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< 1830s 1850s >
The North Atlantic in the 1840s decade featured the following:
- 33 Catalogued cyclones
- 3 Estimated Intensities / 30 Unknown
- 837 Known Fatalities
- 1,000 Buildings Damaged
- 3,490 Buildings Destroyed
- $1.04 million in Monetary Damages
- Strongest: Hurricane Four (1846) – 160mph
- Most intense: Hurricane Four (1846) – 938mb
- Deadliest: Hurricane Four (1846) – 164 fatalities
- Costliest: Storm Seven (1842) – $500,000
- Most destructive: Hurricane Four (1846) – 2,362 buildings affected
- Wettest: Unknown
- Highest Surge: Unknown
Storm Numbers by year
1840 | 2 |
1841 | 3 |
1842 | 9 |
1843 | 1 |
1844 | 4 |
1845 | 0 |
1846 | 4 |
1847 | 2 |
1848 | 5 |
1849 | 3 |