantic from Documentary and other Historical Sources (PDF). Boulder, Colorado: Climate Diagnostics Center, NOAA. pp. 33–36. Retrieved 2011-10-11.
- ^ a b c "Easy to Read HURDAT 2008". HURDAT Re-Analysis Project. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. 2008. Retrieved 2011-10-11.
- ^ "Monthly Weather Review" (PDF). American Meteorological Society. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. 1906. pp. 418–423. Retrieved 2011-10-11.