Strongest Hurricanes to Hit U.S. Since 1851

NEW YORK —

Since 1851, 309 storms have made landfall in the continental U.S. with hurricane-strength winds, according to data analyzed by the Get the Facts Data Team. Advertisement

That’s slightly more than 17 hurricanes a decade, excluding the two for which there isn't complete data (the 1850s and 2020s). Most hurricanes have made landfall as a Category 1 or 2 hurricane, but a third of these storms made landfall as a Category 3 or higher.

Though they might reach hurricane strength while moving across the Atlantic Ocean, hurricanes can weaken to a tropical storm or depression by the time they make landfall in the states.

Those storms are not included in these charts or the overall number of hurricanes, which only looks at hurricanes that were Category 1 or higher when they hit the U.S