Barbados 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
1872ts,1877br,1880br,1887ts,1887,1887ts,1888ts,1894br,1895ts,1895,1896tsbr,1898,1901ts
1903tsbr,1905ts,1909ts,1910tsbr,1916tsbr,1918ts,1921br,1924ts,1931ts,1931tsbr,1942ts
1943tsbr,1944tsbr,1949ts,1954tsbr,1955,1960ts,1963br,1966ts,1970tsbr,1974tsbr,1979br,1980
,1986tsbr,1987tsbr,1988tsbr,1995br,2001 T.S,2001tsbr,2002tsbr,2004br,2007br
45 times in 139yrs end of 2009


Names from list above
Hazel,Janet,Edith,Abby,Judith,Dorothy,Gertrude,David,Allen,Danielle,Emily,Joan,Marilyn,Chantal, Jerry,Lili,Ivan,Dean,

How often this area gets affected?
brushed or hit every 3.09 years

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

Statistically when this area should be affected next
due in 2010


Last affected by
August 17th,2007 Hurricane Dean passes by to the north by over 60 miles while stengthening with 100mph winds moving west.

This areas hurricane past
1780 the great hurricane on Oct 10th & 11thkilled 4,326 in Barbados.
1831 a hurricane kills 1,500
1887 in december a tropical storm hit with 45mph winds
1887 sept 12th a hurricane just north with 80mph winds
1895 oct 15th a hurricane just south hits with 110mph winds
1898 sept 10th 95mph hundreds killed
1916 aug 13th an 85mph hurricane passes just north
1955 sept 22nd hurricane janet hits with 120mph winds killing 35 people & damaging 1800 homes,20,000 homeless..
1963 sept 24th hurricane edith just north with 95mph winds
1979 hurricane david passes to the north with 140mph winds.Area had gusts to 75mph
1980 aug 4th hurricane Allen hit as a cat 3 with 125mph winds, causing heavy damage.The southern half of the eyewall passed over northern Barbados. Reports of roughly 6 Million dollars in damage.The passage of hurricane Allen destroyed 28 fishing vessels (including 5 moses) and damaged another 92. picture
1995 hurricane marilyn to north with 75mph winds minor damage .


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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