Antigua's 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
1871,1876ts,1878br,1879br,1888ts,1889ts,1889tsbr,1891ts,1896tsbr,1898ts,1899br,1900ts,1901ts
1903ts,1906br,1908ts,1910,1916ts,1916,1922br,1924,1928br,1931br,1932,1933-2ts,1943ts,1950br
1950,1953tsbr,1956br,1960,1963ts,1966br,1979ts,1989br,1990,1995ts,1995,199 6br,1998,1999,1999ts,2000ts,2009tsbr
45 times in 139yrs end of 2009

Names from list above
Baker,Dog,Betsy,Edna,Alice,Donna,Helena,Faith,Frederic,Hugo,klaus,Luis,Marilyn
,Bertha,Georges,Jose ,Lenny,Debby,Erika

How often this area gets affected?
brushed or hit every 3.14 years

Average years between direct hurricane hits.(11)
once every 12.64 years

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

Last affected by
T.S Erika brushes by to the south sept 3rd, 2009 with 40mph winds

This areas hurricane past
1871 aug 21st a hurricane hits with 115mph winds moving WNW
1908 a january system hit with a pressure of 29.28
1910 sept 6th 80mph
1932 Sept 26th 120mph just north while moving west.
1950 hurricane dog 120mph winds 8 ft storm surge reported.
1956 hurricane alice brushed to north as a cat 1 in early january
1960 Hurricane Donna hit with 155mph winds causing a 5 ft storm surge drowning 107 people in the northern Antilles,majority killed in Puerto Rico.
1990 hurricane klaus oct 5th hit just north as a cat 1 near barbuda
1995 hurricane luis hits sept 5th with 140mph winds press 27.88 4 hotels washed into the sea hospitals & homes destroyed
1996 hurricane bertha passes to north causing some minor roof damage
1998 hurricane Georges sept 21st passes nearby with 110mph winds causing moderate to heavy damage here ,2 deaths,Flooding along south coast towns,Caused Island wide power outage. Hundreds of roofs ripped off.
1999 oct 20th hurricane jose hits direct with 100mph winds.Many homes damaged unconfirmed reports well over 100mph winds press 29.05 moving N.W @ 12mph.Sustained near 80mph.


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.....
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