1550-1574 Atlantic hurricane seasons

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Atlantic hurricane seasons
1492-1524 1525-1549 1550-1574 1575-1599 1600s/10s

The years from 1550 to 1574 featured the 1550-1574 Atlantic hurricane seasons. While data for every storm that occurred is unavailable, some parts of the coastline were populated enough to give data of hurricane occurrences. Each season was an ongoing event in the annual cycle of tropical cyclone formation in the Atlantic basin. Most tropical cyclone formation occurs between June 1 and November 30.

[edit] Storms

Year	Location	Date	Deaths	Damage/Notes
1550	Florida Keys	N/A	N/A	Ship lost near Havana
1551	Gulf of Honduras	N/A	Many	One ship sunk, all drowned
1553	Western Florida	N/A	700	N/A
1553	Texas	N/A	Many drownings	Sixteen ships lost
1554	Cuba	November	N/A	One ship sank
1554	South Texas	N/A	N/A	Three ships lost
1559	Western Florida	August 20	500	N/A
1565	Offshore Eastern Florida	September 22	N/A	French ships lost at sea
1566	Eastern Florida	September 13	N/A	N/A
1566	Offshore Eastern Florida	September 24	N/A	N/A
1566	Gulf of Mexico	N/A	5+	Four ships destroyed
1567	Near Dominica	N/A	N/A	Six ships destroyed
1571	St. Augustine, Florida	N/A	N/A	Heavy flooding, two ships lost