List of Category 2 Atlantic hurricanes

Within the North Atlantic Ocean, a Category 2 hurricane is a tropical cyclone, that has 1-minute sustained wind speeds of between 83–95 knots (96–109 mph; 154–176 km/h; 43–49 m/s).^[1] Since records began in 1851, a total of 246 tropical cyclones have peaked at this intensity.^[2]

Hurricane Leslie at its peak intensity over the central North Atlantic on October 10, 2024.

Background

Main article: Saffir–Simpson scale

Since HURDAT began in 1851, Atlantic hurricanes have been tracked. In 1971, the Saffir–Simpson scale was devised by two meteorologists. Category 2 was designed as the fourth-highest category on the scale.^[2]

Systems

1850s

Name	Duration	Peak intensity		Areas affected	Damage (USD)	Deaths	Refs
		Wind speed	Pressure
Five	October 6 – 11, 1852	105 mph (165 km/h)	Not Specified	The Caribbean, Mexico, Southeastern United States	Extensive	Unknown	[3][4]
Eight	October 19 – 22, 1853	105 mph (165 km/h)	Not Specified	Florida, Georgia	Significant	Unknown	[4][5]
Four	September 16 – 20, 1854	105 mph (165 km/h)	Not Specified	Texas	$20,000	4	[6][7]
One	August 6, 1855	105 mph (165 km/h)	Not Specified	Mexico	Unknown	Unknown	[8]
Two	August 10 – 11, 1855	105 mph (165 km/h)	Not Specified	None	None	None	[9]
Two	September 6 – 17, 1857	105 mph (165 km/h)	961 hPa (28.38 inHg)	United States East Coast	Unknown	>424	[10][11]
Four	September 24 – 30, 1857	105 mph (165 km/h)	Not Specified	The Caribbean, Mexico, Texas	Unknown	Unknown	[12]
Three	September 14 – 17, 1858	105 mph (165 km/h)	Not Specified	Florida, Northeastern United States	Minor	Unknown	[13][14]
Six	October 21 – 26, 1858	105 mph (165 km/h)	Not Specified	Bahamas, Bermuda	Unknown	Unknown	[15]
One	July 1, 1859	105 mph (165 km/h)	Not Specified	Mexico	Unknown	Unknown	[16]
Two	August 17 – 19, 1859	105 mph (165 km/h)	Not Specified	None	None	None	[17]

1860s

Name	Dates	Peak intensity		Areas affected	Deaths	Damage (USD)	Refs
		Wind speed	Pressure
Two	August 24 – 26, 1860	105 mph (165 km/h)	Not Specified	None	None	None	[18]
Four	September 11 – 16, 1860	105 mph (165 km/h)	Not Specified	United States Gulf Coast	>$1 million	Unknown	[19][20]
Six	September 30 – October 3, 1860	105 mph (165 km/h)	Not Specified	Louisiana, Mississippi	Severe	>13	[20][21]
Seven	October 20 – 24, 1860	105 mph (165 km/h)	Not Specified	None	None	None	[22]
One	July 6 – 12, 1861	105 mph (165 km/h)	Not Specified	Lesser Antilies	Unknown	Unknown	[23]
Three	August 25 – 30, 1861	105 mph (165 km/h)	Not Specified	None	None	None	[24]
Two	August 18 – 21, 1862	105 mph (165 km/h)	Not Specified	None	None	None	[25]
Three	September 12 – 20, 1862	105 mph (165 km/h)	Not Specified	None	None	None	[26]
One	August 8 – 9, 1863	105 mph (165 km/h)	Not Specified	None	None	None	[27]
Two	August 18 – 19, 1863	105 mph (165 km/h)	Not Specified	None	None	None	[28]
Three	August 19 – 23, 1863	105 mph (165 km/h)	975 hPa (28.79 inHg)	United States East Coast, Nova Scotia	Unknown	80	[11][29]
Four	August 27 – 28, 1863	105 mph (165 km/h)	Not Specified	North Carolina	Unknown	Unknown	[30]
Four	September 6 – 14, 1865	105 mph (165 km/h)	Not Specified	The Caribbean, United States Gulf Coast	Severe	>325	[20][31][32]
Seven	October 18 – 25, 1865	105 mph (165 km/h)	Not Specified	The Caribbean, Florida	$300,000	1	[32][33]
One	July 11 – 16, 1866	105 mph (165 km/h)	Not Specified	Louisiana, Texas	Unknown	Unknown	[34]
Two	August 13 – 18, 1866	105 mph (165 km/h)	Not Specified	Mexico	Unknown	Unknown	[35]
Four	September 22 – 24, 1866	105 mph (165 km/h)	Not Specified	Newfoundland	Unknown	8	[36][37]
Two	July 28 – August 3, 1867	105 mph (165 km/h)	969 hPa (28.61 inHg)	United States East Coast	Unknown	2	[11][38]
Three	August 2, 1867	105 mph (165 km/h)	Not Specified	The Caribbean	Unknown	Unknown	[39]
Six	September 29 – October 1, 1867	105 mph (165 km/h)	Not Specified	None	None	None	[40]
Seven	October 2 – 9, 1867	105 mph (165 km/h)	969 hPa (28.61 inHg)	Mexico, Texas, South Eastern United States	>$1 million	Many	[7][11][41]
One	September 3 – 7, 1868	105 mph (165 km/h)	Not Specified	None	None	2	[42][43]
Three	October 5 – 7, 1868	105 mph (165 km/h)	Not Specified	None	None	None	[44]
Four	October 15 – 17, 1868	105 mph (165 km/h)	Not Specified	None	None	None	[45]
One	August 12, 1869	105 mph (165 km/h)	Not Specified	None	None	None	[46]
Two	August 16 – 17, 1869	105 mph (165 km/h)	Not Specified	Texas	Severe	Unknown	[7][47]
Seven	September 11 – 18, 1869	105 mph (165 km/h)	979 hPa (28.91 inHg)	None	None	None	[48]
Ten	October 4 – 5, 1869	105 mph (165 km/h)	Not Specified	Northeastern United States, New Brunswick	Severe	37	[49]

1870s

Name	Dates	Peak intensity		Areas affected	Deaths	Damage (USD)	Refs
		Wind speed	Pressure
Two	August 30 – September 4, 1870	105 mph (165 km/h)	Not Specified	Nova Scotia	Unknown	Unknown	[50]
Nine	October 19 – 22, 1870	105 mph (165 km/h)	Not Specified	Cuba, South Eastern United States	Severe	>52	[11][51]
Ten	October 23, 1870	105 mph (165 km/h)	Not Specified	Hispanlola	Unknown	Unknown	[52]
Five	August 30 – September 2, 1871	105 mph (165 km/h)	Not Specified	Atlantic Canada	Unknown	Unknown	[53]
Two	August 20 – September 1, 1872	105 mph (165 km/h)	Not Specified	Atlantic Canada	Unknown	Unknown	[54]
Seven	October 31 – November 4, 1874	105 mph (165 km/h)	Not Specified	Greater Antilles, Bahamas	Extensive	Unknown	[55][56]
Five	October 7 – 10, 1875	105 mph (165 km/h)	Not Specified	None	None	None	[57]
Four	September 29 – October 5, 1876	105 mph (165 km/h)	Not Specified	None	Unknown	Unknown	[58]
Four	August 25 – 30, 1878	105 mph (165 km/h)	972 hPa (28.70 inHg)	The Bahamas	Unknown	Unknown	[59]
Five	September 1 – 13, 1878	105 mph (165 km/h)	970 hPa (28.64 inHg)	The Caribbean, Eastern United States	Significant	9	[60][61]
Six	September 12 – 18, 1878	105 mph (165 km/h)	Not Specified	None	None	None	[62]
Eleven	October 18–21, 1878	105 mph (165 km/h)	963 hPa (28.44 inHg)	Cuba, Bahamas, United States East Coast	2 million	72	[2][63][64][65]
Two	August 19–24, 1879	105 mph (165 km/h)	964 hPa (28.47 inHg)	Yucatán Peninsula, Texas, Louisiana	None	Unknown	[2][66]
Eight	November 18 – 20, 1879	105 mph (165 km/h)	968 hPa (28.59 inHg)	Canada	Unknown	Unknown	[67]

1880s

Name	Dates	Peak intensity		Areas affected	Deaths	Damage (USD)	Refs
		Wind speed	Pressure
Four	August 24 – September 1, 1880	105 mph (165 km/h)	972 hPa (28.70 inHg)	Florida, Mississippi	68	Unknown	[2][68]
Five	August 21–29, 1881	105 mph (165 km/h)	970 hPa (28.64 inHg)	Georgia, Mississippi	700	Severe	[2][68][63]
Six	September 7–11, 1881	105 mph (165 km/h)	975 hPa (28.79 inHg)	United States East Coast	0	Unknown	[2][69]
Four	October 7–17, 1884	105 mph (165 km/h)	980 hPa (28.94 inHg)	Jamaica, Cuba, Bahamas, Turks and Caicos Islands	8	Unknown	[2][70][71]
Two	August 21–27, 1885	105 mph (165 km/h)	953 hPa (28.14 inHg)	Bahamas, Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, Maryland	25	$1.8 million	[2][69][65][63]
One	June 13–15, 1886	100 mph (155 km/h)	997 hPa (29.44 inHg)	Texas, Louisiana	Unknown	Unknown	[2][72][73][74]
Two	June 17–24, 1886	100 mph (155 km/h)	Unknown	Florida, Southeastern United States, Mid-Atlantic states	0	Severe	[2][68][75][72]
Three	June 27 – July 4, 1886	100 mph (155 km/h)	999 hPa (29.50 inHg)	Florida, North Carolina, Maryland	18	Unknown	[2][76][72]
Eight	September 16–24, 1886	100 mph (155 km/h)	973 hPa (28.73 inHg)	Cuba, Texas	0	Unknown	[2][77][78][72]
Nine	September 22–30, 1886	100 mph (155 km/h)	990 hPa (29.23 inHg)	None	None	None	[2][72]
Four	July 20–28, 1887	100 mph (155 km/h)	981 hPa (28.97 inHg)	Cuba, Yucatán Peninsula, Florida, Georgia, Alabama	0	Extensive	[2][79][72]
Eight	September 1 – 4, 1887	105 mph (165 km/h)	963 hPa (28.44 inHg)	United Kingdom	None	None	[2][72]
Nine	September 11–22, 1887	100 mph (155 km/h)	973 hPa (28.73 inHg)	Yucatán Peninsula, Texas, Extreme Northeastern Mexico	14	Unknown	[2][80][78]
Fifteen	October 15–19, 1887	105 mph (165 km/h)	975 hPa (28.79 inHg)	None	None	None	[2]
Seven	October 8–12, 1888	110 mph (175 km/h)	970 hPa (28.64 inHg)	United States East Coast	0	Unknown	[2][81]
Nine	November 17–25, 1888	100 mph (155 km/h)	982 hPa (29.00 inHg)	None	None	None	[2]
Four	September 1–12, 1889	105 mph (165 km/h)	981 hPa (28.97 inHg)	Puerto Rico, Virginia	40	Minimal	[2][72]
Six	September 12–25, 1889	110 mph (175 km/h)	985 hPa (29.09 inHg)	Yucatán Peninsula, Florida	0	Minor	[2][72]

1890s

Name	Dates	Peak intensity		Areas affected	Deaths	Damage (USD)	Refs
		Wind speed	Pressure
Four	September 2–8, 1891	100 mph (155 km/h)	Unknown	New England, Nova Scotia, Newfoundland	0	Minor	[2][82]
Five	September 16–26, 1891	100 mph (155 km/h)	980 hPa (28.94 inHg)	Bermuda	0	Minimal	[2][82]
Six	September 29 – October 5, 1891	100 mph (155 km/h)	981 hPa (28.97 inHg)	Nova Scotia, Newfoundland	0	None	[2]
Three	September 3–17, 1892	100 mph (155 km/h)	Unknown	None	0	None	[2][83]
Five	September 12–23, 1892	100 mph (155 km/h)	Unknown	Azores	0	Minor	[2][83]
Seven	October 5–16, 1892	100 mph (155 km/h)	Unknown	Trinidad and Tobago, Venezuela, Colombia, Nicaragua, Honduras, Mexico	0	Unknown	[2][83]
Two	July 4–7, 1893	100 mph (155 km/h)	Unknown	Nicaragua, Belize, Yucatán Peninsula, Tabasco	Many	Unknown	[2][84][85][86]
Five	August 15–19, 1893	100 mph (155 km/h)	Unknown	Sable Island, Newfoundland	0	Minor	[2][84]
Seven	August 20–29, 1893	100 mph (155 km/h)	Unknown	Azores	5	Unknown	[2][87]
Eight	September 4–9, 1893	100 mph (155 km/h)	973 hPa (28.73 inHg)	Yucatán Peninsula, Louisiana, Alabama	0	Unknown	[2][84]
Seven	October 21–29, 1894		955 hPa (28.20 inHg)	None	0	None	[2]
Two	August 22–30, 1895	110 mph (175 km/h)	963 hPa (28.44 inHg)	Yucatán Peninsula, Texas	0	Minimal	[2][88]
Five	October 12–26, 1895	105 mph (165 km/h)	973 hPa (28.73 inHg)	Cuba, Bahamas	Unknown	Unknown	[2][88][89]
One	July 4–9, 1896	100 mph (155 km/h)	Unknown	Cuba (questioned), United States East Coast, Canada, Greenland	1	$100 thousand	[2][90][91][92][93]
Three	September 18–28, 1896	100 mph (155 km/h)	Unknown	Cuba, North Carolina	0	Minimal	[2][90]
Five	October 7–13, 1896	100 mph (155 km/h)	Unknown	Florida, North Carolina, Virginia, New England	4	$500 thousand	[2][90][94][95][96]
Six	October 26 – November 9, 1896	100 mph (155 km/h)	Unknown	None	0	None	[2][77]
One	August 31 – September 9, 1897	100 mph (155 km/h)	972 hPa (28.70 inHg)	None	45	None	[2][97][98]
Four	September 5–19, 1898	110 mph (175 km/h)	965 hPa (28.50 inHg)	Lesser Antilles, Windward Islands	383	$2.5 million	[2][99]
Two	July 28 – August 2, 1899	100 mph (155 km/h)	979 hPa (28.91 inHg)	Dominican Republic, Bahamas, Florida, Alabama	7	>$1 million	[2][100][101]
Four	August 29 – September 5, 1899	105 mph (165 km/h)	Unknown	Lesser Antilles, Puerto Rico, Haiti, Bermuda	0	Unknown	[2][102]
Nine	October 26–31, 1899	110 mph (175 km/h)	955 hPa (28.20 inHg)	Cuba, Bahamas, Jamaica, North Carolina	1+	$200 thousand	.[2][103][104]

1900s

Name	Duration	Peak intensity		Areas affected	Damage (USD)	Deaths	Refs
		Wind speed	Pressure
Three	September 8 – 23, 1900	100 mph (155 km/h)	Not Specified	None	None	None	[105]
Seven	August 29 – September 10, 1901	105 mph (165 km/h)	Not Specified	Cape Verde	Unknown	Unknown	[106][107]
Three	September 16 – 22, 1902	100 mph (155 km/h)	Not Specified	None	None	None	[108]
Four	October 3 – 11, 1902	105 mph (165 km/h)	970 hPa (28.64 inHg)	Mexico, Southeastern United States	Unknown	Unknown	[109][110]
Four	September 12 – 17, 1903	100 mph (155 km/h)	990 hPa (29.23 inHg)	United States East Coast	$9 million	57	[111][112]
Six	September 26 – 30, 1903	110 mph (175 km/h)	988 hPa (29.18 inHg)	Bermuda	Severe	2	[113][114]
Seven	October 1 – 9, 1903	100 mph (155 km/h)	Not Specified	None	None	None	[115]
Two	June 14–23, 1906	105 mph (165 km/h)	979 hPa (28.91 inHg)	Cuba, Florida	0	Minor	[2][116]
One	March 6–9, 1908	100 mph (155 km/h)	<984 hPa (29.06 inHg)	Leeward Islands	Unknown	1	[2][117][118]
Eight	September 21 – October 7, 1908	110 mph (175 km/h)	971 hPa (28.67 inHg)	The Caribbean, The Bahamas	Unknown	Unknown	[119][120]
Nine	October 14 – 19, 1908	105 mph (165 km/h)	Not Specified	Nicaragua	Unknown	2	[121][122]
Two	June 25 – 30, 1909	100 mph (155 km/h)	972 hPa (28.70 inHg)	Texas, Mexico	$1.3 million	None	[77][123]
Twelve	November 8 – 14, 1909	105 mph (165 km/h)	Unknown	Greater Antilles	$10 million	198	[124][125]

1910s

Name	Duration	Peak intensity		Areas affected	Damage (USD)	Deaths	Refs
		Wind speed	Pressure
Three	September 5 – 15, 1910	110 mph (175 km/h)	Not Specified	Puerto Rico, Texas, Louisiana	Unknown	Unknown	[126][127]
Four	September 24 – 27, 1910	100 mph (155 km/h)	Not Specified	None	None	None	[128]
Three	August 23 – 30, 1911	100 mph (155 km/h)	972 hPa (28.70 inHg)	Georgia, South Carolina	$27.4 million	17	[129][130]
Four	September 3 – 12, 1911	100 mph (155 km/h)	Not Specified	Colombia, Nicaragua	$2 million	10	[131][132]
Six	October 11 – 18, 1912	100 mph (155 km/h)	Not Specified	Yucatán Peninsula, Texas	$28,000	42	[133][134]
Four	August 31 – September 6, 1915	100 mph (155 km/h)	982 hPa (29.00 inHg)	Cuba, Eastern United States	>$100,000	25	[135][136][137]
Three	July 10 – 22, 1916	105 mph (165 km/h)	980 hPa (28.94 inHg)	Massachusetts, Nova Scotia	Unknown	Unknown	[138][139]
Seven	August 21 – 26, 1916	110 mph (175 km/h)	Not Specified	Greater Antiles, Florida	$1 million	1	[140][141]
Fourteen	October 9 – 19, 1916	110 mph (175 km/h)	970 hPa (28.64 inHg)	Yucatán Peninsula, Florida, Alabama	$100,000	69	[142][143]
Two	August 22 – 26, 1918	105 mph (165 km/h)	968 hPa (28.59 inHg)	Honduras, Belize	Minor	None	[77][144]
Five	September 2 – 6, 1918	110 mph (175 km/h)	Not Specified	Bermuda	Minor	21	[145][146]
Three	September 2 – 5, 1919	100 mph (155 km/h)	Not Specified	None	None	None	[147]
One	September 7 – 14, 1920	110 mph (175 km/h)	Not Specified	None	None	None	[148]
Two	September 16 – 23, 1920	100 mph (155 km/h)	975 hPa (28.79 inHg)	Central America, Louisiana, Arkansas	$1.45 million	1	[20][149]

1920s

Name	Dates	Peak intensity		Areas affected	Deaths	Damage (USD)	Refs
		Wind speed	Pressure
Four	October 11–22, 1922	110 mph (175 km/h)	984 hPa (29.06 inHg)	Colombia, Yucatán Peninsula, Tabasco	0	Unknown	[2][150][151]
Two	September 1–9, 1923	105 mph (165 km/h)	989 hPa (29.21 inHg)	None	0	None	[2][77]
Four	August 26 – September 3, 1924	110 mph (175 km/h)	965 hPa (28.50 inHg)	Guadeloupe, Montserrat, Anguilla, Saint Thomas, Leeward Islands	89	Heavy	[2][152][153][154]
Five	September 10–14, 1926	105 mph (165 km/h)	1000 hPa (29.53 inHg)	None	0	None	[2][155]
Eight	September 21 – October 1, 1926	105 mph (165 km/h)	978 hPa (28.88 inHg)	Azores	0	Minor	[2][155]
Four	September 23–28, 1927	110 mph (175 km/h)	967 hPa (28.56 inHg)	None	0	None	[2][77]
One	August 3–10, 1928	105 mph (165 km/h)	971 hPa (28.67 inHg)	Bahamas, Florida, Georgia, South Carolina	2	$235 thousand	[2][77][156][157]

1930s

Name	Dates	Peak intensity		Areas affected	Deaths	Damage (USD)	Refs
		Wind speed	Pressure
Seven	September 8–16, 1931	100 mph (155 km/h)	987 hPa (29.15 inHg)	Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica, Belize, Yucatán Peninsula, Veracruz	2	Moderate	[2][77][158][159]
Fifteen	November 3–10, 1932	100 mph (155 km/h)	973 hPa (28.73 inHg)	Azores	0	Unknown	[2][160]
Two	June 24 – July 8, 1933	110 mph (175 km/h)	965 hPa (28.50 inHg)	Trinidad, Venezuela, Jamaica, Cayman Islands, Cuba, Tamaulipas	35	$7.5 million	[2][161][162]
Thirteen	September 10–15, 1933	110 mph (175 km/h)	960 hPa (28.35 inHg)	Guatemala, Belize, Quintana Roo, Yucatán Peninsula, Tampico	67	Millions	[2][163][164]
One	June 4–18, 1934	100 mph (155 km/h)	966 hPa (28.53 inHg)	Belize, Guatemala, Chiapas, Yucatán Peninsula, Louisiana, Mississippi, Tennessee	>1,000	$4.4 million	.[2][165][166][167]
Seven	September 3–7, 1934	105 mph (165 km/h)	967 hPa (28.56 inHg)	United States East Coast	8	$10 thousand	[2][165][168][169]
Ten	October 1–4, 1934	100 mph (155 km/h)	984 hPa (29.06 inHg)	None	0	None	[2][165]
Seven	October 30 – November 8, 1935	105 mph (165 km/h)	964 hPa (28.47 inHg)	The Bahamas, Florida	19	$5.5 million	[2][170][171]
Five	July 27 – August 1, 1936	105 mph (165 km/h)	964 hPa (28.47 inHg)	Bahamas, Florida, Alabama	4	$200 thousand	[2][172]
Ten	August 25 – September 5, 1936	110 mph (175 km/h)	959 hPa (28.32 inHg)	None	0	None	[2][173]
Fifteen	September 18–25, 1936	105 mph (165 km/h)	977 hPa (28.85 inHg)	Nova Scotia	0	None	[2][174]
Four	September 9–14, 1937	100 mph (155 km/h)	992 hPa (29.29 inHg)	Nova Scotia, Canada	0	$1.5 million	[2][77][175]
Eight	September 20–26, 1937	100 mph (155 km/h)	982 hPa (29.00 inHg)	None	0	None	[2][77][176]

1940s

Name	Dates	Peak intensity		Areas affected	Deaths	Damage (USD)	Refs
		Wind speed	Pressure
Two	August 3–10, 1940	100 mph (155 km/h)	972 hPa (28.70 inHg)	Texas, Louisiana, Arkansas	7	$10.75 million	[2][177][178]
Three	August 5–14, 1940	100 mph (155 km/h)	972 hPa (28.70 inHg)	South Carolina, Mid-Atlantic states	52	$13 million	[2][179][77][180]
Four	August 26 – September 2, 1940	110 mph (175 km/h)	961 hPa (28.38 inHg)	North Carolina, New England, Nova Scotia, Quebec	7	$4.05 million	[2][77][181]
Five	September 7–17, 1940	100 mph (155 km/h)	988 hPa (29.18 inHg)	Nova Scotia, Newfoundland	3	$1.49 million	[2][77][182]
Seven	September 22–28, 1940	100 mph (155 km/h)	977 hPa (28.85 inHg)	Azores	0	None	[2][183]
Four	August 25 – September 3, 1942	110 mph (175 km/h)	Unknown	None	0	None	[2][77]
Eleven	November 5–11, 1942	110 mph (175 km/h)	992 hPa (29.29 inHg)	Cuba, Belize, Mexico	9	$9 million	[2][77][184]
One	July 25–30, 1943	105 mph (165 km/h)	967 hPa (28.56 inHg)	Texas, Louisiana	19	$17 million	[2][185][186][187]
Six	September 15–20, 1943	100 mph (155 km/h)	Unknown	United States Gulf Coast	0	$419 thousand	[2][186]
Nine	October 11–17, 1943	110 mph (175 km/h)	Unknown	Leeward Islands, Puerto Rico, Bermuda	0	$300 thousand	[2][186][77][188]
Nine	September 21–26, 1944	100 mph (155 km/h)	Unknown	None	0	None	[2][77]
One	June 20–27, 1945	100 mph (155 km/h)	985 hPa (29.09 inHg)	United States East Coast	1	$750 thousand	[2][189][190][191]
Eleven	October 10–13, 1945	100 mph (155 km/h)	982 hPa (29.00 inHg)	Greater Antilles, Bahamas	5	$2 million	[2][192][77]
Four	September 12–15, 1946	100 mph (155 km/h)	975 hPa (28.79 inHg)	Bahamas, Nova Scotia, Newfoundland	0	None	[2][77][193]
Six	October 5–9, 1946	100 mph (155 km/h)	977 hPa (28.85 inHg)	Cuba, Florida, Georgia, South Carolina	5	$5.2 million	[2][77][194][195]
Charlie	August 9–16, 1947	110 mph (175 km/h)	977 hPa (28.85 inHg)	Quintana Roo, Tamaulipas	48	Unknown	[2][196][197]
King	October 8–16, 1947	105 mph (165 km/h)	965 hPa (28.50 inHg)	Honduras, Florida, Alabama	1	$3.26 million	[2][198][199]
One	August 21–25, 1949	110 mph (175 km/h)	974 hPa (28.76 inHg)	North Carolina	2	$50 thousand	[2][200][201]
Eleven	September 27 – October 6, 1949	110 mph (175 km/h)	965 hPa (28.50 inHg)	Guatemala, Campeche, Texas	2	$6.7 million	[2][78][202]

1950s

Name	Dates	Peak intensity		Areas affected	Deaths	Damage (USD)	Refs
		Wind speed	Pressure
Baker	August 18 – September 1, 1950	105 mph (165 km/h)	978 hPa (28.88 inHg)	Leeward Islands, Puerto Rico, Hispaniola, Cuba, United States Gulf Coast	38	$2.5 million	[2][203][204]
Charlie	August 21 – September 5, 1950	110 mph (175 km/h)	974 hPa (28.76 inHg)	None	0	None	[2][204]
George	September 27 – October 5, 1950	110 mph (175 km/h)	960 hPa (28.35 inHg)	Iceland	0	None	[2][204][205][206]
Item	October 8–11, 1950	105 mph (165 km/h)	976 hPa (28.82 inHg)	Yucatán Peninsula, Western Mexico	0	$1.5 million	[2][204][207][208]
How	September 29 – October 5, 1951	100 mph (155 km/h)	972 hPa (28.70 inHg)	Florida, Iceland	17	$2 million	[2][209][210]
Able	August 18 – September 3, 1952	100 mph (155 km/h)	980 hPa (28.94 inHg)	South Carolina, North Carolina, Virginia, Maryland	3	$21.7 million	[2][211][212]
Baker	August 31 – September 8, 1952	110 mph (175 km/h)	969 hPa (28.61 inHg)	None	0	None	[2][211][213]
Easy	October 6–11, 1952	105 mph (165 km/h)	968 hPa (28.59 inHg)	None	0	None	[2][211]
Alice	June 24–27, 1954	110 mph (175 km/h)	975 hPa (28.79 inHg)	Mexico	56	$2 million	[2][214][215]
Thirteen	September 25 – October 6, 1954	100 mph (155 km/h)	964 hPa (28.47 inHg)	None	0	None	[2][216]
Diane	August 7–20, 1955	105 mph (165 km/h)	969 hPa (28.61 inHg)	North Carolina, Pennsylvania, New York, New Jersey, New England	184	$754.7 million	[2][217][218]
Edith	August 21–31, 1955	105 mph (165 km/h)	967 hPa (28.56 inHg)	None	0	None	[2][219][220]
Flora	September 2–9, 1955	105 mph (165 km/h)	967 hPa (28.56 inHg)	None	0	None	[221]
Katie	October 14–19, 1955	110 mph (175 km/h)	984 hPa (29.06 inHg)	Central America, Dominican Republic, Hispaniola, Puerto Rico, Cuba, Bahamas, Dominica	7	$200 thousand	[2][222][223]
Greta	October 31 – November 6, 1956	100 mph (155 km/h)	970 hPa (28.64 inHg)	Cuba, Bahamas, Florida, Guadeloupe	1	$3.58 million	[2][224]
Ella	August 30 – September 6, 1958	110 mph (175 km/h)	983 hPa (29.03 inHg)	Haiti, Dominican Republic, Cuba, Louisiana, Texas	37	>$100 thousand	[2][225][226]
Ilsa	September 24–30, 1958	110 mph (175 km/h)	956 hPa (28.23 inHg)	Bermuda	0	None	[2][225][227][228]
Janice	October 4–11, 1958	100 mph (155 km/h)	968 hPa (28.59 inHg)	Jamaica, Cuba, Bahamas	9	$200 thousand	[2][225][229]

1960s

Name	Dates	Peak intensity		Areas affected	Deaths	Damage (USD)	Refs
		Wind speed	Pressure
Anna	July 20–24, 1961	105 mph (165 km/h)	976 hPa (28.82 inHg)	Windward Islands, Colombia, Venezuela, Central America, Jamaica	1	$300 thousand	[2][230][231][232]
Daisy	September 29 – October 7, 1962	105 mph (165 km/h)	963 hPa (28.44 inHg)	Leeward Islands, Bermuda, New England, Atlantic Canada	32	$1.1 million	[2][233][234]
Ella	October 14–22, 1962	110 mph (175 km/h)	958 hPa (28.29 inHg)	Cuba, United States East Coast, Atlantic Canada	2	Unknown	[2][235][236][237]
Edith	September 23–29, 1963	100 mph (155 km/h)	990 hPa (29.23 inHg)	Lesser Antilles, Puerto Rico, Hispaniola, Turks and Caicos Islands, Bahamas	10	$46.6 million	[2][238][239][240]
Ginny	October 17–29, 1963	110 mph (175 km/h)	948 hPa (27.99 inHg)	Hispaniola, Turks and Caicos Islands, The Bahamas, United States East Coast, Nova Scotia, Newfoundland	5	$500 thousand	[2][241][242][243]
Ethel	September 4–14, 1964	105 mph (165 km/h)	974 hPa (28.76 inHg)	Bermuda	0	Minimal	[2][244][245]
Anna	August 21–25, 1965	105 mph (165 km/h)	976 hPa (28.82 inHg)	None	0	None	[2][246]
Elena	October 12–19, 1965	110 mph (175 km/h)	977 hPa (28.85 inHg)	None	0	None	[246]
Chloe	September 5–21, 1967	110 mph (175 km/h)	958 hPa (28.29 inHg)	Cape Verde, Spain, France	14	Unknown	[2][247]
Kara	October 7–18, 1969	105 mph (165 km/h)	978 hPa (28.88 inHg)	North Carolina	0	None	[2][248]
Laurie	October 17–27, 1969	105 mph (165 km/h)	973 hPa (28.73 inHg)	Mexico	0	Minor	[2][248][249]

1970s

Name	Dates	Peak intensity		Areas affected	Deaths	Damage (USD)	Refs
		Wind speed	Pressure
Eighteen	October 12–17, 1970	105 mph (165 km/h)	974 hPa (28.76 inHg)	Bermuda, Nova Scotia, Newfoundland	0	Unknown	[2][250][251][252]
Ginger	September 6 – October 3, 1971	110 mph (175 km/h)	959 hPa (28.32 inHg)	Bahamas, North Carolina	1	$10 million	[2][253][254][255]
Betty	August 22 – September 1, 1972	105 mph (165 km/h)	976 hPa (28.82 inHg)	None	0	None	[2][256]
Fifi	September 14–22, 1974	110 mph (175 km/h)	971 hPa (28.67 inHg)	Hispaniola, Jamaica, Mexico, Central America	8,210	$1.8 billion	[2][257][258][259][260]
Doris	August 28 – September 4, 1975	110 mph (175 km/h)	965 hPa (28.50 inHg)	None	0	None	[2][261]
Faye	September 18–29, 1975	105 mph (165 km/h)	977 hPa (28.85 inHg)	Bermuda	0	Minimal	[2][261][262]
Emmy	August 20 – September 4, 1976	105 mph (165 km/h)	974 hPa (28.76 inHg)	Lesser Antilles, Azores	68	Minimal	[2][263]
Gloria	September 26 – October 4, 1976	105 mph (165 km/h)	970 hPa (28.64 inHg)	None	0	None	[2][264]
Flossie	September 4–15, 1978	100 mph (155 km/h)	976 hPa (28.82 inHg)	None	0	None	[2][265]
Gloria	September 4–15, 1979	100 mph (155 km/h)	975 hPa (28.79 inHg)	None	0	None	[2][266]

1980s

Name	Dates	Peak intensity		Areas affected	Deaths	Damage (USD)	Refs
		Wind speed	Pressure
Bonnie	August 14–19, 1980	100 mph (155 km/h)	975 hPa (28.79 inHg)	None	0	None	[2][267][268]
Ivan	October 4–11, 1980	105 mph (165 km/h)	970 hPa (28.64 inHg)	None	0	None	[2][269][270]
Jeanne	November 8–16, 1980	100 mph (155 km/h)	986 hPa (29.12 inHg)	Florida, Gulf of Mexico, United States Gulf Coast	0	Minimal	[2][271]
Gert	September 7–15, 1981	105 mph (165 km/h)	988 hPa (29.18 inHg)	Puerto Rico	0	None	[2][272][273]
Josephine	October 7–18, 1984	105 mph (165 km/h)	965 hPa (28.50 inHg)	United States East Coast	1	Minor	[2][274][275]
Earl	September 10–18, 1986	105 mph (165 km/h)	979 hPa (28.91 inHg)	None	0	None	[2][276]
Dean	July 31 – August 9, 1989	105 mph (165 km/h)	968 hPa (28.59 inHg)	Leeward Islands, Bermuda, North Carolina, Newfoundland	0	$8.9 million	[2][277][278]
Erin	August 18–27, 1989	105 mph (165 km/h)	968 hPa (28.59 inHg)	Cape Verde	0	None	[2][279]

1990s

Name	Duration	Peak intensity		Areas affected	Damage (USD)	Deaths	Refs
		Wind speed	Pressure
Diana	August 4 – 9, 1990	100 mph (155 km/h)	980 hPa (28.94 inHg)	Central America	Extensive	139	[280]
Isidore	September 4 – 17, 1990	100 mph (155 km/h)	978 hPa (28.88 inHg)	None	None	None	[280]
Grace	October 25 – 29, 1991	105 mph (165 km/h)	980 hPa (28.94 inHg)	None	None	None	[281]
Bonnie	September 17 – 30, 1992	110 mph (175 km/h)	965 hPa (28.50 inHg)	Azores	Minimal	1	[282]
Charley	September 21 – 27, 1992	110 mph (175 km/h)	965 hPa (28.50 inHg)	Azores	None	None	[282]
Gert	September 14 – 21, 1993	100 mph (155 km/h)	970 hPa (28.64 inHg)	Central America	>$166 million	76	[283]
Florence	November 2 – 8, 1994	110 mph (175 km/h)	972 hPa (28.70 inHg)	None	None	None	[284]
Erin	July 31 – August 6, 1995	100 mph (155 km/h)	973 hPa (28.73 inHg)	Florida, Mid-Atlantic States, New England	13	$700 million	[285]
Humberto	August 21 – September 1, 1995	110 mph (175 km/h)	968 hPa (28.59 inHg)	None	None	None	[285]
Iris	August 22 – September 4, 1995	110 mph (175 km/h)	965 hPa (28.50 inHg)	Antigua, Montserrat, Barbuda	5	Unknown	[285][286]
Danielle	August 24 – September 3, 1998	105 mph (165 km/h)	960 hPa (28.35 inHg)	Puerto Rico, United States East Coast, Atlantic Canada, United Kingdom	$50 million	None	[287][288]
Earl	August 31 – September 3, 1998	100 mph (155 km/h)	985 hPa (29.09 inHg)	Mexico, Florida	$79 million	3	[287]
Jeanne	September 21 – October 1, 1998	105 mph (165 km/h)	969 hPa (28.61 inHg)	None	None	None	[287]
Karl	September 23 – 28, 1998	105 mph (165 km/h)	970 hPa (28.64 inHg)	None	None	None	[287]
Dennis	August 24 – September 7, 1999	105 mph (165 km/h)	962 hPa (28.41 inHg)	The Bahamas, United States East Coast, Atlantic Canada	$157 million	4	[289]
Irene	October 12 – 19, 1999	110 mph (175 km/h)	958 hPa (28.29 inHg)	Cuba, Southeastern United States	$800 million	18	[289]
Jose	October 17 – 25, 1999	100 mph (155 km/h)	979 hPa (28.91 inHg)	Lesser Antilles, Puerto Rico	<$5 million	2	[289]

2000s

Name	Dates	Peak intensity		Areas affected	Deaths	Damage (USD)	Refs
		Wind speed	Pressure
Michael	October 15 – 20, 2000	100 mph (155 km/h)	965 hPa (28.50 inHg)	Bermuda, United States East Coast, Atlantic Canada	Minimal	None	[290]
Humberto	September 21 – 27, 2001	105 mph (165 km/h)	970 hPa (28.64 inHg)	None	None	None	[291]
Gustav	September 8 – 12, 2002	100 mph (155 km/h)	960 hPa (28.35 inHg)	North Carolina, Virginia, New Jersey	$340,000	4	[292][293]
Juan	September 24 – 29, 2003	110 mph (175 km/h)	969 hPa (28.61 inHg)	Canada	$200 million	8	[294]
Danielle	August 13 – 21, 2004	110 mph (175 km/h)	964 hPa (28.47 inHg)	Cape Verde	None	None	[295]
Irene	August 4 – 18, 2005	105 mph (165 km/h)	970 hPa (28.64 inHg)	United States East Coast	None	1	[296]
Dolly	July 20 – 27, 2008	100 mph (155 km/h)	963 hPa (28.44 inHg)	Guatemala, Mexico, South Central United States	$1.6 billion	26	[297][298][299]
Ida	November 1 – 10, 2009	105 mph (165 km/h)	975 hPa (28.79 inHg)	Nicaragua, Yucatán Peninsula, Cuba, Southeastern United States	$11.4 million	4	[300][301][302]

2010s

Name	Dates	Peak intensity		Areas affected	Deaths	Damage (USD)	Refs
		Wind speed	Pressure
Alex	June 25 – July 2, 2010	110 mph (175 km/h)	946 hPa (27.94 inHg)	Greater Antilles, Belize, Mexico, Texas	1.52 billion	52	[303]
Paula	October 11 – 15, 2010	105 mph (165 km/h)	981 hPa (28.97 inHg)	Nicaragua, Honduras, Mexico Cuba, Bahamas, Florida	Unknown	1	[303]
Richard	October 20 – 26, 2010	100 mph (155 km/h)	977 hPa (28.85 inHg)	Honduras, Belize, Guatemala, Mexico	$80 million	2	[303]
Tomas	October 29 – November 7, 2010	100 mph (155 km/h)	982 hPa (29.00 inHg)	Windward Islands, Leeward Antilles Greater Antilles, Lucayan Archipelago	$463 million	51	[303]
Ernesto	August 1 – 10, 2012	100 mph (155 km/h)	973 hPa (28.73 inHg)	Windward Islands, Jamaica, Central America, Mexico	252 million	12	[304]
Gordon	August 15 – 20, 2012	110 mph (175 km/h)	965 hPa (28.50 inHg)	Azores	None	None	[305]
Kirk	August 28 – September 4, 2012	105 mph (165 km/h)	970 hPa (28.64 inHg)	None	None	None	[306]
Arthur	July 1 – 5, 2014	100 mph (155 km/h)	973 hPa (28.73 inHg)	Bahamas, North Carolina, Nova Scotia	$28.6 million	1	[307]
Gert	August 12 – 17, 2017	110 mph (175 km/h)	962 hPa (28.41 inHg)	Bermuda, United States East Coast, Atlantic Canada	Unknown	2	[308]
Katia	September 5 – 9, 2017	105 mph (165 km/h)	972 hPa (28.70 inHg)	Mexico	$3.26 million	3	[309]
Chris	July 6 – 12, 2018	105 mph (165 km/h)	969 hPa (28.61 inHg)	Bermuda, Iceland	Minimal	1	[310]
Helene	September 7 – 16, 2018	110 mph (175 km/h)	967 hPa (28.56 inHg)	West Africa, Cape Verde, Azores	Minimal	3	[311]
Oscar	October 26 – 31, 2018	110 mph (175 km/h)	966 hPa (28.53 inHg)	Faroe Islands	None	None	[312]
Jerry	September 17 – 24, 2019	105 mph (165 km/h)	976 hPa (28.82 inHg)	None	None	None	[313]

2020s

Name	Dates	Peak intensity		Areas affected	Deaths	Damage (USD)	Refs
		Wind speed	Pressure
Paulette	September 7 – 22, 2020	105 mph (165 km/h)	965 hPa (28.50 inHg)	Bermuda	2	$50 million	[314]
Sally	September 11 – 17, 2020	110 mph (175 km/h)	965 hPa (28.50 inHg)	The Bahamas, Cuba, United States Gulf Coast	9	$7.3 billion	[315]
Earl	September 2 – 10, 2022	110 mph (175 km/h)	948 hPa (27.99 inHg)	Puerto Rico, Bermuda	2	Minimal	[316]
Nigel	September 15 – 22, 2023	100 mph (155 km/h)	971 hPa (28.67 inHg)	None	None	None
Tammy	October 18 – 29, 2023	105 mph (165 km/h)	965 hPa (28.50 inHg)	Leeward Islands	None	$1.5 million
Ernesto	August 12 – 20, 2024	100 mph (155 km/h)	968 hPa (28.59 inHg)	Leeward Islands, Puerto Rico, Bermuda, Atlantic Canada	3	$150 million
Francine	September 9 – 12, 2024	105 mph (165 km/h)	972 hPa (28.70 inHg)	Eastern Mexico, United States Gulf Coast	None	$1.3 billion
Isaac	September 25 – 30, 2024	105 mph (165 km/h)	963 hPa (28.44 inHg)	None	None	None
Leslie	October 2 – 12, 2024	105 mph (165 km/h)	972 hPa (28.70 inHg)	None	None	None

Other systems

The 1842 Spain hurricane on October 26, reached a possible, but HURDAT-unverified, Category 2 intensity.^[317]

In May 1863, Hurricane "Amanda" wreaked havoc in the Southeast United States. Its intensity was equivalent to Category 2.^[318]

Michael Chenoweth

A climate researcher: Michael Chenoweth has suggested that the following systems were Category 2 hurricanes on the Saffir-Simpson hurricane wind scale:

Name	Duration	Peak intensity		Areas affected	Damage (USD)	Deaths	Refs
		Wind speed	Pressure
Unnamed	September 25 - 28, 1852	105 mph (165 km/h)	Not Specified	None	None	None	[319]
Unnamed	November 13 - 28, 1853	105 mph (165 km/h)	965 hPa (28.50 inHg)	The Bahamas	Unknown	Unknown	[320]
Unnamed	October 13 - 27, 1854	105 mph (165 km/h)	965 hPa (28.50 inHg)	Texas, Mexico	Unknown	Unknown	[321]
Eight	October 24 – 29, 1859	100 mph (155 km/h)	989 hPa (29.21 inHg)	Mexico, Florida	Unknown	Unknown	[322]
Unnamed	September 24 - October 2, 1876	110 mph (175 km/h)	1002 hPa (29.59 inHg)	The Caribbean	Unknown	Unknown	[323]

Climatology

Category 2 hurricanes by month

Month	Number of storms
January	0
February	0
March	1
April	0
May	0
June	10
July	18
August	66
September	88
October	55
November	8
December	0

Category 2 hurricanes by decade

Decade	Number of storms
1850s	11
1860s	28
1870s	14
1880s	18
1890s	22
1900s	13
1910s	11
1920s	9
1930s	13
1940s	19
1950s	18
1960s	11
1970s	8
1980s	8
1990s	17
2000s	8
2010s	14
2020s	9

Landfalls

Name	Year	Category 2	Category 1	Tropical storm	Tropical depression	Refs
Two	1940	Texas	—	—	—
Three	1940	South Carolina	—	—	—
Four	1940	—	—	Nova Scotia	—
Five	1940	—	Nova Scotia	—	—
Eleven	1942	Belize	Cuba	Campeche	—
One	1943	Texas	—	—	—
Six	1943	—	—	—	Louisiana
One	1945	—	Florida and North Carolina	—	—
Eleven	1945	Cuba	—	—	—
Four	1946	—	—	Andros Island and South Abaco	—
Six	1946	—	Cuba and Florida	—	—
Charlie	1947	Tamaulipas	—	Quintana Roo	—
King	1947	Georgia	Florida	Cuba	—
Eleven	1949	Texas	—	Guatemala	—
Baker	1950	Antigua	Alabama	Puerto Rico and Cuba	Cuba
Item	1950	Veracruz	—	—	—
How	1951	—	—	Florida	—
Able	1952	South Carolina	—	—	—
Alice	1954	Texas	—	—	—
Diane	1955	—	North Carolina	—	—
Katie	1955	Haiti	—	—	—
Greta	1956	Haiti	Cuba	Texas	—
Janice	1958	—	—	Cuba and Andros Island	—
Anna	1961	—	Belize	—	—
Edith	1963	—	Saint Lucia	Dominican Republic	—
Ginny	1963	Nova Scotia	—	—	—
Laurie	1969	—	—	—	Quintana Roo and Tabasco
Ginger	1971	—	North Carolina	—	—
Fifi	1974	Belize	—	—	—
Gert	1981	—	—	Puerto Rico	—
Dean	1989	—	—	Newfoundland	—
Diana	1990	Tamaulipas	—	Quintana Roo	—
Charley	1992	—	—	Azores	—
Gert	1993	Veracruz	—	Nicaragua and Belize	—
Erin	1995	—	Abaco Islands, Grand Bahama and Florida (x2)	—	—
Iris	1995	—	—	Montserrat, Anguilla and Barbuda	—
Earl	1998	—	Florida	—	—
Dennis	1999	—	—	North Carolina	—
Irene	1999	—	Florida	Cuba (x2)	—
Jose	1999	—	Antigua	Tortola	—
Gustav	2002	—	Nova Scotia and Newfoundland	—	—
Juan	2003	Nova Scotia	—	Prince Edward Island	—
Dolly	2008	—	Texas	Quintana Roo	—
Ida	2009	—	Nicaragua	—	—
Alex	2010	Tamaulipas	—	Belize	—
Paula	2010	—	—	Cuba	—
Richard	2010	Belize	—	—	—
Tomas	2010	Saint Vincent	—	Barbados	—
Ernesto	2012	Quintana Roo	—	Veracruz	—
Gordon	2012	—	Azores	—	—
Arthur	2014	North Carolina	—	—	—
Katia	2017	—	Veracruz	—	—
Paulette	2020	Bermuda	—	—	—
Sally	2020	Alabama	—	—	Florida
Tammy	2023	—	Barbuda	—	—
Ernesto	2024	—	Bermuda	Guadeloupe and Virgin Islands	—
Francine	2024	Louisiana	—	—	—

See also

• Tropical cyclones portal

• List of Category 2 Pacific hurricanes

Notes