The List of Atlantic hurricanes in the 17th century encompasses all known and suspected Atlantic
tropical cyclone
A tropical cyclone is a rapidly rotating storm system characterized by a low-pressure center, a closed low-level atmospheric circulation, strong winds, and a spiral arrangement of thunderstorms that produce heavy rain and squalls. Depend ...
s from the 1590s to 1690s. Although records of every storm that occurred do not survive, the information presented here originated in sufficiently populated coastal communities and ships at sea that survived the tempests.
Records of hurricane activity directly impacting America is very incomplete during the 1600s as colonists were sparse outside of the New England region or not existent until much later in the century or early 1700s, especially in the most hurricane prone regions of the coastal south, Florida and the Keys, and Gulf Coast.
1600–1624
1625–1649
1650–1674
1675–1699
– only
paleotempestological evidence
See also
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List of Atlantic hurricanes
Lists of Atlantic hurricanes, or tropical cyclones in the Atlantic Ocean, are organized by the properties of the hurricane or by the location most affected.
By property
* List of Atlantic hurricane seasons
*List of Atlantic hurricane records
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Atlantic hurricane season
The Atlantic hurricane season is the period in a year from June through November when tropical cyclones form in the Atlantic Ocean, referred to in North American countries as hurricanes, tropical storms, or tropical depressions. In addition ...
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External links
*http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/pastdeadlyapp1.shtml
*http://www.candoo.com/genresources/hurricane.htm#1600
*http://www.wpc.ncep.noaa.gov/research/roth/vahur.htm
*http://www.ucm.es/info/tropical/data.htm
*http://huracanado1.tripod.com/history.html
{{Pre-19th Century Atlantic hurricane seasons
*17th century