1926 Nassau hurricane

Hurricane One

Category 4 major hurricane (SSHWS/NWS)
Surface weather analysis showing the hurricane over the Bahamas on July 26
Formed	July 22, 1926
Dissipated	August 2, 1926 (extratropical after July 31)
Highest winds	1-minute sustained: 140 mph (220 km/h)
Lowest pressure	< 967 mbar (hPa); 28.56 inHg
Fatalities	287 direct
Damage	$7.85 million (1926 USD)
Areas affected	Lesser Antilles, Puerto Rico, Hispaniola, the Bahamas, Florida, Southeastern United States
Part of the 1926 Atlantic hurricane season

The 1926 Nassau hurricane, known as the San Liborio hurricane in Puerto Rico, was a destructive Category 4 hurricane that affected the Bahamas at peak intensity. Although it weakened considerably before its Florida landfall, it was one of the most severe storms to affect the Bahamian capital Nassau and the island of New Providence in several years until the 1928 Okeechobee hurricane, which occurred just two years later. The storm also delivered flooding rains and loss of crops to the southeastern United States and Florida.

The system was first spotted east of the Lesser Antilles as a weak tropical storm on July 22. Moving northwest, the tropical storm passed near Dominica with winds of 70 miles per hour (113 km/h) before entering the eastern Caribbean. It reached hurricane status at 06:00 UTC on July 23, and a short while later passed just south of Puerto Rico. The cyclone attained its first peak of 105 mph (169 km/h) before hitting Cabo Rojo early on July 24.San Juan recorded maximum winds of around 66 mph (106 km/h) and a low barometric pressure of 1,005 millibars (29.68 inHg) as the eye of the hurricane passed near the extreme southwest corner of Puerto Rico. The storm continued northwest and tracked just east of Hispaniola, losing some intensity to land interaction; by 18:00 UTC on July 24 its winds diminished to 85 mph (137 km/h). However, the storm began rapid re-intensification as it moved over the Turks and Caicos Islands early on July 25.