1880 Atlantic hurricane season

<!-- Created with subst: of Hurricane season single. -->The 1880 Atlantic hurricane season officially began on June 1, 1880, and lasted until November 30, 1880. These dates conventionally delimit the period of each year when most tropical cyclones form in the Atlantic basin.

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Storms

Tropical Storm One

This tropical storm lasted for a few days before making landfall on Texas, causing minimal damage. It then dissipated shortly after landfall.<div style="clear: both"></div>

Hurricane Two

The second storm of the season formed over the northeastern Lesser Antilles on August 4. It moved westward through the Caribbean Sea, reaching hurricane strength on the 6th east of Jamaica. It passed to the south of the island, and strengthened further to a Category 2 hurricane, but a landfall on the Yucatán Peninsula weakened it to a tropical storm. While moving across the Gulf, the storm intensified back to a hurricane on the 11th, followed by a period of rapid intensification to a <span style="white-space:nowrap">150&nbsp;mph&nbsp;(240&nbsp;km/h)</span> hurricane with an estimated minimum pressure of 931 millibars. It made landfall near Brownsville, Texas on the 13th, and dissipated rapidly over land on the 14th. It caused 30 deaths near the Yucatán Peninsula, and 5 deaths in Texas.<div style="clear: both"></div>

Hurricane Three

The third storm...
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