Hurricane Gordon was an erratic, long-lived, and catastrophic late-season hurricane in 1994. The twelfth and final tropical cyclone of the 1994 Atlantic hurricane season, Gordon formed as a tropical depression in the southwestern Caribbean on November 8. Without strengthening, the depression made landfall on Nicaragua. Later on November 10, the system began to strengthen as it tracked further from land, and it quickly strengthened into Tropical Storm Gordon, the seventh named storm that season. Gordon also made landfalls in Jamaica and Cuba while a minimal tropical storm. It entered the southwestern Atlantic while resembling a subtropical cyclone. By the time it entered the Gulf of Mexico, the storm was fully tropical again. Tropical Storm Gordon later crossed the Florida Keys, and turning to the northeast it made landfall in Fort Myers, Florida. Gordon strengthened after it re-entered the Atlantic Ocean, becoming a hurricane on November 17. It briefly threatened North Carolina while turning to the northwest, although it turned to the south and weakened. Gordon deteriorated into a tropical depression and struck Florida again at that intensity on November 20. It turned to the north and dissipated the next day over South Carolina. Category 1 hurricane: peak winds of 85 mph (75 knots), lowest pressure 980 mb. November 8 – November 21, 1994. Landfalls: November 10 at 35 mph, 14.0°N 83.4°W; November 13 at 40 mph, 17.9°N 76.8°W; November 13 at 45 mph, 20.0°N 74.9°W; November 15 at 50 mph, 24.6°N 81.7°W; November 16 at 50 mph, 26.5°N 81.9°W; November 21 at 30 mph, 28.5°N 80.6°W. Accumulated cyclone energy: 8.4. Wiki link Track: NOAA National Hurricane Center, HURDAT2 best track AL121994 (public domain).