December 2010 - “A complete reanalysis was conducted for the years of 1926 to 1930. All 29 tropical storms and hurricanes were revised in their tracks and intensities. Four new tropical storm were discovered and added into HURDAT. Most significant hurricanes of this era were the 1926 Category 4 hurricane in the Bahamas, the 1926 Category 4 Great Miami hurricane, the 1926 Category 4 Hurricane in Cuba (these three major hurricanes in 1926 were separate systems), the 1928 Category 5 San Felipe (Puerto Rico)/Category 4 Lake Okeechobee hurricane, the 1929 Category 4 hurricane in the Bahamas, and the 1930 Category 4 hurricane in the Dominican Republic."
Here is the breakdown by season
1926 - 11/8/6 (no change, although #3 gained MH and #8 lost it) - one thing remains, there were indeed two simultaneous C4 hurricanes (mentioned back when Igor and Julia did the same feat)
1927 - 8/4/1 (previous was 7/4/2 - #4 lost MH status, new fish hurricane)
1928 - 6/4/1 (no change, #4 remains C5 hurricane at PR landfall)
1929 - 5/3/1 (previous was 3/3/1 - new TS near Bermuda, and old #3 was split into two storms; also, old #2 was upped to 135 kt)
1930 - 3/2/2 (up from 2/2/1 - new GOM non-landfalling TS, and #1 reached MH status)
I would not be surprised if more storms formed, especially in the open Atlantic.
http://www.aoml.noaa.gov/hrd/data_sub/re_anal.html
Here are some more interesting storms:
A tropical storm in 1944 hits Portugal as a TS. Shows that a Vince-type storm is not all that rare.
1945 Texas Hurricane made landfall as a Category 2 hurricane with 95 knots and 963 mb. RMW is 18 nautical miles (nm).
October 1949 Hurricane that hit Texas was the 11th storm of the year and peaked at Category 3 with 110 knots. Made landfall as a Category 3 hurricane with 100 knots and 960 mb. RMW is 15 nm. It moved at 4 knots at landfall, which resulted in heavy rain.
1950 Dog and 1951 Easy were not Category 5 hurricanes.
1950 has 6 major hurricanes, not 8 and ACE is 211.
If Katrina was in the 1940s, it would not be a Category 5 hurricane. 920 mb is 132 knots north of 25N. However, it had 110 knots due to its massive size.
Same applies with Rita and Wilma.
1944-1953 Re-Analysis
http://etd.library.miami.edu/theses/ava ... genF10.pdf
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