The top 30 Atlantic cyclones with on the U.S. mainland are listed. RANKING HURRICANE YEAR CATEGORY DAMAGE (U.S.) 1. ANDREW (SE FL/SE LA) 1992 4 $26,500,000,000 2. HUGO (SC) 1989 4 $7,000,000,000 3. FRAN (NC) 1996 3 $3,200,000,000 4. OPAL (NW FL/AL) 1995 3 $3,000,000,000 5. FREDERIC (AL/MS) 1979 3 $2,300,000,000 6. AGNES (NE U.S.) 1972 1 $2,100,000,000 7. ALICIA (N TX) 1983 3 $2,000,000,000 8. BOB (NC and NE U.S.) 1991 2 $1,500,000,000 8. JUAN (LA) 1985 1 $1,500,000,000 10. CAMILLE (MS/AL) 1969 5 $1,420,700,000 11. BETSY (FL/LA) 1965 3 $1,420,500,000 12. ELENA (MS/AL/NW FL) 1985 3 $1,250,000,000 13. GLORIA (Eastern U.S.) 1985 3* $900,000,000 14. DIANE (NE U.S.) 1955 1 $831,700,000 15. ERIN (Central & NW FL/SW AL) 1995 2 $700,000,000 16. ALLISON (N TX) 1989 T.S. @ $500,000,000 16. ALBERTO (NW FL/GA/AL) 1994 T.S. @ $500,000,000 18. ELOISE (NW FL) 1975 3 $490,000,000 19. CAROL (NE U.S.) 1954 3* $461,000,000 20. CELIA (S TX) 1970 3 $453,000,000 21. CARLA (TX) 1961 4 $408,000,000 22. CLAUDETTE (N TX) 1979 T.S. @ $400,000,000 22. GORDON (S & Cent. FL/NC) 1994 T.S. @ $400,000,000 24. DONNA (FL/Eastern U.S.) 1960 4 $387,000,000 25. DAVID (FL/Eastern US) 1979 2 $320,000,000 26. NEW ENGLAND 1938 3* $306,000,000 27. KATE (FL Keys/NW FL) 1985 2 $300,000,000 27. ALLEN (S TX) 1980 3 $300,000,000 29. HAZEL (SC/NC) 1954 4* $281,000,000 30. BERTHA (NC) 1996 2 $270,000,000 ADDENDUM (non-Atlantic or non-Gulf coast systems): 8. INIKI (Kauai, HI) 1992 Unk $1,800,000,000 8. MARILYN (U.S. Virgin Islands/E Puerto Rico) 1995 2 $1,500,000,000 13. HUGO (U.S. Virgin Islands/Puerto Rico) 1989 4 $1,000,000,000 15. HORTENSE (Puerto Rico) 1996 4 $500,000,000 24. OLIVIA (CA) 1982 T.D. & $325,000,000 25. IWA (Kauai, HI) 1982 Unk $312,000,000 26. NORMAN (CA) 1978 T.D. & $300,000,000 * - Moving more than 30 miles an hour.
@ - Only of Tropical Storm intensity but included because of high damage.
& - Only a Tropical Depression.
Unk - Intensity not sufficiently known to establish category.
The top 30 cyclones with more the $400,000,000 damage on the U.S. mainland are listed
(Adjusted** to 1996 dollars)RANKING HURRICANE YEAR CATEGORY DAMAGE (U.S.)** 1. ANDREW (SE FL/SE LA) 1992 4 $30,475,000,000 2. HUGO (SC) 1989 4 $8,491,561,181 3. AGNES (NE U.S.) 1972 1 $7,500,000,000 4. BETSY (FL/LA) 1965 3 $7,425,340,909 5. CAMILLE (MS/AL) 1969 5 $6,096,287,313 6. DIANE (NE U.S.) 1955 1 $4,830,580,808 7. FREDERIC (AL/MS) 1979 3 $4,328,968,903 8. NEW ENGLAND 1938 3* $4,140,000,000 9. FRAN (NC) 1996 3 $3,200,000,000 10. OPAL (NW FL/AL) 1995 3* $3,069,395,018 11. ALICIA (N TX) 1983 3 $2,983,138,781 12. CAROL (NE U.S.) 1954 3* $2,732,731,959 13. CARLA (TX) 1961 4 $2,223,696,682 14. JUAN (LA) 1985 1 $2,108,801,956 15. DONNA (FL/Eastern U.S.) 1960 4 $2,099,292,453 16. CELIA (S TX) 1970 3 $1,834,330,986 17. ELENA (MS/AL/NW FL) 1985 3 $1,757,334,963 18. BOB (NC and NE U.S.) 1991 2 $1,747,720,365 19. HAZEL (SC/NC) 1954 4* $1,665,721,649 20. FL (Miami) 1926 4 $1,515,294,118 21. N TX (Galveston) 1915 4 $1,346,341,463 1 22. DORA (NE FL) 1964 2 $1,343,457,944 23. ELOISE (NW FL) 1975 3 $1,298,387,097 24. GLORIA (Eastern U.S.) 1985 3* $1,265,281,174 25. NE U.S. 1944 3+ $1,064,814,815 26. BEULAH (S TX) 1967 3 $970,464,135 27. SE FL/LA/MS 1947 4 $810,897,436 28. N TX (Galveston) 1900 4 $809,207,317 2 29. AUDREY (LA/N TX) 1957 4 $802,325,581 30. CLAUDETTE (N TX) 1979 T.S. @ $752,864,157 ADDENDUM (non-mainland U.S. systems): 16. INIKI (Kauai, HI) 1992 Unk $2,070,000,000 20. MARILYN (U.S. Virgin Islands/E Puerto Rico) 1995 2 $1,534,697,509 25. HUGO (U.S. Virgin Islands/Puerto Rico) 1989 4 $1,213,080,169 25. SAN FELIPE (Puerto Rico) 1928 4 $1,150,000,000 ** - Adjusted to 1996 dollars on basis of U.S. Dept. of Commerce Implicit Price Deflator for Construction.
* - Moving more than 30 miles an hour.
1 - Damage estimate was considered too high in 1915 reference.
+ - Probably higher.
2 - Using 1915 cost adjustment base - none available prior to 1915.
@ - Only of Tropical Storm intensity but included because of high damage.
Unk - Intensity not sufficiently known to establish category.
This is taken from The Deadliest, Costliest, and Most Intense United States hurricanes of this century (and other frequently requested hurricane facts) [NOAA Technical Memorandum NWS TPC-1] updated in February, 1997.