Hurricane season of 1916

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The path of 1916 Atlantic Hurricane 13

The Hurricane of 1916, as it is known in the Pensacola area, was the thirteenth Atlantic hurricane of the 1916 season.

It became a tropical storm in the western Caribbean on October 12, reaching hurricane strength on the 13th before hitting the Yucatan Peninsula on the 15th as a 100 mph hurricane. It turned northward, becoming a major hurricane on the 16th. It made landfall near Pensacola on October 18, 1916.

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