1893 Atlantic hurricane season
The 1893 Atlantic hurricane season ran through the summer and the first half of fall in 1893. The 1893 season was fairly active, with 12 tropical storms forming, 10 of which became hurricanes. Of those, five became major hurricanes. This season proved to be a very deadly season, with two different hurricanes each causing over 2,000 deaths in the United States; at the time, the season was the deadliest in U.S. history. The season was one of two seasons on record to see four Atlantic hurricanes active simultaneously, along with the 1998 Atlantic hurricane season. Additionally, August 15, 1893 was the only time since the advent of modern record keeping that three storms have formed on the same day (Hurricanes Four, Five, and Six) until 2020 saw Wilfred, Alpha, and Beta forming on the same day; and for the first time, there were two high-intensity hurricanes simultaneously in one month of August, and this was not repeated until the year 2023.
1893 Atlantic hurricane season
June 12, 1893
November 9, 1893
130 mph (215 km/h)
(1-minute sustained)
12
12
10
5
~4,028
At least $6 million (1893 USD)
June 10 – June 19
July 4 – July 7
100 mph (155 km/h) (1-min);
August 13 – August 22
August 15 – August 24
August 15 – August 19
100 mph (155 km/h) (1-min);
August 15 – August 30
August 20 – August 29
100 mph (155 km/h) (1-min);
September 4 – September 9
September 25 – October 14
September 27 – October 5
October 20 – October 23
60 mph (95 km/h) (1-min);
November 5 – November 9
70 mph (110 km/h) (1-min);