First storm formed | Ana - July 31 |
Last storm dissipated | Martha - October 19 |
Strongest storm | Janet
185 mph
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Total depressions | 13 |
Total storms | 13 |
Hurricanes | 11 |
Major hurricanes | 6 |
Total damages | $10.907 (2018 USD |
Total fatalities | 1,559 |
This is what the SDTWFC when they analyzed the 1955 Atlantic hurricane season. Storm image simulations are available for all storms that reached hurricane intensity.
Storms[]
Category 1 tropical cyclone (NHC) | |||
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Duration | July 31 – August 3 | ||
Peak intensity | 120 km/h (75 mph) (1-min) 992 hPa (mbar) |
Hurricane Ana[]
(Previously Brenda)
Category 4 tropical cyclone (NHC) | |||
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Duration | August 3 – August 14 | ||
Peak intensity | 240 km/h (150 mph) (1-min) 940 hPa (mbar) |
Hurricane Brenda[]
(Previously Connie)
Category 3 tropical cyclone (NHC) | |||
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Duration | August 7 – August 24 | ||
Peak intensity | 185 km/h (115 mph) (1-min) 966 hPa (mbar) |
Hurricane Connie[]
(Previously Diane)
Category 2 tropical cyclone (NHC) | |||
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Duration | August 21 – September 3 | ||
Peak intensity | 165 km/h (105 mph) (1-min) 970 hPa (mbar) |
Hurricane Diane[]
(Previously Edith)
Tropical storm (NHC) | |||
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Duration | August 25 – August 28 | ||
Peak intensity | 85 km/h (55 mph) (1-min) 1002 hPa (mbar) |
Tropical Storm Edith[]
(Previously Tropical Storm Five)
Category 3 tropical cyclone (NHC) | |||
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Duration | September 2 – September 9 | ||
Peak intensity | 195 km/h (120 mph) (1-min) 963 hPa (mbar) |
Hurricane Flora[]
(Name stayed the same)
Category 1 tropical cyclone (NHC) | |||
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Duration | September 3 – September 6 | ||
Peak intensity | 130 km/h (80 mph) (1-min) 988 hPa (mbar) |
Hurricane Gladys[]
(Name stayed the same)
Category 4 tropical cyclone (NHC) | |||
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Duration | September 10 – September 25 | ||
Peak intensity | 250 km/h (155 mph) (1-min) 935 hPa (mbar) |
Hurricane Hilda[]
(Previously Ione)
Category 4 tropical cyclone (NHC) | |||
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Duration | September 12 – September 22 | ||
Peak intensity | 215 km/h (130 mph) (1-min) 950 hPa (mbar) |
Hurricane Ione[]
(Previously Hilda)
Category 5 tropical cyclone (NHC) | |||
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Duration | September 21 – October 2 | ||
Peak intensity | 295 km/h (185 mph) (1-min) 905 hPa (mbar) |
Hurricane Janet[]
(Name stayed the same)
Tropical storm (NHC) | |||
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Duration | September 23 – September 29 | ||
Peak intensity | 75 km/h (45 mph) (1-min) 1010 hPa (mbar) |
Tropical Storm Katie[]
(Previously Tropical Storm Eleven)
Category 1 tropical cyclone (NHC) | |||
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Duration | October 10 – October 15 | ||
Peak intensity | 120 km/h (75 mph) (1-min) 991 hPa (mbar) |
Hurricane Linda[]
(Previously Tropical Storm Twelve)
Category 2 tropical cyclone (NHC) | |||
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Duration | October 14 – October 19 | ||
Peak intensity | 165 km/h (105 mph) (1-min) 982 hPa (mbar) |
Hurricane Martha[]
(Previously Katie)
Storm Names[]
The 1955 season saw never before used names, with the exception of Alice. Names not used are marked in italics.
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Retirement[]
The SDTWFC retired the names Brenda, Connie, Hilda, Ione, and Janet due to the damage and deaths caused by the storms. They were replaced with Bethany, Cynthia, Hannah, Ilima, and Jasmine.
Season Effects[]
Storm name | Dates active | Storm category
at peak intensity |
Max 1-min wind
mph (km/h) |
Min.press.(mbar) | Areas affected | Damage (millions USD) | Deaths
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Ana | July 31 - August 3 | Category 1 hurricane | 75 (120) | 992 | Louisiana, Southern Mississippi, Southern Alabama, Florida Panhandle, Southern Arkansas, Eastern Texas | Minimal | 2 | |||
Brenda | August 3 - August 14 | Category 4 hurricane | 150 (240) | 940 | Northern Lesser Antilles, US Virgin Islands, British Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Turks and Caicos, Bahamas, mid-Atlantic states, New England, American Great Lakes states, Ontario | 800 (2018 USD) | 25 | |||
Connie | August 7 - August 24 | Category 3 hurricane | 115 (185) | 966 | Northern Lesser Antilles, British Virgin Islands, Bermuda, Bahamas, United States East Coast, Atlantic Canada, Iceland | 7,600 (2018 USD) | 184 | |||
Diane | August 21 - September 3 | Category 2 hurricane | 105 (165) | 970 | Bermuda | none | 0 | |||
Edith | August 25 - August 28 | Tropical storm | 55 (85) | 1002 | Louisiana, Southern Mississippi, Southern Alabama, Eastern Texas | Minimal | 0 | |||
Flora | September 2 - September 9 | Category 3 hurricane | 120 (195) | 963 | none | none | 0 | |||
Gladys | September 3 - September 6 | Category 1 hurricane | 80 (130) | 988 | Mexico, Southern Texas | 4.7 (2018 USD) | 7 | |||
Hilda | September 10 - September 25 | Category 4 hurricane | 155 (250) | 935 | Lesser Antilles, US Virgin Islands, British Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico, Hispaniola, Turks and Caicos, Bahamas, United States East Coast, Atlantic Canada, Iceland | 800 (2018 USD) | 7 | |||
Ione | September 12 - September 22 | Category 4 hurricane | 130 (215) | 930 | Puerto Rico, Hispaniola, Turks and Caicos, Cuba, Jamaica, Cayman Islands, Yucatan Peninsula, Belize, Central Mexico | 1,100 (2018 USD) | 304 | |||
Janet | September 21 - October 2 | Category 5 hurricane | 185 (295) | 905 | Southern Lesser Antilles, Trinidad and Tobago, Northern Venezuela, Northern Columbia, Nicaragua, Honduras, El Salvador, Belize, Yucatan Peninsula, Guatemala, Mexico | 601 (2018 USD) | 1,023 | |||
Katie | September 23 - September 29 | Tropical storm | 45 (75) | 1010 | none | none | 0 | |||
Linda | October 10 - October 15 | Category 1 hurricane | 75 (120) | 991 | none | none | 0 | |||
Martha | October 14 - October 19 | Category 2 hurricane | 105 (165) | 982 | Haiti, Dominican Republic, Turks and Caicos | 1.8 (2018 USD) | 7 | |||
Season Aggregates | ||||||||||
13 | July 31 - October 19 | 185 (295) | 905 | North Atlantic | 10,907 (2018 USD) | 1,559 |