Hurricanes of the 1950 Season

The hurricane season of 1950 was an active one in the Atlantic. It gave 12 storms, 11 of which developed full hurricane force. Eleven is the largest number of full hurricanes reported for a season, in history. However, the record number of starts is 21, set in 1933; only 10 of these 21 storms developed into full hurricanes. One of the 11 hurricanes of 1950 developed hurricane force twice in its course with a wave stage between. In reality, it might be classed as two separate hurricanes that developed at different times from the same easterly wave, in which case the number of full hurricanes would be 12. Four of the storms entered the United States mainland and two others came close enough to give strong winds at Cape Hatteras or Cape Cod, but did not move inland. Property and crop damage in the United States was about $35,-