Belize 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
1889br,1892,1893br,1898ts,1898tsbr,1902tsbr,1916br,1918,1921ts,1924tsbr
1931ts,1931tsbr,1931,1932ts,1932tsbr,1933br,1934br,1938tsbr,1940tsbr,1942br
1945ts,1954ts,1955,1960tsbr,1961-2,1969,1971br,1971ts,1974,1978,1980tsbr,1993ts,2000 ,2001 t.s,2001,2007br,2008 ts
38 times in 139yrs end of 2009


Names from list above
Alice,Janet,Abbey,Frncelia,Anna,Hattie,Edith,Laura,Carmen,Fifi,Greta,Gert,Keith ,Chantal,Iris,Dean,Arthur

How often this area gets affected?
brushed or hit every 3.66 years

Average years between direct hurricane hits.(usually within 40 miles to include small hurricanes)
(10h)once every 13.90 years

Statistically when this area should be affected next
before the end of the 2012 season

Last affected by
2008 May31st TS Arthur hits with 40mph winds.

This areas hurricane past
1864 a 5 ft tide inundated the town
1931 a hurricane just north 132mph for 10 min 1,500 killedPictures
1955 major hurricane Janet levels the area sept 27th ,corozal town destroyed with 160mph winds (914mb). Belize damage shot
Hurricane hunter aircraft Snowcloud Five lost & never found.
1961 hurricane Hattie hits just south with 27.17 press 150mph winds with gusts to 200mph an 13ft storm surge kills 275 as 75% of area is destroyed Newspaper article | Monument
1969 Hurricane Francelia hits southern Belize with 90mph winds on sept 4th.
1974 Sept 19th,hurricane Fifi 85 to 100kt winds reported here,tides 10 to 12 ft.
1978 a cat 2 hits in mid sept just south of here .
Oct 1st,2000 Hurricane Keith hit the areas of Belize city & North.Sat just offshore as a cat 4 135mph winds,then slowly moved S.W nearing Belize city with 75mph winds. Heavy damage on offshore islands & heavy flooding as 2 ft of water was standing in belize city.Chetumal Bay emptied out due to strong north winds.pictures
Oct 8th 2001, Hurricane Iris hits southern Belize with 145mph winds causing major damage as nearly 95% of buildings were heavily damaged. A 14 ft storm surge was reported & 31 killed as 20 of those were people on a dive boat.This was a very small hurricane with hurricane force winds extending out around 20 miles from the center. Total damage estimated at 66 million.


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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