1943 Atlantic hurricane season

The 1943 Atlantic hurricane season began on June 1st, 1943 and ended November 30th, 1943.

Season Summary
The 1943 Atlantic hurricane season was one of the least active seasons on record.

Producing only Four Storms and one hurricane, that same hurricane went on to become the season's only Major hurricane, and a Category-5.

Tropical Storm One was the first storm of the season, forming a good Two Months after the official start of the season, it manage to make landfall in Hispaniola in Early-August

Tropical Storm Two had little affect on land as it stayed out in the Atlantic in Early-September.

Hurricane Three, the strongest and most destructive of the season, made landfall around Cape Canaveral, FL in Mid-September as a 160 mph (260 km/h) Category-5, making it one of the strongest hurricanes to hit the US on Record.

Tropical Storm Four was the last storm of the season, forming on September 30th in the eastern Caribbean, it only made it to a 70 mph (110 km/h) Tropical Storm before weakening to depression and Dissipate in October 6th, just after making landfall in Honduras.

The season caused a total of $196.11 million (USD) in damage and killed 245.

In Reality

 * In Reality: The season really saw 10 Storms, 5 hurricanes and 2 Major

Accumulated Cyclone Energy (ACE) Rating
ACE is the result of a storm's winds multiplied by how long it lasted for, so storms or subtropical storms (Originally not included up until 2012) that at lasted a long time, as well as particularly strong hurricanes , have higher ACE totals. Tropical Depressions are not included in season total.

Season effects
This is a table of the storms and their effects in the 1943 Atlantic hurricane season. This table includes the storm's names, duration, peak intensity, Areas affected (bold indicates made landfall in that region at least once), damages, and death totals. Deaths in parentheses are additional and indirect (an example of an indirect death would be a traffic accident), but are still storm-related. Damage and deaths include totals while the storm was extratropical, a wave or a low. All of the damage figures are in 2015 USD (the listed damage figure is in millions).