1899 San Ciriaco hurricane
1899 San Ciriaco hurricane, also known as the 1899 Puerto Rico Hurricane or The Great Bahamas Hurricane of 1899, was the longest-lived Atlantic hurricane on record, and the second-longest-lived tropical cyclone globally on record (in terms of tropical duration) after Hurricane John in the Pacific. The third tropical cyclone and first major hurricane of the season, this storm was first observed southwest of Cape Verde on August 3. It slowly strengthened while heading steadily west-northwestward across the Atlantic Ocean and reached hurricane status by late on August 5. During the following 48 hours, it deepened further, reaching Category 4 on the modern day Saffir–Simpson hurricane wind scale (SSHWS) before crossing the Leeward Islands on August 7. Later that day, the storm peaked winds of 150 mph (240 km/h). The storm weakened slightly before making landfall in Guayama, Puerto Rico with winds of 140 mph (220 km/h) on August 8. Several hours later, it emerged into the southwestern Atlantic as a Category 3 hurricane. The system paralleled the north coast of Dominican Republic and then crossed the Bahamas, striking several islands. Thereafter, it began heading northward on August 14, while centered east of Florida. Early on the following day, the storm re-curved northeastward and appeared to be heading out to sea. However, by August 17, it turned back to the northwest and made landfall near Hatteras, North Carolina early on the following day. No stronger hurricane has made landfall on the Outer Banks since the San Ciriaco hurricane.
Hurricane Willa
Afterward, Willa underwent rapid intensification, strengthening into a strong tropical storm by 03:00 UTC on October 21. Six hours later, at 09:00 UTC, Willa became a Category 1 hurricane. Further rapid intensification ensued; by 15:00 UTC on the same day, Willa had attained Category 2 status, while turning northward. Subsequently, the storm strengthened into a Category 3 major hurricane at 21:00 UTC, becoming the tenth major hurricane of the season. At 22:30 UTC, Willa intensified further into a Category 4 hurricane. Willa reached Category 5 status at 15:00 UTC on the next day, becoming the third Category 5 hurricane of the season, and the storm achieved its peak intensity, with a minimum central pressure of and maximum 1-minute sustained winds of . Around the same time, microwave satellite imagery detected the presence of an outer eyewall, indicating that Willa was beginning to undergo an eyewall replacement cycle. Willa also began to interact with the smaller Tropical Storm Vicente to the southeast at about this time. Several hours later, Willa's eyewall replacement cycle took a toll on the storm, and the system weakened to a high-end Category 4 hurricane at 21:00 UTC, with its smaller eye becoming cloud-filled. Afterward, Willa encountered increasing wind shear and weakened further to Category 3 intensity, by 15:00 UTC on October 23, while turning northeastward. Soon afterward, Hurricane Willa absorbed the remnants of Tropical Storm Vicente into its circulation. At 18:00 UTC, the center of Willa passed over the Islas Marías, at Category 3 intensity. A few hours later, Willa completed its eyewall replacement cycle, and the storm's intensity stabilized, while gradually accelerating towards the northeast. At 01:00 UTC on October 24 (7:00 pm on October 23, local time), Willa made landfall as a Category 3 hurricane in , in the municipality of Escuinapa, Sinaloa, with 1-minute sustained winds of 120 mph (195 km/h). Following landfall, mountainous terrain and southwesterly wind shear took a toll on the storm's strength, and Willa rapidly weakened, degenerating into a tropical storm by 06:00 UTC on October 24. Willa continued to weaken as it accelerated northeastward, and the storm dissipated at 15:00 UTC over northeastern Mexico, as the storm's surface circulation had dissipated.