1938 New England hurricane
The 1938 New England Hurricane was an extremely damaging and highly deadly Atlantic tropical cyclone which struck Long Island, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont with strong winds of Category 4 hurricane level. The hurricane did not curve out to sea like hurricanes usually do. The 1938 storm caused over 300 million in property damage (1938 USD) and killed between 682 and 800 people. Tropical cyclones were not given human names at the time, so the 1938 storm had a number instead.
| Category 5 major hurricane (SSHWS/NWS) | |
| File:1938 hurricane September 21, 1938 weather map.jpg Weather map from September 21, 1938 featuring the storm | |
| Formed | September 10, 1938 |
|---|---|
| Dissipated | September 22, 1938 |
| Highest winds | 1-minute sustained: 160 mph (260 km/h) |
| Lowest pressure | 938 mbar (hPa); 27.7 inHg |
| Fatalities | 682 to 800 direct |
| Damage | $306 million (1938 USD) |
| Areas affected | Bahamas, New Jersey, New York, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, Vermont, New Hampshire, Maine, southwestern Quebec |
| Part of the 1938 Atlantic hurricane season | |
1938 New England Hurricane Media
- 1938 New England hurricane weather map 9-16-1938 (20987899).jpg
Weather map of the hurricane over the Central Atlantic Ocean on September 16.
- 1938 New England hurricane weather map 9-17-1938 (644330).jpg
Weather map of the hurricane northeast of the Leeward Islands on September 17.
- 1938 New England hurricane Sept 20.png
Surface weather analysis of the hurricane shortly after peak intensity on September 20, 1938.
- Surface weather map depicting the hurricane's first landfall on Long Island..png
Surface weather map depicting the hurricane's first landfall on Long Island.
- Buzzards Bay station after 1938 hurricane postcard.jpg
A postcard view of flooding from the hurricane at Buzzards Bay station
- Ocean Beach Hurricane Damage.jpg
Damage at Ocean Beach Park after the Hurricane of 1938
- Long Island Express hurricane 1938 rainfall.gif
Long Island Express hurricane rainfall totals from September 19-22, 1938
- 1938 Hurricane Storm Surge.jpg
This image shows storm surge from the Great Hurricane of 1938 hitting a seawall.
- GHo1938damage.jpg
Damage in Island Park, Rhode Island
- Hurricane water levels at Old Market House Providence.jpg
Water levels of the 1815 and 1938 hurricanes are marked at Old Market House, Providence
