1960 Atlantic hurricane season
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The 1960 Atlantic hurricane season was an ongoing event in the annual cycle of tropical cyclone formation. It officially started June 1, 1960, and lasted until November 30, 1960.
Notable 1960 storms include Hurricane Abby, which killed six in St. Lucia; Tropical Storm Brenda, which caused an estimated $5 million (1960 dollars) in damage to western Florida; and Hurricane Donna. Donna, who was a Category 5 for a time in the open Atlantic, was the worst storm to strike Florida in ten years, causing six direct deaths, and causing $387 million in damage ($2.4 billion in 2000 dollars). Also, Ethel reached Category 5 strength very briefly before falling apart prior to landfall in Mississippi. This marks the first time that two Category 5's have formed in the same year in the Atlantic Basin. Miraculously however, it weakened to a tropical storm within 24 hours of hitting land in Mississippi.
1960 Hurricane names
The following names were used for named storms (tropical storms and hurricanes) that formed in the North Atlantic in 1960.
- Abby
- Brenda
- Cleo
- Donna
- Ethel
- Florence
- Gladys (unused)
- Hilda (unused)
- Isbell (unused)
- Janet (unused)
- Katy (unused)
- Lila (unused)
- Molly (unused)
- Nita (unused)
- Odette (unused)
- Paula (unused)
- Roxie (unused)
- Stella (unused)
- Trudy (unused)
- Vesta (unused)
- Wesley (unused)
See also
External link
- Detailed information on all storms from 1960 (ftp://ftp.nhc.noaa.gov/pub/storm_archives/atlantic/prelimat/atl1960/)