[SamAdams76]

Technically, yes. But a hurricane hitting the U.S. mainland this time of year is a rare event. Of course, we get northeasters up in this neck of the woods all winter long that approach a Cat 1 hurricane. There was a blizzard we got in February 1978 that was pretty much a hurricane with snow. 75-80 m.p.h. winds with nearly four feet of snow and drifts 10-15 feet high!

[dennis1x]

SamAdams,

Either you are just trying to intentionally mislead people for whatever reason, or just very uneducated. Either way, put a sock in it. What you are babbling is completely untrue.

[Uncle Sham]

Hurricane Hilda hit us in October of 1964. It left behind more damage and deaths than Andrew in 1992. I still consider it the worst storm I've ever been through and certainly do not welcome a repeat performance. We don't breath easy around here until it's well into November.

[rwfromkansas]

The peak is in early September. However, the last couple years (at least last year) were late seasons.....not really getting going good until October IIRC.

[realpatriot]

Hurricane Camille hit this time last week. Possibly the most intense storm on record.

[Ditter]

Sorry, you're wrong. A hurricane in Sept or Oct hitting the gulf coast or Fla. is not a rarity. When a big hurricane comes ashore it is pushing a dome of water called the storm surge that can be 20 ft high & have winds of 150mpr or more. Tornadoes are spawned by hurricanes & do a tremoundous amount of damage. Add to that as much as 20" or 30" of rain & you have a real scary weather event.

[buffyt]

The latest hurricane to strike the United States was late on November 30, 1925 near Tampa, Florida.

Hurricanes Georges, Ivan, Jeanne and Karl persisted into September 27th, 1998 as hurricanes. One hundred five years earlier, on August 22, 1893 four hurricanes co-existed, one of them killing an estimated 1,000-2,000 people in Georgia-South Carolina. On September 11, 1961, three hurricanes and possibly a fourth occurred simultaneously. The only other years after 1900 with three hurricanes on the map at the same time were 1950 and 1967. In 1971 from September 10 to 12, there were five tropical cyclones at the same time; however, while most of these ultimately achieved hurricane intensity, there were never more than two hurricanes at any one time.

For the United States,

September has had more major hurricanes than all other months combined. However, four of the most devastating hurricanes did not occur in September--Andrew (August 1992), Camille (August 1969), Audrey (June 1957), and Hazel (October 1954). Only in Texas and Louisiana are major hurricanes in August and September almost an equal threat. Most major October hurricanes occur in southern Florida.