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Hurricane Route Maps

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This map set contains tracks of major hurricanes that made landfall in the United States classified on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale as category 3 or higher hurricanes from 1851 through 2000, published by the U.S. Geological Survey. The storm tracks were created from observations of storm center locations taken every six hours.

* The Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale uses wind speed as the determining factor.

	Routes of Hurricanes in 1850s.
	Routes of Hurricanes in 1860s.
	Routes of Hurricanes in 1870s.
	Routes of Hurricanes in 1880s.
	Routes of Hurricanes in 1890s.
	Routes of Hurricanes in 1900s.
	Routes of Hurricanes in 1910s.
	Routes of Hurricanes in 1920s.
	Routes of Hurricanes in 1930s.
	Routes of Hurricanes in 1940s.
	Routes of Hurricanes in 1950s.
	Routes of Hurricanes in 1960s.
	Routes of Hurricanes in 1970s.
	Routes of Hurricanes in 1980s.
	Routes of Hurricanes in 1990s.

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