Major hurricane direct hits on the mainland U.S. coastline and for individual states 1851-2004 by month. Area | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | All |
U.S. (Texas to Maine) | 2 | 4 | 26 | 43 | 17 | 92 |
Texas | 1 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 19 |
(North) | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 7 |
(Central) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
(South) | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 8 |
Louisiana | 2 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 18 |
Mississippi | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 8 |
Alabama | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 6 |
Florida | 0 | 1 | 6 | 19 | 9 | 35 |
(Northwest) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 12 |
(Northeast) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
(Southwest) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 12 |
(Southeast) | 0 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 15 |
Georgia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
South Carolina | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
North Carolina | 0 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 12 |
Virginia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Maryland | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Delaware | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
New Jersey | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Pennsylvania | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
New York | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 5 |
Connecticut | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
Rhode Island | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
Massachusetts | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
New Hampshire | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Maine | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Notes: State totals do not equal U.S. totals and Texas or Florida totals do not necessarily equal the sum of sectional entries.