1899 San Ciriaco hurricane
The hurricane weakened slightly while moving west-northward across the Caribbean Sea and made landfall in Guayama, Puerto Rico late on August 8 with winds of 140 mph (220 km/h). August 8 was the namesday of Saint Cyriacus, hence the hurricane's nickname. Several weather stations across the island reported low barometric pressures, with a reading as low as in Guayama. Wind shifts were also experienced across the island, primarily in the south and the west. The storm crossed Puerto Rico in approximately six hours and emerged into the Atlantic Ocean late on August 8, while weakening to a Category 3 hurricane, with winds decreasing to 120 mph (195 km/h). The hurricane would maintain this intensity for more than nine days. Continuing west-northward, the hurricane brushed the north coast of Dominican Republic on August 9. Thereafter, the system moved slowly northwestward through the Bahamas, striking Inagua on August 10 and Andros Island on August 12. According to telephone and telegraph reports from the Weather Bureau, the storm was predicted to make landfall in Florida.
1932 San Ciprian hurricane
The hurricane earned its name by striking Puerto Rico on September 26, the Roman Catholic feast day devoted to Saint Cyprian ("San Ciprián" in Spanish), the magician of Antioch. This was a common practice prior to the introduction of standardized hurricane names – for example, the 1867 San Narciso hurricane, the 1899 San Ciriaco hurricane, and the 1928 San Felipe hurricane were also named after the feast day on which they occurred.