1800–1809 Atlantic hurricane seasons facts for kids

The 1800s were a time when people started keeping better records of big storms. This article talks about the Atlantic hurricane seasons from 1800 to 1809. During these years, powerful tropical cyclones formed in the Atlantic basin. Most of these storms happened between June 1 and November 30 each year. While we don't have details for every single storm, people living along the coast recorded enough information for us to learn about some of the biggest ones.

1800 Atlantic Hurricane Season

• August 10-18: A hurricane passed through the Leeward Islands. It then moved across the Caribbean Sea and Gulf of Mexico, hitting southeast Louisiana on August 18.
• August 27-28: A hurricane struck Exuma in the Bahamas.
• September 9-10: A hurricane hit Bermuda.
• October 2-5: A hurricane stayed over South Carolina for several days.
• October 9: The ship Galgo sank during a hurricane in the southwest Atlantic. Luckily, all 25 crew members were saved!
• October 31 - November 5: A hurricane hit Jamaica on October 31. It then moved to Cuba and the southwest Atlantic. By November 4-5, it reached Bermuda. This storm was so strong that a lighthouse project started in 1795 on Wreck Hill was stopped because the location was no longer safe.

1801 Atlantic Hurricane Season

• July 22: A hurricane hit Nassau, Bahamas. About 120 ships were wrecked on the shore. The storm then moved west into the Gulf of Mexico.
• August 15-16: This hurricane made landfall near Mobile, Alabama.

1802 Atlantic Hurricane Season

• October 6-10: A hurricane was seen west of Jamaica.

1803 Atlantic Hurricane Season

• August: A hurricane hit the West Indies, including Jamaica. It then traveled all the way to England later that month. This storm caused 121 deaths.
• August 29: A hurricane hit near the Chesapeake Bay, causing at least one death.
• August 31 - September 1: Right after the previous storm, another hurricane hit near New Bern, North Carolina. It's interesting how two storms could hit the same coast so close together, similar to Hurricanes Connie and Diane in 1955.
• October 2-3: A hurricane was reported to have hit Norfolk, Virginia.

1804 Atlantic Hurricane Season

• August 18-19: A hurricane was noted in Jamaica.
• September 3-12: A hurricane was first seen near the Leeward Islands on September 3. It moved northwest and hit Georgia as a very strong hurricane on September 7. It then slowly moved through South Carolina and North Carolina, leaving the mainland on September 9. It finally hit New England on September 12. This powerful hurricane caused 500 deaths.
• September 22-24: A tropical storm moved from Cuba north to South Carolina.

Storm of October 1804

• October 9: Later in the season, a major hurricane moved northwest across the Western Atlantic, north of Puerto Rico. It hit near Atlantic City, New Jersey, on October 9. As it moved northeast across New England, it mixed with cold air and changed into a different type of storm. This storm brought heavy snow, up to 2-3 feet in some areas, and killed 8 people. This was the first time snow was seen from a hurricane hitting land.

1805 Atlantic Hurricane Season

• July 27 - August 1: A hurricane tracked through the southwest Atlantic, east of Bermuda.
• September 30 - October 3: A hurricane struck Mantanzas, Cuba, on September 30. It then moved north, reaching Maine by October 3.

1806 Atlantic Hurricane Season

• August 17-23: A tropical cyclone was seen near the northeastern Lesser Antilles on August 17. It grew into a major hurricane and hit the southern North Carolina coast on August 23, causing 42 deaths. It then moved out to sea, affecting British and French ships during the Napoleonic Wars.
• August 26 - September 3: A tropical cyclone moved through the Mona Passage and then stayed just off the East Coast of the United States.
• September 9-18: A hurricane hit Dominica on September 9, causing 457 deaths. The cyclone then moved through the Caribbean Sea and Gulf of Mexico, striking Mississippi by September 18.
• September 15: A hurricane hit northeast Florida, destroying several houses but thankfully causing no deaths.
• September 20: Another hurricane hit Dominica, causing an additional 165 deaths.
• September 28: A small hurricane hit the Outer Banks of North Carolina, destroying one ship.
• October 2-9: A tropical cyclone was seen at Jamaica on October 2. Moving north, it struck South Carolina by October 9.

1807 Atlantic Hurricane Season

• July 25: A tropical storm moved through the Lesser Antilles.
• September 1-5: Another tropical cyclone moved through the Lesser Antilles, hitting Trinidad de Cuba on September 5.
• October 16-20: This hurricane moved from the extreme southeastern Caribbean Sea to the west of Jamaica.

1808 Atlantic Hurricane Season

• September 12: A small hurricane hit the Outer Banks, damaging the lighthouse there.

1809 Atlantic Hurricane Season

• August 1-3: A tropical cyclone struck Dominica, Guadeloupe, Tortola, and Montserrat, killing 62 people.
• August 17: Another hurricane hit Puerto Rico. It stayed over the island for a while and caused a "Great death toll."
• October 9-13: A tropical storm affected the northern Leeward Islands.

Related pages

• List of Atlantic hurricane seasons