Extreme Weather Sourcebook 2001

Hurricanes 1900 - 1999

Sources

Number of Years with
Hurricane Damage
StateRank# Years with Hurricane Damage
1900 - 1999
Florida 1 45
Texas 2 40
Louisiana 3 26
North Carolina 4 18
South Carolina 5 15
Puerto Rico/Virgin Islands 6 12
Mississippi 7 10
New York 8 (tie) 8
Georgia 8 (tie) 8
Alabama 9 7
Massachusetts 10 (tie) 5
Connecticut 10 (tie) 5
Virginia 10 (tie) 5
Rhode Island 11 4
Maryland 12 (tie) 1
Pennsylvania 12 (tie) 1
Ohio 12 (tie) 1
West Virginia 12 (tie) 1
Maine 12 (tie) 1
Hawaii n/a* 5
* Data only from 1950-1999

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