Snow Hurricane of 1804

Snow Hurricane Of 1804

The 1804 New England hurricane, also known as Storm of October 1804 and popularly known as the first reported "Snowicane", was a late-season major hurricane in the 1804 Atlantic hurricane season; it brought vast amounts of snow to New England as an extratropical storm in mid-October, and was the latter of the two tropical cyclones recorded that season.

It killed at least 9 people, and caused $100,000+ (1804 USD, $1.9 million 2012 USD) in damage across much of the Northeast Coast of the United States. In addition, several ships were wrecked in Boston Harbor.

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