1962 Atlantic hurricane season
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The 1962 Atlantic hurricane season was an ongoing event in the annual cycle of tropical cyclone formation. It officially started June 1, 1962, and lasted until November 30, 1962.
1962 had a very quiet hurricane season, with only five named storms, three of them hurricanes. The season is mostly notable for the lack of notable storms. Hurricane Alma was a minimal storm that caused less than a million dollars in damage as it travelled north up the east coast of the United States. Hurricane Daisy killed two and caused several million dollars in damage to New England and Nova Scotia. Hurricane Ella is believed to have killed two in South Carolina when their boat went missing, but caused only minimal damage when it grazed the coast of Newfoundland.
The season did have one unusual storm, Tropical Storm Becky. Becky formed just off the west coast of Africa in late August. Unlike most storms that form in that area, Becky headed almost due north. Becky came within several hundred miles of making landfall in western Europe, but lost its tropical characteristics due to interaction with a cold front.
1962 Hurricane names
The following names were used for named storms (tropical storms and hurricanes) that formed in the North Atlantic in 1962.
- Alma
- Becky
- Celia
- Daisy
- Ella
- Faith (unused)
- Greta (unused)
- Hallie (unused)
- Inez (unused)
- Judith (unused)
- Kendra (unused)
- Lois (unused)
- Marsha (unused)
- Noreen (unused)
- Orpha (unused)
- Patty (unused)
- Rena (unused)
- Sherry (unused)
- Thora (unused)
- Vicky (unused)
- Wilna (unused)
See also
External link
- Detailed information on all storms from 1962 (ftp://ftp.nhc.noaa.gov/pub/storm_archives/atlantic/prelimat/atl1962/)