This marked the earliest United States hurricane landfall since a hurricane in May and June of 1825.
In July, severe flooding of the Mississippi River resulted from a hurricane landfall.
Also, it made the third strongest Atlantic hurricane landfall.
Another difficulty in applying the hurricane database to studies concerned with landfalling events is the lack exact location, time and intensity at hurricane landfall.
The prediction also included a 68% probability for a hurricane landfall along the United States.
Tornadoes in the late summer and fall can also be caused by hurricane landfall.
Estimates of the probability of a hurricane making landfall in the Tampa Bay area during any given year range from 1 in 25 to 1 in 50.
The 1962 Pacific hurricane season was a moderately active Pacific hurricane season that included two hurricane landfalls.
The scale is used to give an estimate of the potential property damage and flooding expected along the coast from a hurricane landfall.
It included a hurricane landfall within the modern borders of New York City, the only recorded case of a hurricane eyewall moving directly over the city.