A Category 1 Atlantic hurricane is an Atlantic hurricane that reaches category 1 strength, which is the lowest hurricane classification on the Saffir–Simpson scale. When a storm's wind speed is between , it is classified as a Category 1. Since records began in 1851, 358 tropical cyclones have peaked at this intensity.
Background Since HURDAT began in 1851, all tropical cyclones of at least tropical storm intensity were tracked by the National Hurricane Center. In 1971, the Saffir–Simpson scale was devised by Herbert Saffir and Robert Simpson. Category 1 was designed as the lowest hurricane category on the scale.
Systems 1850s
| One || || || || Texas, Mexico || || || |- | Two || || || || Texas, Mexico || || || |- | San Lorenzo || || || || Puerto Rico, Hispaniola || || || |- | Three || || || || Florida, The Bahamas || || || |- | Four || || || || Greater Antilles || || || |- | Six || || || || Bermuda || || || |- | One || || || || Texas, Mexico || || || |- |Three |August 11, 1855
|None |None |None
|Two |August 13 – 14, 1856
|Barbados, Grenada, Windward Islands |Unknown |None
|Six |September 18 – 22, 1856
|None |None |None
|Three |September 20 – 26, 1857
|None |None |None
|One |June 12, 1858
|None |None |None
|Two |August 5, 1858
|None |None |None
|Four |September 17 – 24, 1858
|None |None |None
|Five |September 22 – 25, 1858
|Cuba, Haiti, The Bahamas |None |None
|Three |September 2 – 3, 1859
|Lesser Antilles |None |None
| Four || || || || United States Gulf Coast, United States East Coast || || || |- |Five |September 15 – 18, 1859
|Southeastern United States, Eastern United States | |2
| Eight || || || || Mexico, Florida || || ||
1860-1899
|Three |September 11, 1860
|None |0 |None
|Two |August 13 – 17, 1861
|Hispaniola, The Bahamas, Cuba, Florida |0 |Unknown
|Four |September 17, 1861
|None |0 |None
|Five |September 27 – 28, 1861
|United States East Coast |0 |Unknown
|Expedition |November 1 – 3, 1861
|United States East Coast |0 |Unknown
|Five |October 14 – 16, 1862
|New England |3 |Unknown
|Five |September 9 – 16, 1863
|Bermuda |0 |None
| One || || || || Bermuda || || || |- |Three |August 26 – September 1, 1864
|Leeward Islands, Central America |0 |None
|Five |October 22 – 24, 1864
|None |0 |None
|Three |September 4 – 7, 1866
|Bermuda, Newfoundland and Labrador |0 |Minimal
|Four |September 18 – 20, 1866
|None |0 |None
|One |June 21 – 23, 1867
|United States East Coast |0 |None
|Four |August 31 – September 3, 1867
|New England |0 |None
|Five |September 4 – 6, 1869
|Louisiana |0 |Unknown
|The Mobile Hurricane of 1870 |July 30, 1870
|Alabama, Florida, Louisiana |Unknown
|Five |September 17 – 19, 1870
|None |0 |None
|Seven |October 7, 1870
|None |0 |None
|Eight |October 10 – 11, 1870
|None |0 |None
|Eleven |October 30 – November 3, 1870
|Central America, Cuba, Florida |0 |Unknown
|Six |September 5 – 8, 1871
|Florida |0 |Unknown
|Seven |September 30 – October 7, 1871
|Gulf Coast of the United States |0 |Unknown
|Eight |October 10 – 13, 1871
|Nova Scotia |0 |Unknown
|Three |September 9 – 20, 1872
|Windward Islands |0 |Unknown
|Four |September 30 – October 6, 1872
|None |0 |None
|Five |October 22 – 27, 1872
|Gulf of Mexico, United States East Coast |0 |Unknown
|Three |September 18 – 20, 1873
|Gulf of Mexico, Florida, Georgia |0 |Unknown
|Two |August 3 – 7, 1874
|Bermuda |0 |Unknown
|Three |August 29 – September 7, 1874
|Newfoundland and Labrador |0 |Unknown
|Six |September 25 – 30, 1874
|Gulf of Mexico |0 |Unknown
|One |August 16 – 19, 1875
|None |0 |None
|Two |September 1 – 10, 1875
|None |0 |None
|Six |October 12 – 16, 1875
|United States East Coast |0 |Unknown
|One |September 9 – 11, 1876
|Bermuda, Nova Scotia |0 |None
|Two |September 14 – 21, 1877
|Gulf Coast of the United States |0 |Unknown
|Three |September 16 – 22, 1877
|Atlantic Canada |0 |None
|Two |August 8 – 19, 1878
|Leeward Islands, Gulf of Mexico |Unknown |Unknown
|Three |August 19 – 20, 1878
|Atlantic Canada |0 |None
|Eight |October 9 – 14, 1878
|United States East Coast |27 |None
|Nine |October 9 – 15, 1878
|None |0 |None
|One |August 9 – 12, 1879
|United States East Coast |0 |Unknown
|Seven |October 24 – 29, 1879
|United States East Coast |0 |Unknown
|Three |August 15 – 20, 1880
|Lesser Antilles |0 |Unknown
|Five |August 26 – September 4, 1880
|None |0 |None
|Six |September 6 – 10, 1880
|Florida |0 |Unknown
|Seven |September 8 – 10, 1880
|Newfoundland and Labrador |0 |Unknown
|Nine |October 5 – 10, 1880
|Gulf of Mexico |0 |Unknown
|Ten |October 10 – 14, 1880
|None |0 |Unknown
|Three |August 11 – 18, 1881
|None |0 |None
|Four |August 16 – 21, 1881
|Yucatán Peninsula, Cuba, Florida, The Bahamas |Unknown |Unknown
|One |August 24 – 25, 1882
|None |0 |None
|Five |September 24 – 28, 1882
|None |0 |None
|One |August 18 – 27, 1883
|None |0 |None
|One |September 1 – 2, 1884
|Newfoundland and Labrador |0 |None
|Three |September 10 – 19, 1884
|The Bahamas, Florida, Georgia |0 |Unknown
|One |August 7 – 13, 1885
|Bermuda |0 |Unknown
|Four |September 17 – 23, 1885
|Gulf Coast of the United States, United States East Coast |4 |Unknown
|Five |September 18 – 21, 1885
|Lesser Antilles |0 |Unknown
|Six |September 24 – October 2, 1885
|Gulf Coast of the United States |Unknown |Unknown
|Seven |September 26 – 29, 1885
|None |0 |None
|Four |July 14 – 22, 1886
|Yucatán Peninsula, Cuba, Florida |Unknown |Unknown
|Ten |September 14 – 18, 1887
|Newfoundland and Labrador |0 |None
|Thirteen |October 9 – 20, 1887
|Lesser Antilles, United States East Coast |Unknown |Unknown
|Fourteen |October 10 – 12, 1887
|None |0 |None
|Seventeen |November 27 – December 4, 1887
|The Bahamas |0 |Unknown
|Eighteen |December 4 – 8, 1887
|None |0 |None
|One |June 16 – 18, 1888
|Texas |Unknown |Unknown
|Six |September 23 – 26, 1888
|United States East Coast |Unknown |Unknown
|One |May 16 – 21, 1889
|None |0 |None
|Two |June 15 – 20, 1889
|Cuba, Yucatán Peninsula, United States East Coast |Unknown |Unknown
|Three |August 18 – 28, 1889
|Hispaniola, The Bahamas |Unknown |Unknown
|Five |September 2 – 11, 1889
|None |0 |None
|Four |October 31 – November 1, 1890
|Central America |Unknown |Unknown
|One |July 3 – 8, 1891
|Gulf Coast of the United States |10 |Unknown
|Two |August 17 – 29, 1891
|Cape Verde |0 |None
|Nine |October 12 – 20, 1891
|Windward Islands, Virgin Islands, Newfoundland and Labrador |Unknown |Unknown
|Two |August 15 – 21, 1892
|Leeward Islands |Unknown |Unknown
|Eight |October 13 – 17, 1892
|None |0 |None
|One |June 10 – 19, 1893
|Gulf Coast of the United States, United States East Coast |Unknown |Unknown
|Two |September 10 – 13, 1897
|Louisiana, Texas |29
|Five |October 9 – 21, 1897
|Cuba, The Bahamas, North Carolina, New England |188 |Unknown
|One |August 2 – 3, 1898
|The Bahamas, Florida, Alabama |12 |Unknown
|Two |August 30 – September 1, 1898
|Georgia |Unknown
|Three |September 3 – 5, 1898
|None |0 |None
1900-1920
| Three || || || || Greater Antiles, The Bahamas, United States East Coast || || || |- | Four || || || || The Bahamas, United States Gulf Coast || || || |- | Six || || || || Cape Verde || || || |- | Eight || || || || The Caribbean, South Eastern United States || || || |- | Thirteen || || || || None || || || |- | Two || || || || Mexico, Eastern United States || || || |- | One || || || || The Bahamas, Bermuda || || || |- | Three || || || || The Bahamas, United States Gulf Coast || || || |- | Ten || || || || None || || || |- | One || || || || Jamaica, Cuba, The Bahamas || || || |- | Two || || || || United States East Coast || || || |- | Three || || || || Central America || || || |- | Four || || || || Cuba, Florida, The Bahamas || || || |- | Five || || || || United States East Coast || || || |- | Eleven || || || || Cuba, The Bahamas || || || |- | Two || || || || The Bahamas, United States East Coast || || || |- | Three || || || || The Bahamas, United States East Coast || || || |- | Two || || || || United States Gulf Coast || || || |- | Four || || | || United States Gulf Coast || || || |- | Five || || || || Bermuda || || || |- | One || || || || Central America || || || |- | Four || || || || United States East Coast || || || |- | Five || || || || United States East Coast || || || |- | Six || || || || Cuba || || || |- | One || || || || United States East Coast || || || |- | Eight || || || || The Caribbean || || || |- | Ten || || || || None || || || |- | Three || || || || South Carolina || || || |- |Three || || || || Southeastern United States || || || |- | Five || || || || Florida || || ||
1920s
|One |June 16 – 26, 1921
|Central America, Gulf of Mexico |Unknown |None
|Two |September 4 – 8, 1921
|Mexico |$19 million |215
|Four |September 8 – 14, 1921
|None |None |None
|Three |September 18 – 24, 1922
|None |None |None
|Four |September 10 – 13, 1923
|Newfoundland |None |None
|Six |October 12 – 17, 1923
|Mexico, Gulf Coast of the United States |Unknown |None
|Five |September 13 – 17, 1924
|United States East Coast |Unknown |Unknown
|Eleven |November 5 – 14, 1924
|Cuba, The Bahamas |Unknown |Unknown
|One |August 18 – 24, 1925
|None |None |None
|Two |September 2 – 11, 1927
|Cape Verde |None |None
|Three |September 22 – 29, 1927
|None |$4.36 million |19
|1928 Haiti hurricane |August 7 – 17, 1928
|Windward Islands, Leeward Islands, Gulf Coast of the United States |$2 million |210
|Six |September 10 – 15, 1928
|None |None |None
|One |June 27 — 30, 1929
|Gulf of Mexico |$365 thousand |Unknown
|Five |October 19 – 22, 1929
|None |None |None
1930-2010
|Eight |September 23 – 28, 1931
|None |None |None
|1932 Florida–Alabama hurricane |August 26 – September 2, 1932
|United States Gulf Coast |$226 thousand |Unknown
|1933 Florida–Mexico hurricane |July 23 – August 5, 1933
|Leeward Islands, United States Gulf Coast, Mexico |$500 thousand |Unknown
|Fifteen |September 24 – 27, 1933
|Azores |None |None
|Eighteen |October 25 – November 7, 1933
|Cuba, The Bahamas |$3 million |23
|Two |July 12 – 16, 1934
|Bermuda, Newfoundland and Labrador |None |None
|Three |July 22 – 26, 1934
|United States Gulf Coast |Unknown |Unknown
|Five |August 26 – September 1, 1934
|United States Gulf Coast |Unknown |Unknown
|1935 Jérémie hurricane |October 18 – 27, 1935
|Central America, Jamaica, Cuba, Haiti | |2,150
|Three |June 26 – 28, 1936
|Texas |$550 thousand |Unknown
|Eight |August 15 – 20, 1936
|Yucatán Peninsula, Tamaulipas |Unknown |None
|Eleven |August 28 – 30, 1936
|Yucatán Peninsula, Veracruz |Unknown |None
|Eleven |October 19 – 21, 1937
|None |None |None
|Two |August 7 – 19, 1939
|Puerto Rico, Turks and Caicos Islands, The Bahamas, Eastern United States |$2 thousand |None
|Six |October 28 – November 6, 1939
|Honduras, The Caribbean, Bermuda |Unknown |2
| Eight || || || || Nicaragua || || || |- |Three |September 18 – 25, 1941
|None |None |None
|Two |August 17 – 23, 1942
|Texas |$790 thousand |None
|One |July 13 – 18, 1944
|Bermuda |None |None
|Three |July 30 – August 4, 1944
|North Carolina, Mid-Atlantic states |$2 million |None
|Eight |September 19 – 22, 1944
|Mexico |Unknown |Unknown
|Twelve |October 11 – 15, 1944
|None |None |None
|Ten |October 2 – 7, 1945
|Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico |Unknown |1
|Two |July 5 – 9, 1946
|North Carolina |Minor |0
|Three |August 18 – 27, 1947
|Cuba, Louisiana, Texas |$800 thousand |1
|Five |September 1 – 7, 1948
|Louisiana, Mississippi, Midwestern United States |$900 thousand |0
|Ten |November 8 – 11, 1948
|None |None |None
|Ten |September 20 – 22, 1949
|Saint Croix, Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic |$1.012 million |15
|Thirteen |October 13 – 19, 1949
|Cuba, The Bahamas |Unknown |None
|Love |October 18 – 22, 1950
|Georgia, Louisiana, Southwestern Florida |Minimal |None
|Able |May 15 – 23, 1951
|Florida, Bahamas, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia