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Hurricane season of 1916

The path of 1916 Atlantic Hurricane 13

The 1916 hurricane, the thirteenth Atlantic hurricane of the 1916 season, struck the Pensacola area on October 18, 1916.

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.

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