List of Newfoundland hurricanes - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

There have been 13 recorded Newfoundland hurricanes, or Atlantic hurricanes that have made a direct landfall as a hurricane on the island of Newfoundland since 1775.

Hurricane	Category at time of Newfoundland landfall	Date of Newfoundland landfall	Approximate landfall location	Region(s) affected	Impact on Newfoundland	>\|-	Newfoundland Hurricane of 1775 Newfoundland Hurricane of 1775 The Newfoundland Hurricane of 1775, also known as the Independence Hurricane, was a hurricane that hit the Colony of Newfoundland in September of 1775. It is believed to have killed at least 4,000 people, making it one of the deadliest Atlantic hurricanes of all time.-North Carolina and Virginia:On...	Unknown	9 September 1775	Unknown	Eastern coast	4,000+ casualties, making this the 8th deadliest Atlantic hurricane on record	North Carolina North Carolina North Carolina is a state located in the southeastern United States. The state borders South Carolina and Georgia to the south, Tennessee to the west and Virginia to the north. North Carolina contains 100 counties. Its capital is Raleigh, and its largest city is Charlotte... ; Virginia Virginia The Commonwealth of Virginia , is a U.S. state on the Atlantic Coast of the Southern United States. Virginia is nicknamed the "Old Dominion" and sometimes the "Mother of Presidents" after the eight U.S. presidents born there...
Unnamed	1	23–24 September 1866	Cape La Hune Cape La Hune The Headland of Cape La Hune is a remote point of land on the south coast of the island of Newfoundland in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador...	South Coast	Unknown	None
Nova Scotia Hurricane of 1873	1	26 August 1873	Point Lance	Avalon Avalon Peninsula The Avalon Peninsula is a large peninsula that makes up the southeast portion of the island of Newfoundland.The peninsula is home to 257,223 people, which is approximately 51% of Newfoundland's population in 2009, and is the location of the provincial capital, St. John's. It is connected to the...	Unknown	Nova Scotia
Unnamed - 1886 Hurricane Seven	1	23 August 1886	Point May	Burin Burin Peninsula The Burin Peninsula is a Canadian peninsula located on the south coast of the island of Newfoundland in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador.... , Avalon	Unknown	None
Unnamed - 1891 Hurricane Four	1	8 September 1891	Port-Aux-Basques Channel – Port aux Basques Channel-Port aux Basques is a town at the extreme southwestern tip of the island of Newfoundland fronting on the eastern end of the Cabot Strait. A Marine Atlantic ferry terminal is located in the town which is the primary entry point onto the island of Newfoundland and the western terminus of...	Western coast	Unknown	Nova Scotia Nova Scotia Nova Scotia is one of Canada's three Maritime provinces and is the most populous province in Atlantic Canada. The name of the province is Latin for "New Scotland," but "Nova Scotia" is the recognized, English-language name of the province. The provincial capital is Halifax. Nova Scotia is the... , especially Cape Breton Cape Breton Island Cape Breton Island is an island on the Atlantic coast of North America. It likely corresponds to the word Breton, the French demonym for Brittany....
Unnamed - 1893 Hurricane Five	1	18 August 1893	Southern Harbour	Burin, Avalon	Winds of 145+ km/h	None
Unnamed	1	18 October 1939	Saint Mary's St. Mary's, Newfoundland and Labrador St. Mary's is a town in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador. The town had a population of 482 in the Canada 2006 Census, in 199 dwellings....	Avalon	Considerable wind damage	None
Hurricane Helene Hurricane Helene (1958) Hurricane Helene was the strongest hurricane in the 1958 Atlantic hurricane season, reaching peak winds of and tied with Hurricane Ilsa as the strongest tropical cyclone of the season. The system moved to the north of the West Indies and skirted the coast of the Southeast United States before...	1	29 September 1958	Ramea	South Coast	Unknown	North Carolina; Nova Scotia
Hurricane Luis Hurricane Luis Hurricane Luis was one of the deadliest and most destructive hurricanes of the 1995 Atlantic hurricane season, with maximum sustained winds of 140 mph . The storm was the twelfth tropical storm, sixth hurricane, and second major hurricane of the season...	1	11 September 1995	Patrick's Cove Patrick's Cove-Angels Cove, Newfoundland and Labrador Patrick's Cove-Angels Cove is a designated place on the Cape Shore of the Avalon Peninsula of Newfoundland, Canada. The area was first settled by James Coffey in the early 19th century. James had moved to Newfoundland from County Waterford, Ireland to work at Placentia's Saunders and Sweetman firm...	Avalon Avalon Avalon is a legendary island featured in the Arthurian legend. It first appears in Geoffrey of Monmouth's 1136 pseudohistorical account Historia Regum Britanniae as the place where King Arthur's sword Excalibur was forged and later where Arthur was...	1 casualty, 60-120mm of rain, wind gusts to 130 km/h, $500,000 in damage	Leeward Islands Leeward Islands The Leeward Islands are a group of islands in the West Indies. They are the northern islands of the Lesser Antilles chain. As a group they start east of Puerto Rico and reach southward to Dominica. They are situated where the northeastern Caribbean Sea meets the western Atlantic Ocean... ; St. Martin; St. Barthelemy; St. Kitts and Nevis; Guadeloupe Guadeloupe Guadeloupe is an archipelago located in the Leeward Islands, in the Lesser Antilles, with a land area of 1,628 square kilometres and a population of 400,000. It is the first overseas region of France, consisting of a single overseas department. As with the other overseas departments, Guadeloupe... ; Dominica Dominica Dominica , officially the Commonwealth of Dominica, is an island nation in the Lesser Antilles region of the Caribbean Sea, south-southeast of Guadeloupe and northwest of Martinique. Its size is and the highest point in the country is Morne Diablotins, which has an elevation of . The Commonwealth...
Hurricane Michael	1	20 October 2000	Harbour Breton	South Coast, entire island	Light to moderate damage, power outages, peak wind gust of 172 km/h	None
Hurricane Gustav Hurricane Gustav (2002) Hurricane Gustav was a Category 2 hurricane that paralleled the East Coast of the United States in September during the 2002 Atlantic hurricane season. It was the seventh named storm and first hurricane of the season...	1	12 September 2002	Burnt Islands Burnt Islands, Newfoundland and Labrador Burnt Islands is a small coastal community found in God Bay on the southwest coast of Newfoundland, Canada.- Summary :It is 27 kilometres east from Port-aux-Basques. This community consists of an "island" section and a "main" section that were connected by a causeway in 1969. The community is built...	South Coast	Strong winds, gusts recorded over 100 km/h	North Carolina; Nova Scotia, especially Cape Breton
Hurricane Igor	1	21 September 2010	Cape Race	Avalon Avalon Avalon is a legendary island featured in the Arthurian legend. It first appears in Geoffrey of Monmouth's 1136 pseudohistorical account Historia Regum Britanniae as the place where King Arthur's sword Excalibur was forged and later where Arthur was... , entire island	Extreme damage, the most destructive hurricane to ever strike Newfoundland, as well as the worst hurricane in over a century. Third wettest hurricane on record, and maximum sustained winds at landfall of approximately 130 km/h. Also caused $200,000,000 in damage, and 1 fatality	Cape Verde Cape Verde The Republic of Cape Verde is an island country, spanning an archipelago of 10 islands located in the central Atlantic Ocean, 570 kilometres off the coast of Western Africa... ; Bermuda Bermuda Bermuda is a British overseas territory in the North Atlantic Ocean. Located off the east coast of the United States, its nearest landmass is Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, about to the west-northwest. It is about south of Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, and northeast of Miami, Florida... (minimal)
Hurricane Maria Hurricane Maria (2011) Hurricane Maria was the thirteenth named storm and third hurricane of the 2011 Atlantic hurricane season. Maria developed from a strong tropical wave that moved off the coast of Africa in early September. Moving westward, the wave organized rapidly, and became a tropical storm on September 6...	-	16 September 2011	-	Avalon, Burin, Central	-	Lesser Antilles Lesser Antilles The Lesser Antilles are a long, partly volcanic island arc in the Western Hemisphere. Most of its islands form the eastern boundary of the Caribbean Sea with the Atlantic Ocean, with the remainder located in the southern Caribbean just north of South America... , Bermuda Bermuda Bermuda is a British overseas territory in the North Atlantic Ocean. Located off the east coast of the United States, its nearest landmass is Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, about to the west-northwest. It is about south of Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, and northeast of Miami, Florida...

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