What year was hurricane gloria?

Both these storms developed during the peak of the Atlantic Hurricane Season that year with Elena causing chaos along the Gulf Coast by way of its erratic motion while Gloria was a monster of a storm at one point with 150 mph winds and even stronger gusts in the Western Atlantic after forming north of the Lesser Antilles. read more

Hurricane Gloria was the first significant tropical cyclone to strike the northeastern United States since Hurricane Agnes in 1972 and the first major storm to affect New York and Long Island directly since Hurricane Donna in 1960. read more

Hurricane Gloria. Event Overview. Hurricane Gloria was a powerful Cape Verde hurricane that formed on September 15, 1985 and tracked across the Atlantic through September 28 (Figure 1). read more