Great Galveston Hurricane of 1900 Category 4 major hurricane (SSHWS / NWS) Surface weather analysis of the hurricane on September 8, just before landfall. Formed August 27, 1900 Dissipated September 17, 1900 (Extratropical after September 11, 1900) Highest winds 1 - minute sustained: 145 mph (230 km / h) Lowest pressure 936 mbar (hPa); 27.64 inHg Fatalities 6,000 -- 12,000 (Deadliest in U.S. history) Damage $21 million (1900 USD) (equivalent to $618 million in 2017, adjusted for inflation; see Aftermath for more) Areas affected Lesser Antilles, Puerto Rico, Hispaniola, Jamaica, Cuba, Turks and Caicos Islands, Bahamas, Florida, Mississippi, Louisiana, Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, Nebraska, Iowa, Illinois, Wisconsin, Michigan, New York, Eastern Canada Part of the 1900 Atlantic hurricane season
what was the name of the hurricane that hit galveston in 1900
Great Galveston Hurricane