On August 28, 2012, Hurricane Isaac made landfall along the Louisiana coastline. While Isaac finally dissipated the morning of August 21, the storm still created headaches for millions of people preparing for the Labor Day holiday. From massive clean up efforts to increased gas prices, Isaac ruined plans along the Gulf Coast and into the Midwest.

Historically, Isaac was not the only tropical system to impact Americans' plans during the Labor Day holiday. Click the next button to discover the earliest recorded hurricane to make landfall on Labor Day

On Sept. 2, 1935, the "Labor Day Hurricane" made landfall in the central Florida Keys as a Category 5 storm. It later made a second landfall near Cedar Key, Fla., as a Category 2 hurricane on Sept. 4. During the storm's lifetime, a minimum central pressure of 26.35 inches was recorded at Long Key, Fla. This pressure reading makes the 1935 "Labor Day Hurricane" the most intense hurricane, based on pressure at landfall, of record to hit the United States. It is also the third most intense hurricane on record in the Atlantic Basin, behind only Hurricane Wilma in 2005 and Hurricane Gilbert in 1988. A combination of high winds and tides was responsible for 408 deaths in the Florida Keys and an estimated $6 million in damage. 

A Category 1 storm, Hurricane Able made landfall near Beaufort, S.C., on Aug. 31, 1952, just a few hours shy of the official Labor Day holiday. Able produced 90 mph winds at Beaufort and drenched eastern South Carolina. Able caused two deaths and more than $3 million in damage.

Hurricane David made landfall as a Category 2 hurricane on Sept. 4, 1979, near the border of Georgia and South Carolina. David produced 100 mph winds, and the minimum central pressure was 970 millibars. Once David moved inland, the storm spawned five tornadoes, and it dumped 6 to 8 inches of rain throughout South Carolina. Hurricane David also caused heavy beach erosion and $10 million in damage.

On Sept. 2, 1985, Hurricane Elena made landfall near Biloxi, Miss. Wind gusts reached as high as 136 mph to the east of the landfall point on Dauphin Island, Ala. Hurricane Elena produced over a dozen tornadoes in central Florida. In addition, more than 11 inches of rain fell in Apalachicola, Fla., and over 8 inches of rain fell in north central Arkansas. More than 500,000 people evacuated the low-lying coastal areas of the Gulf, and many people in the middle Gulf Coast evacuated twice. Although no deaths were reported where the center of the storm made landfall, four people died due to falling trees, automobile accidents, and heart attacks. Overall, Hurricane Elena caused $1.25 billion in damage.

Although Category 4 Edouard never made landfall in the United States, it moved close enough to New England to produce sustained tropical storm force winds at Nantucket Island and Cape Cod on Sept. 2, 1996. Hurricane force winds also were recorded at Nantucket. Edouard's highest wind speeds reached 145 mph and the lowest central pressure reached 933 millibars. Two deaths were attributed to Edouard: a man died when his boat capsized in heavy surf in Great Egg Harbor Inlet, N.J.; a second man drowned while surfing at Lavallette, N.J. Since the hurricane stayed off shore, most of Edouard's damage was limited to boats at Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket.

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