(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,1877xtropst,1878extratropbd,1879br,1880xtropstbr,1888bdts,1888extratropbdts,1893tsbr,1893bdtsbr,1894ts,1896br, 1897ts,1899xtropstbr,1902xtropst,1904xtrophbr,1908ts,1913xtropstbr,1916xtropts,1916br,1923ts,1934bdxtropst,1938br,1944,1954, 1954br,1960ts,1960,1961br,1961tsbd,1971bdtsbr,1972tsbr,1976tsbr,1985br,1991,1996tsbd, 1999ts,2004ts,2007xtropst,2008 bdts,2011ts 41
times in 140yrs end of 2011
Names
from list
above Carol,Brenda,Donna,Esther,Doria,Carrie,Belle,Gloria,Bob,Bertha,Floyd,Charley,Barry,Hanna,Irene,
Tropical Storm to Hurricane ratio TS=28, 68.29% H=13, 31.71%
Longest gap between storms 10 years 1923-1934
How often this area gets
affected? brushed or hit every 3.41 years
Average years between direct hurricane hits.(hurricane force winds for a couple of hours) (4h)once every 34.75 years
Average MPH of hurricane hits. (based on advisories sustained winds, not gusts) 90mph
Statistically when Boston 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 2011 Aug 28th , T.S Irene passes well to the west with 60mph winds.
This areas hurricane
past 1938 the long island express hurricane was an extratropical cat 1 with 90mph winds while passing over 150miles to the west of Boston.Newpaper Headline 1944 80mph winds from the SSW sept
15th press 28.34 1954 Hurricane Carol hits from the SSW with 90mph winds on Aug 31st.Center estimated passage of 35 miles west of the city with a pressure of 963mb 28.42inch. A strong pressure gradient caused very high winds here and toppled the steeple of the Old North Church.A storm tide of 3.6 ft was observed. Newspaper Headline | Maximum wind map 1960 hurricane Donna hits with 80mph winds on sept 13th coming from the SSW more here
1991 Aug 19th Hurricane Bob passes over with 110mph winds while moving quickly NNE.
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.............
Boston's history with tropical
systems
