(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 1872bdts,1874bdts,1877xtropstbd,1879,1881tsbr,1882bdtsbr,1882ts,1888xtropstbd,1893,1893bdtsbr,1894tsbr,1894,1897tsbr,1899bdxtropstbr, 1900xtropst,1902xtropstbd,1903,1904xtroph,1916bdxtropst,1924xtroph,1934bdxtropst,1934xtrophbr,1936,1938br(approx 80 miles away but 61mph winds sustained),1944tsbd, 1944br,1944xtropst,1954br,1955bdtsbr,1960ts,1960,1961ts,1971
ts,1972tsbr,1976,1985,1985tsbr,1996bdts,1999ts,2004ts,2008tsbd ,2011ts 42 times in 140yrs end of 2011
Names from list
above Carol,Diane,Brenda,Donna,Doria,Agnes,Belle,Gloria,Henri,Bertha,Floyd ,Charley,Hanna,Irene,
Tropical Storm to Hurricane ratio TS=28, 66.67% H=14, 33.33%
Longest gap between storms 11 years 1904-1916
How often Atlantic City gets
affected? brushed or hit every 3.33 years
Average years between direct hurricane hits.(usually within 40 miles to include small hurricanes) (10h)once every 13.90 years
Average MPH of hurricane hits. (based on advisories sustained winds, not gusts) 87mph
Statistically when Atlantic City should be affected
next affected in 2011
This is just a statistical average & does
not mean the area will be affected by that year
Last affected by Aug
28th, 2011 Irene weakens to a tropical storm with 70mph winds while moving quickly north.
This areas hurricane past 1879 Aug 18th,90mph to the east from the SSW 1893 aug 24th a hurricane with 90mph winds passes approx 30 miles to the east while heading NNE 1894 Oct 10th,85mph winds just east from the SSW 1903 a cat 1 hits with 75mph winds on sept 16th from the south dubbed "the Vagabond Hurricane"because it seemed to wonder in unexpected & unwanted. Considerable damage est at 8 Million. 1904 Sept 15th,xtratropical hurricane hits from the SW with 75mph winds 1924 extratropical hurricane hits just east from the SSW on Sept 30th with 75mph winds 1936 Sept 19th a 95mph hurricane turns back out to sea from the S.W while passing just east of here. 1960 Sept 12th,hurricane Donna passes approx 60 miles to the east from the SSW of Atlantic city with 105mph winds 9 killed in new jersey. more here 1976 Aug 9th, Hurricane Belle passes just east with 90mph winds from the south 1985 hurricane Gloria stays just offshore while moving north with 90mph winds.Shuts down NYSE on sept 27th. Newspaper article #1 | #2| more on Hurricane Gloria here
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.............
Atlantic City,New jersey's history with tropical
systems(excluding extratropical systems)
