Cabo gracias a dios(East end),Honduras history with tropical systems(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
1891tsbr,1892br,1893br,1898tsbr,1901tsbr,1913,1916-2ts,1920ts
1921tsbr,1926tsbr,1933br,1935,1941,1953tsbr,1961,1971,1978br
1980tsbr,1994tsbr,1999tsbr,2007
22 times in 137yrs end of 2007


Names from list above
Alice,Anna,Edith,Greta,Hermine,Gordon,Katrina ,Felix,

How often this area gets affected?
brushed or hit every 6.23 years

Average years between direct hurricane hits.(usually within 40 miles to include small hurricanes)
(6h)once every 22.83 years

Statistically when this area should be affected next
affected in 2007season

Last affected by
2007,Sept 4th Hurricane Felix hits as a category 5 with 160mph winds just south of here. 48 deaths reported in coastal areas with very heavy damage to 80% of structures.

This areas hurricane past
In 1913 a cat 1 hits in june from the southeast
1935 Oct 25th from the N.E
1941 a cat 3 in late sept hits from the E.S.E
1961 Hurricane Anna hits as a major hurricane moving west while weakening,hundreds left homeless.newspaper article
1971 hurricane Edith a cat 5 hits area very hard 30 killed in september,.100 fatalities, 7,000 homeless, 140mph at airport. Recon reports only 5 mile wide eye, almost like a large tornado. Eye of Edith over land for 18 hrs before emerging in the gulf of Honduras.Recon flew in just before landfall showing 943mb 161mph at 5,000 ft..
2007,Sept 4th Hurricane Felix hits as a category 5 with 160mph winds just south of here. 48 deaths (many missing) reported in coastal areas with very heavy damage to 80% of structures. Newspaper article


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