what were the 2 most interesting back to back canes seasons?

[rainstorm]

i will say 1954 and 1955. the board would have been hopping!!

[MWatkins]

LOL...What about 1964/65? The term "wishcaster" would have been thrown around a lot during Betsy I would guess...

MW

[OtherHD]

How about in recent memory? 95/96 really stands out.

[JetMaxx]

In the past 100 years??
IMO 1960 and 1961....the only back-to-back seasons with a landfalling U.S. cat-4 hurricane in each (Donna & Carla).

1988-1989 was also awesome (cat-5 monsters Gilbert and Hugo in back-to-back seasons).

PW

[Rainband]

How about in recent memory? 95/96 really stands out.

I agree!!

[rainstorm]

i always thought 95 was a little disappointing. for the large number of storms that formed, few made landfall.

[Amanzi]

http://weather.unisys.com/hurricane/atlantic/index.html
If you are like me and just learning about past storm tracks and seasons, the above web site is really great to show number of storms and the tracks. All you have to do is click on the year. It's really great to make comaprisons.


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[Andrew92]

How about 98/99? Bonnie, Georges, Mitch, Dennis, Floyd......that was a little too interesting for me.

-Andrew92

[Lindaloo]

i always thought 95 was a little disappointing. for the large number of storms that formed, few made landfall.

Well thank goodness Helen.

[Steve]

Here in Louisiana, so far, I'm liking 2002-2003. I'm up to rainfall from like 7 or 8 named (or formerly named) storms. And even though they've been mostly weak storm/heavy rain events, it's a lot more fun catching a band or two than watching fish spinners.

Steve

[JCT777]

I have to agree with OtherHD and Rainband - 1995/1996 was definitely the most interesting back-to-back Atlantic hurricane seasons.

[JetMaxx]

i always thought 95 was a little disappointing. for the large number of storms that formed, few made landfall.

Yeah, but the one major hurricane that did strike the U.S. (Opal) brought 70 mph winds to my Georgia neighborhood 260 miles inland....blowing two shingles off my brick home, taking down several trees...one of which destroyed my anemometer after recording a 67 mph wind gust....and dropped 8" of rain. The toll was dozens dead and billions in damage from the Florida panhandle into Alabama and Georgia...from a major hurricane that was rapidly weakening as it approached the coastline.

There was also major damage in the northeastern Caribbean from hurricane Luis (a monster cat-4)...and Marilyn; and in the western Caribbean from cat-3 Roxanne (and 974 mb Erin also caused substantial damage to the Pensacola area).

[Stormsfury]

How about in recent memory? 95/96 really stands out.

I agree with that 100%.

[Stormsfury]

Now to continue other thoughts on this ...

1995/1996 of course - Opal was a lot like Hugo in regards to fast movement which produced very strong winds well inland like Perry stated before ... also Montgomery, Alabama, reported 90+ mph winds from Opal ... and don't forget Luis and Marilyn ... and Roxanne which battered the Yucatan Peninsula ...

Other posters have covered other important years as well ...

1960/1961 which I can include 1959 with that as well ... with another major hurricane strike ... Hurricane Gracie in 1959 which made landfall near Beaufort, SC ... Parris Island (Marine Corp Air Station) reported 95 mph with a gust to 138 ... Charleston also suffered extensive damage as well from Gracie ...

1998-1999 as well ... Hurricanes Bonnie, Georges, and Mitch in 1998 and not to mention, there were 4 hurricanes in the Atlantic as the same time followed by 1999 ... with Hurricanes Bret, Dennis, Floyd, and Irene, and last but not least Lenny ... which was the strongest November storm, and the only storm of record to move east through the Caribbean Sea.

[ColdFront77]

Bronwyn, the Unisys Weather Hurricane site is great. I refer to it often.

I remember watching Hurricane Lenny move "backwards" across the Caribbean Sea
in mid to late November 1999, while living in Massachusetts.

[cycloneye]

I say that 1998-1999 was too an active two years because of what Stormsfury said about how many canes made landfall and those 2 years culminated with the crazy Lenny which traveled backwards as a cat 4 in mid november.And of course Georges came to my island.

[GulfBreezer]

95 was a helluva year with both Erin and Opal here..........bunch of T-Shirts sales that year too!

[rainstorm]

54 and 55 still look good to me. has everyone forgotten about 69 and 70?

[JetMaxx]

54 and 55 still look good to me. has everyone forgotten about 69 and 70?

I agree with 1954 & 55 being very interesting...but in all honesty, using the current technology, I doubt 1955 hurricanes Connie or Ione would even be classified major hurricanes at landfall in North Carolina (both were very similar to Floyd and Bonnie...which are both officially called cat-2 landfalls by NHC). Neither Connie or Ione produced wind gusts (or storm surge) as high as 1996's Fran along the North Carolina coast. Diane was barely even a hurricane at landfall near Wilmington, but just as 1999's Dennis set the table for Floyd's record flooding.....Connie did the same for Diane. 184 people died primarily because decaying Diane dropped torrential rain over ground already saturated by Connie only days earlier.

The most impressive hurricane of either 1954 or 1955 didn't even strike the U.S.....Cat-5 Janet obliterated the Yucatan in late September with sustained winds estimated at 175 mph (914 mb)...and took the lives of a U.S. Navy recon plane that flew into Janet over the Western Caribbean...and was never heard from again.

1954's hurricane Carol was barely a cat-3 at landfall on Long Island (thanks in part to a 40-45 mph forward speed...why gusts reached 130-140 mph along the New England coast). Edna was more intense than Carol and definitely a cat-3; and Hazel was a cat-4 monster...comparable in size and strength to hurricane Hugo --extremely rare for the U.S Southeast Coast in October (but it
had been a blistering hot summer...Atlanta hit 98° in late September and 95° in early October, and the offshore waters were still as balmy as a normal September).

Very interesting seasons yes, but the two back to back more impressive than 1960-61? Not to this hurricane historian anyway.

As for 1969 and 1970....while true Camille was one of the most impressive hurricanes of record...Camille WAS the 1969 season. There were other major hurricanes (Debbie & Gerda), but nothing striking the U.S. 1970 was actually a quiet hurricane season....but just as 1992, produced one small but intense hurricane (Celia) that almost destroyed Corpus Christi, Texas with 130 mph sustained winds. I honestly don't rank 1969-1970 in my top ten of most fascinating back to back hurricane seasons.

PW

[Colin]

Wow... that's an awesome sat. image, SF... that sure doesn't happen very often! :o But when it does, it's really cool to look at, and to look back at.