Donna (1960) made US landfall on September 10th.
The 1900 Galveston hurricane made landfall on September 9th.
Hurricane Alma in 1966 made US landfall on June 9th.
June 9th is much earlier than September 9th or 10th. Alma hit the US earlier than any other hurricane. That was the entire point of the article. They aren’t saying it was the first hurricane to hit the US, they are saying it hit earlier in the year than any other hurricane.
Earliest N. American hurricane recorded by Europeans was apparently 1523. West coast of Florida.
And NA hurricanes recorded every few years thereafter.
Correct, the 1900 Galveston hurricane was deadliest landfall in US. Caribbean death tolls of 25k are estimated for the hurricane season of 1780. Al Gore, Greta Scoldberg, I know you’re reading this, that’s 1780.
Other large US landfall death tolls were in Florida’s 1926 and 1928 seasons, and back in 1886 two or three nasty ones, one wiped out Indianola, TX which was never rebuilt, used to rival Galveston as a Texas seaport. Another hit Savannah GA. Think also there was a large death toll in Charleston SC around 1893.
Of course forecasting has improved and it’s unlikely the death tolls before 1950 would have been as high in today’s social environment. Same goes for the 1925 tri-state tornado, over 700 died, in 1974 a rather similar outbreak saw about half that count. There was little warning of the 1925 event although it did strike in tornado alley and people would have known the precursor signs of trouble.