hurricane ever to be recorded on a weather map by the U.S. Weather Bureau. Hurricane Seven On October 31, a tropical storm developed to the north of Panama. Moving towards the east-northeast, the storm attained hurricane status on November 1, while situated just south of Jamaica. Upon making landfall in the island nation on November 2, the storm strengthened into a Category 2 hurricane with winds, becoming the strongest system of the 1874 season. Reports from Kingston, Jamaica spoke of 17 vessels being wrecked or destroyed by the storm. After crossing Jamaica, the system weakened into a Category 1 hurricane and then further into a tropical storm upon making landfall in eastern Cuba. On November 3, the system emerged in the Bahamas, and strengthened into a hurricane once again the following day. On November 4, the storm was last sighted to the northeast of the Bahamas. See also Atlantic hurricane season List of Newfoundland hurricanes Tropical cyclone observation Atlantic hurricane reanalysis project References External links Monthly Weather Review HURDAT Data for the 1874 Atlantic hurricane season Atlantic hurricane seasons Articles which contain graphical timelines Atlantic Atlantic