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1936 Mid-Atlantic hurricane
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|name=. Remove this parameter; the article title is used as the name by default. Surface weather analysis of the storm on September 18 at its closest approach to the United States | |
| Meteorological history | |
|---|---|
| Formed | September 8, 1936 |
| Extratropical | September 19 |
| Dissipated | September 25, 1936 |
| Category 3 major hurricane | |
| 1-minute sustained (SSHWS/NWS) | |
| Highest winds | 120 mph (195 km/h) |
| Lowest pressure | 962 mbar (hPa); 28.41 inHg |
| Overall effects | |
| Fatalities | 2 |
| Damage | $4.05 million (1936 USD) |
| Areas affected | United States East Coast, Atlantic Canada |
Part of the 1936 Atlantic hurricane season | |
The 1936 Mid-Atlantic hurricane (also referred to as 1936 Outer Banks hurricane) was the most intense tropical cyclone of the 1936 Atlantic hurricane season, paralleling areas of the United States East Coast in September 1936. The thirteenth tropical cyclone and eighth hurricane of the year, the storm formed from a tropical disturbance in the central Atlantic Ocean on September 9.[1] Peaking as a Category 3 hurricane on the Saffir–Simpson hurricane scale, the hurricane abruptly recurved out to sea near Virginia on September 18 without ever making landfall and transitioned into a hurricane-strength extratropical cyclone early the next day.[2]
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