New England Hurricane 1938 The “Long Island Express” was initially detected within the Atlantic that is tropical on 13, even though it might have created a few times earlier in the day. Going generally speaking west-northwestward, it passed to your north of Puerto Rico from the eighteenth and nineteenth, most likely as being a category 5 hurricane. It switched northward on 20 and by the morning of the 21st it was 100 to 150 miles east of Cape Hatteras, North Carolina september. At that time, the hurricane accelerated to a forward movement of 60 to 70 miles per hour, making landfall over longer Island and Connecticut that afternoon being a Category 3 hurricane. The storm became extratropical after landfall and dissipated over southeastern Canada on 22 september.
Blue Hill Observatory, Massachusetts measured sustained winds of 121 miles per hour with gusts to 183 mph ( most most most likely affected by landscapes). Continue reading “Blue Hill Observatory, Massachusetts measured suffered winds of 121 miles per hour with gusts to 183 miles per hour ( most likely affected by landscapes).”