Aruba,Bonaire & Curacao Islands history with tropical systems
current weather

(br)=brush (ts)=Tropical Storm (bd)=Back Door,meaning coming from over land from opposite coast.Not all names are noted,also storms before 1950 were not named.Not every stat on every storm description is given(since 1871).

Years within 60 miles
1876br,1877,1886,1887ts,1887br,1892,1918br,1932,1933ts,1954,1955br,1961br,1963br,
1971ts,1974ts,1978ts,1988ts,1993ts,1996ts,2004br,2005br,2007br,
22 times in 139yrs end of 2009

Names from list above
Hazel,Janet,Anna,Flora,Edith,Alma,Greta,Joan,Bret,Cesar,Ivan,Emily,Felix,

How often this area gets affected?
brushed or hit every 6.32 years

Average years between direct hurricane hits.(5)
once every 27.80 years

Statistically when this area should be affected next
before the end of the 2013 season

Last affected by
2007, sept 2nd Hurricane Felix passes just north with 105mph winds while moving west,area sustained TS force winds & some flooding .

This areas hurricane past
1877 Sept 23rd 105mph from the ENE
1886 95 mph Aug 26th from the East.
1892 oct 8th 95mph from the east.
1932 Nov 3rd 95mph from the NE
1954 Oct 8th Hurricane Hazel passes just north while moving West with 125mph winds



Text Sources:The Major Hurricanes to affect the Bahamas Wayne Neely.....Hurricane Watch Dr. Bob Sheets & Jack Williams.....Inside the Hurricane Pete Davies.....The Ship & the Storm Jim Carrier.....Lunatic Wind William Price Fox...Sudden Sea R.A Scotti.....Hurricane Almanac Bryan Norcross.....Divine Wind Kerry Emanuel.....Florida's Hurricane History Jay Barnes.....Stormscaping Pamela Crawford.....Hurricanes and the Middle Atlantic States Rick Scwartz..... Killer Cane Robert Mykle..... Isaac's Storm Erik Larson.....Florida Hurricanes & Tropical Storms John M. Williams & Iver W.Duedall.....Path of destruction John McQuaid & Mark Schleifstein.....Sun sentinel newspaper(microfilm).....Miami Herald newspaper(microfilm).....NOAA research division.....hurricanecity.com (calculations) Jim Williams.....plus many more.............
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