(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. Years
within 60
miles 1879ts,1881tsbr,1882br,1882,1886tsbr,1886-2,1886ts,1887,1888br,1889,1894br,1896,1897ts 1899tsbr,1901-2ts,1901,1906,1909br,1909-3,1910-2,1911ts,1913,1915-2,1915br,1916br,1917br,1918tsbr,1921br, 1924,1925tsbr,1926ts,1933,1934ts,1946,1947tsbr,1948br,1950ts,1953tsbr,1953br,1958tsbr,1959ts ,1964,1968ts,1968,1969,1971tsbr,1972tsbr,1980,1980tsbr,1987ts,1988br,2002-2,2004,2005ts,2005br, 62
times in 140yrs end of 2011
Names from list
above Baker,Alice,Florence,Ella,Judith,Isabell,Abby,Gladys,Agnes,Abbey,Camille,Laura,Agnes,Allen,Jeanne,Floyd,Gilbert,Isidore,Lili,Ivan,Arlene,Wilma,
Tropical Storm to Hurricane ratio TS=24, 38.71% H=38, 61.29%
Longest gap between storms 11 years 1934-1946
How often this area gets
affected? brushed or hit every 2.26 years
Average years between direct hurricane hits.(hurricane force winds for a few hours) (26h)once every 5.35 years
Average MPH of hurricane hits. (based on advisories sustained winds, not gusts) 108mph
Statistically when this
area should be affected next 3 years overdue
Last affected
by 2010 Oct 14th Hurricane Paula passes well north and not considered a brush while moving east with 75mph winds.
This areas hurricane past 1882 oct 8th 125mph from the south ,over 100 killed in cuba 90 to 100mph winds reported. 1886 July 17th,75mph from the SSW just west 1886 Oct 8th ,75mph from the SSE 1887 Oct 13th 80mph from the ESE 1889 June 15th,75mph from the SSE 1896 Sept 28th, 125mph from the south just west of here 1901 Sept 15th,80mph from the ESE 1906 Sept 24th, 90mph from the SSE just west 1909 Aug 25th, 115mph from the east passes to the south. 1909 Sept 17th 95mph from the S.E 1909 oct 10th 120mph from the S.W killing 15 in west cuba. 1910 Sept 10th 90mph from the ESE 1910 150mph did a loop over this
area from the SSE on Oct 16th 1913 Oct 29th 75mph from the S.W 1915 Aug 14th,a hurricane hits here with 120mph winds from the ESE. 1915 Sept 27th 110mph from the SSE passes just west 1924 Oct 19th,
pressure 27.22 major damage cat 5, 165mph from the SSW. 1933 July 3rd, 90mph from the SSE passes just east 1946, 130mph oct 7th from the SSW,132mph measured by recon 1964 oct 13th hurricane Isabell 105mph causes heavy damage here from the SSW & kills 3 1968 Oct 17th,Hurricane Gladys 80mph from the south serious flooding & great loss of crops.Hurricane hunter has turbulence problems with Bob Sheets aboard 1 seriously injured Aug 15th,1969 hurricane Camille hits here as a cat 2-110mph from the SSE before later becoming a cat5
before hitting the U.S 3 killed here 1980 Aug 7th,Hurricane Allen passes to the south from the ESE with 175mph winds Sept 20th 2002 Hurricane Isidore hits while slowly moving NE with 105mph winds,roof damage & trees down.
Oct 1st 2002 Hurricane Lili hits with 95mph winds from the ESE ,reports of heavy damage by this strengthening Hurricane, the second in 2 weeks. Heavy losses in coffee,banana & rice crops. 38,000 homes damaged 1 killed.
2004 ,sept 13th hit by Hurricane Ivan with 160mph winds moving NW over the west tip of Cuba with Ivan having a wind field approx 85 miles out. Heavy damage & surge flooding.13.33 inches of rain in western Cuba,mud slides cut off at least two towns. Measured gusts of 119mph to 166mph
Models 3 days before hitting | Radar | satelite photo
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.............
Cabo Corrientes Cuba's history with tropical
systems
