# Earliest Hurricane (by date)?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [April 13, 2008, 12:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earliest-hurricane-by-date/445148 "2008-04-13T12:14:29Z")\
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**Author:** ![Jinx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Jinx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jinx)\
**Post date:** [April 13, 2008, 12:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earliest-hurricane-by-date/445148/1 "2008-04-13T12:14:29Z")

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They say hurricane season starts June 1st, but I’m curious: What is the earliest a hurricane has hit the US mainland? Have they ever hit this early?

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**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\
**Post date:** [April 13, 2008, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earliest-hurricane-by-date/445148/2 "2008-04-13T13:51:28Z")

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You can read more about hurricanes in the North Atlantic than you ever wanted to know at

> **[Lists of Atlantic hurricanes](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Atlantic_hurricanes)**
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> Lists of Atlantic hurricanes, or tropical cyclones in the Atlantic Ocean, are organized by the properties of the hurricane or by the location most affected.

Scroll down to “Off-Season Storms” and enjoy. Very rare, but they do occur, usually without much impact.