Season Effects
This is a table of the storms in 1999 and their landfall(s), if any. 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 or a wave or low.
| Storm name |
Dates active | Storm category
at peak intensity |
Max wind (mph) |
Min. press. (mbar) |
Landfall(s) | Damage (millions USD) |
Deaths | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Where | When | Wind
(mph) |
||||||||
| Arlene | June 11 – June 18 | Tropical storm | 60 | 1006 | none | 0 | 0 | |||
| Two | July 2 – July 3 | Tropical depression | 35 | 1004 | Tuxpan, Veracruz | July 3 | 35 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bret | August 18 – August 25 | Category 4 hurricane | 145 | 944 | Kenedy County, Texas | August 23 | 115 | 60 | 0 (4) | |
| Cindy | August 19 – August 31 | Category 4 hurricane | 140 | 942 | none | 0 | 0 | |||
| Dennis | August 24 – September 9 | Category 2 hurricane | 105 | 962 | Harkers Island, North Carolina | September 5 | 70 | 157 | 4 | |
| Emily | August 24 – August 28 | Tropical storm | 50 | 1004 | none | 0 | 0 | |||
| Seven | September 5 – September 7 | Tropical depression | 35 | 1006 | La Pesca, Tamaulipas | September 6 | 35 | Minor | 0 | |
| Floyd | September 7 – September 17 | Category 4 hurricane | 155 | 921 | Eleuthera Island, Bahamas | September 14 | 155 | 4500 | 57 (20–30) | |
| Abaco Islands, Bahamas | September 14 | 155 | ||||||||
| Cape Fear, North Carolina | September 16 | 105 | ||||||||
| Long Island, New York | September 17 | 45 | ||||||||
| Gert | September 11 – September 23 | Category 4 hurricane | 150 | 930 | none | 1.9 | 2 | |||
| Harvey | September 19 – September 22 | Tropical storm | 60 | 994 | Everglades City, Florida | September 21 | 55 | 15 | 0 | |
| Eleven | October 4 – October 6 | Tropical depression | 35 | 1002 | none | unknown | 384 | |||
| Twelve | October 6 – October 8 | Tropical depression | 35 | 1007 | none | 0 | 0 | |||
| Irene | October 12 – October 19 | Category 2 hurricane | 110 | 958 | Isle of Youth, Cuba | October 14 | 70 | 800 | 3 (15) | |
| Batabano, Cuba | October 14 | 70 | ||||||||
| Key West, Florida | October 15 | 80 | ||||||||
| Cape Sable, Florida | October 15 | 80 | ||||||||
| Jose | October 17 – October 25 | Category 2 hurricane | 100 | 979 | Leeward Islands | October 20 | 90 | 5 | 2 | |
| Katrina | October 27 – November 1 | Tropical storm | 40 | 999 | Puerto Cabezas, Nicaragua | October 29 | 40 | minor | 0 | |
| Yucatán Peninsula | October 31 | 30 | ||||||||
| Lenny | November 13 – November 23 | Category 4 hurricane | 155 | 933 | Saint Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands | November 17 | 155 | ≥330 | 17 | |
| Saint Martin | November 18 | 125 | ||||||||
| Antigua | November 19 | 100 | ||||||||
| Saint Barthélemy | November 19 | 85 | ||||||||
| Antigua | November 20 | 65 | ||||||||
| Season Aggregates | ||||||||||
| 16 cyclones | June 11 -November 23 |
155 | 921 | 21 landfalls | 5901.9 | 469 (39-49) | ||||
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