(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 or near core 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 141yrs end of 2012
Names from list
above Hazel,Janet,Anna,Flora,Edith,Alma,Greta,Joan,Bret,Cesar,Ivan,Emily,Felix,
Tropical Storm to Hurricane ratio TS=8, 36.36% H=14, 63.64%
Longest gap between storms 25 years 1892-1918
How often this area gets
affected? brushed or hit every 6.41 years
Average years between direct hurricane hits.(5) once every 28.20 years
Average MPH of hurricane hits. (based on advisories sustained winds, not gusts) 103mph
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.............
