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< 1770s 1790s >
The North Atlantic in the 1780s decade featured the following:
- 32 Catalogued cyclones
- 2 Estimated Intensities / 30 Unknown
- 43,452 Known Fatalities
- 10 Known Injuries
- 90 Buildings Damaged
- 15,865 Buildings Destroyed
- $40,000 in Monetary Damages
- Strongest: Hurricane Five (1780) – 190mph
- Most intense: Unknown
- Deadliest: Hurricane Five (1780) – 26,500 fatalities
- Most destructive: Hurricane Five (1780) – 15,702 buildings affected
- Wettest: Unknown
- Highest Surge: Storm One (1789) – 20 feet
Storm Numbers by year
| 1780 | 8 |
| 1781 | 3 |
| 1782 | 2 |
| 1783 | 3 |
| 1784 | 3 |
| 1785 | 4 |
| 1786 | 3 |
| 1787 | 3 |
| 1788 | 2 |
| 1789 | 1 |