Bluefields,Nicaragua'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
1876,1906,1908br,1911br,1933ts,1940tsbr,1945tsbr,1953tsbr,1971,1988
1993tsbr,1993ts,1996,2009br
14 times in 139yrs end of 2009


Names from list above
ALice,Irene,Joan,Bret,Gert,Cesar,Ida

How often this area gets affected?
brushed or hit every 9.93 years

Average years between direct hurricane hits.(usually within 40 miles to include small hurricanes)
(4h)once every 34.75 years

Statistically when this area should be affected next
before the end of 2019

Last affected by
2009 Nov 6th Hurricane Ida makes landfall well north of here.

This areas hurricane past
1876 Oct 3rd 105mph winds from due east,reports of destruction
In 1906 a hurricane causes a 15 ft tidlewave press 28.57
1971 sept 19th Irene hits Nicaragua just south of bluefields sept 19th with 75mph winds, then moved into the Pacific
1988 hurricane Joan hits with 135mph winds press 27.46 destroys the area & kills 148 in Nicaragua 1 billion dollars damage in Nicaragua
1996 hurricane Cesar with 80mph winds hits with a press of 29.21 dumps heavy rain 50 killed



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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