North Atlantic in the 1400s

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The North Atlantic in the 15th century featured the following:

  • 6 Catalogued cyclones
  • 0 Estimated Intensities / 6 Unknown
  • 0 Known Fatalities
  • 10 Buildings Damaged
  • 3 Buildings Destroyed
  • Strongest: Unknown
  • Most intense: Unknown
  • Deadliest: Unknown
  • Most destructive: Storm One (1495) – 13 buildings affected
  • Wettest: Unknown
  • Highest Surge: Unknown

The Santa Maria (1892 replica pictured), one of the ships on the voyages of Christopher Columbus. He first experienced a hurricane on his second voyage in 1494.