![]() ![]() It passed north of the Leeward Islands and Puerto Rico on the 14th, 15th, and 16th, avoiding normal channels of Caribbean information. The Great Miami Hurricane of 1926 was of classic Cape Verde origin, first known to the Weather Bureau from ship reports in the central tropical Atlantic on September 11. ![]() In June, 1911, a first order Weather Bureau Office was established in downtown Miami, headed by Richard Gray. In 1900, the cooperative weather station originally started in 1895 in Lemon City (about 5 miles north near NE 2nd Avenue and 61st Streeti) was moved to Miami. Government, including the Department of Agriculture, Weather Bureau recognized that Miami would soon be an important American city with tremendous growth and economic potential. New buildings were constantly starting on Miami Beach, which had been built across Biscayne Bay on a series of barrier islands, bulldozed from their mangrove beginnings. Smaller nearby settlements of Lemon City, Cocoanut Grove, and Little River were absorbed as Miami swelled with new residents optimistic, speculative, and woefully under-educated about hurricanes. Great Miami Hurricane By September, 1926, the population of Dade County and the young City of Miami had blossomed to well over 100,000 (more than doubling from the census figure of 42,753 in 1920) and construction was everywhere. WEATHER FORECAST OFFICE (WFO) Miami, Florida ![]()
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