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US Hurricanes

Every US hurricane strike since 1851, one row per state or territory impacted: Saffir-Simpson category at landfall, closest-approach and lifecycle dates, fatalities and damage in USD, scraped from Wikipedia.
580 rows 1 file last pulled 2026-08-24
US Hurricanes 580 rows × 14 columns
StateNameSaffir_Simpson_CategoryDate_ClosestYear_ClosestDate_FormedDate_ExtratropicalDate_DissipatedFatalitiesDamageURL_SearchedDamage_EstimateFatalities_EstimateDetail_QA

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What is the US Hurricanes dataset?

Every US hurricane strike since 1851, one row per state or territory impacted: Saffir-Simpson category at landfall, closest-approach and lifecycle dates, fatalities and damage in USD, scraped from Wikipedia.

How big is the US Hurricanes dataset?

580 rows in one CSV file, with 14 columns in total: State, Name, Saffir_Simpson_Category, Date_Closest, Year_Closest, Date_Formed, Date_Extratropical, Date_Dissipated, Fatalities, Damage, URL_Searched, Damage_Estimate, Fatalities_Estimate, Detail_QA.

Where does the data come from?

It is built by programmatically scraping en.wikipedia.org, last pulled on 2026-08-24. Datasets are versioned; older versions stay downloadable.

Is the dataset free to download?

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Can I see the code that built this dataset?

Yes. The exact Python scraper that built it is viewable on the dataset page by any signed-in member, so every number is reproducible.

Can the data contain errors?

Automated scraping leaves room for error and the underlying sources change over time, so no version is guaranteed accurate or complete. If a number matters, verify it against the original source.

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