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1995: Hurricane Marilyn, 12-22 September, developed in the central Atlantic after moving off the African coast. Marilyn strengthened from a tropical depression to a hurricane in 10 hours. Marilyn devastated portions of the U.S. Virgin Islands when it hit that area as a Category 2 hurricane, killing eight. After moving north and getting sheared to oblivion, the remnant circulation meandered over the central tropical Atlantic Ocean for another 10 days before becoming absorbed in a frontal system. At peak intensity, Marilyn's maximum sustained winds were 115 mph with a central pressure of 949 milibars.
+ 1995 Storm Archive
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1997 Tropical Overview
| Ana |
a weak frontal system off the SE coast |
| Bill |
developed into a hurricane over cool waters |
| Claudette |
another weak frontal system off the SE coast |
| Danny |
made landfall near Mobile, Alabama |
| Erika |
the only major hurricane of 1997 |
| Fabian |
a weak mid-latitude tropical system |
| Grace |
a gale which evolved into a tropical system |
1998 Facts Thus Far
Over a 35 day period from August 19th to
September 23rd, ten tropical cyclones formed.
Georges, Ivan, Jeanne, and Karl
were the first four hurricanes to church in the Atlantic
at one time since 1893.
Tropical Storm Jeanne
was named the third furthest east of any system ever.
At maximum intensity of
150 mph, Georges ws the 25th strongest hurricane of those
500 to form before him. A hurricane of that magnitiude
only develops once every 3 to 4 years in the Atlantic.
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