Hurricane One The
Atlantic hurricane database (HURDAT) begins the track for this cyclone about east-northeast of the
Leeward Islands on August 18, one day before being encountered by the bark
B. F. Watson. Initially a tropical storm, the system moved on a west-northwestward path that gradually became more northwestward. Late on August 21, the storm turned north-northwestward and intensified into a hurricane early the next day while situated southwest of
Bermuda. The cyclone then turned northeastward on August 23 and continued to slowly strengthen. Late on August 26, the ship
Finchley observed a barometric pressure of , the lowest associated with the storm. However, the hurricane lost tropical characteristics and on August 27, it transitioned into an
extratropical cyclone about northeast of
Newfoundland. The extratropical cyclone dissipated northwest of the
British Isles on August 28. The hurricane wreaked havoc on ships over the
Grand Banks of Newfoundland. According to a September 1 report in
The New York Times, 100
dories were lost and a total of 80 deaths occurred, though
The Times of
London noted on September 6 that 30 vessels remained missing. The latter also declared that "immense damage has been done to shipping."
Hurricane Two {{Infobox Hurricane Small On August 24, the bark
N. Boynton encountered a hurricane to the northeast of the Leeward Islands, In
Nova Scotia, strong winds impacted
Halifax, where two yachts and a number of other vessels became stranded or capsized. Crops, especially grain, suffered extensive damage in southern Ireland, leading to concerns about the renewal of
rent agitation. In
Great Britain, barometers fell to as low as at
Pembroke, Wales. two from the
Christiana, and one from an unnamed vessel at
Padstow, while the rough seas swept one person off the
Ajax. However, the storm also caused some waterways to fall to abnormally low tides, interfering with boat traffic on the
River Thames. One person on the
Cartago Nova was swept overboard and drowned in the
Bay of Biscay. Chenoweth initiates the track for this storm as a tropical depression about halfway between the
Lesser Antilles and
Cabo Verde Islands on August 20. The system reaches tropical storm intensity on August 21 and then hurricane status late the next day. Chenoweth also proposed a more northeasterly track of the extratropical cyclone across the British Isles, before it dissipated over the
North Sea on September 3. Several other islands experienced impacts due to the hurricane, particularly
Dominica, with the
Bristol Mercury reporting that damage on the island totaled "not less than £100,000" (nearly $482,000). In the Bahamas, the hurricane left few homes undamaged in
Nassau and toppled many fences, walls, and trees.
The Nassau Guardian reported that almost 100 ships sustained serious damage or capsized and that the storm killed approximately 50 people. Across North Carolina, the hurricane toppled trees, fences, light buildings, and telegraph and telephone lines. Several vessels were wrecked off the North Carolina coast and flooding occurred along the Cape Fear River. Smithville (present-day
Southport) reported $8,000-$10,000 in damage, although this figure likely did not include many of the vessels capsized there. A total of 53 deaths occurred in North Carolina. Rains from this storm in
Virginia helped end a summer-long drought but any benefit was minimal, as the peanut crop had already failed from the lack of precipitation. At
Nottoway, heavy rain from the cyclone may have led to a train with 10 freight cars derailing. A reanalysis study by Chenoweth initiated the track for this storm as a tropical depression to the southwest of the Cabo Verde Islands on September 2. The depression moved generally northwestward and strengthened into a tropical storm later that day and a hurricane by September 4. Chenoweth argues that the cyclone weakened to a tropical storm early on September 7 due to its passage over Hispaniola, before becoming a hurricane again several hours later. Additionally, Chenoweth theorizes that the cyclone held major hurricane status for a second stint over the Bahamas on September 9. Chenoweth proposed the removal of this storm from HURDAT as part of his reanalysis study, published in 2014, noting "Insufficient supporting evidence from other neighboring data sources."
Other storms Chenoweth proposed four other storms not currently listed in HURDAT. The first such storm formed over the northwestern Caribbean on September 16. Moving generally west-northward, the system made landfall near
Tulum,
Quintana Roo, early on September 20. After emerging into the
Bay of Campeche about 24 hours later, the cyclone turned southwestward and struck near
Paraíso, Tabasco, on September 22, shortly before dissipating. Around the same time that the previous storm developed, another system formed on September 16 just southwest of the Cabo Verde Islands. This storm headed generally northwestward through September 20, before tracking in a more northeastward direction. Late the following day, the system transitioned into an extratropical cyclone northwest of the Azores. On October 6, another proposed storm formed southeast of Bermuda. After passing just south of the island late on October 9, the cyclone moved generally westward until becoming extratropical offshore South Carolina on October 12. Chenoweth's fourth and final proposed system formed northeast of the Lesser Antilles on December 8. The storm moved southward through the following day, when it turned westward, but then the cyclone turned northeastward on December 10. Late on December 11, the cyclone dissipated southeast of Bermuda. ==Season effects==