Cabo Corrientes Cuba'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.

Years within 60 miles
1878br,1879ts,1882,1886ts,1886br,1887,1887ts,1891tsbr,1896,1897ts
1900ts,1901ts,1901-2tsbr,1902ts,1906ts,1906br,1909ts,1909,1909ts,1910br
1910,1911ts,1913,1915,1915br,1916,1917,1924,1926ts,1933br,1934ts,1946,1959tsbr
1964ts,1964,1968ts,1968,1969,1970ts,1972ts,1980br,1980tsbr,1987ts,1999br,2002-2,2004,2005ts,2005br,2008-2br,2009br
53 times in 139yrs end of 2009


Names from list above
Judith,Hilda,Isabell,Gladys,Agnes,Abbey,Camille,celia,Agnes,Allen,Jeanne,Floyd,Irene, Isidore,Lili,Ivan,Arlene,Wilma,Gustav,Ike,Ida,

How often this area gets affected?
brushed or hit every 2.62 years

Average years between direct hurricane hits.(usually within 40 miles to include small hurricanes)
(17h)once every 8.18 years

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

Last affected by
2009 Nov 8th,Hurricane Ida passes well to the west with 90mph winds.

This areas hurricane past
1882 oct 9th over 100 killed in cuba 90 to 100mph winds
1909 oct 10th a hurricane hits killing 15 in west cuba
1910 a cat 3 did a loop over this area in mid october
1915 a hurricane hits here with 120mph winds
1913 unknown reanalysis HRD
1917 cat 4 928mb passes just north while moving WNW
1924 pressure 27.22 major damage
1946 130mph oct 7th ,132mph measured by recon
1964 oct 13th hurricane Isabell 105mph causes heavy damage here & kills 3
1968 Hurricane Gladys 80mph serious flooding & great loss of crops.Hurricane hunter has turbulence problems with Bob Sheets aboard 1 seriously injured
Oct,1969 hurricane camille hits here as a cat 2 before later becoming a cat5 before hitting the U.S 3 killed here
1980 hurricane Allen passes to south as a cat 5 with 180mph 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,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.............
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