(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 1890,1892,1893,1898tsbr,1913ts,1916ts, 1933ts,1935,1941,1945br,1953ts,1954tsbr,1960tsbr,1961,1970tsbr,1971,1974br,1978 1980tsbr,1994tsbr,2007br,2010ts 22
times in 140yrs end of 2011
Names from list above Alice,Gilda,Abby,Alma,Anna,Edith,Fifi,Greta,Hermine,Gordon,Felix,Matthew,
Tropical Storm to Hurricane ratio TS=11, 50.00% H=11, 50.00%
Longest gap between storms 16 years 1916-1933
How often this area gets
affected? brushed or hit every 6.36 years
Average years between direct hurricane hits.(hurricane force winds for a few hours) (8h)once every 17.38 years
Average MPH of hurricane hits. (based on advisories sustained winds, not gusts) 106mph
Statistically when this area should be affected
next 2016
Last affected
by 2010, Sept 24th Tropical storm Matthew comes in just south with 45mph winds while moving west.
This areas hurricane
past 1890 Oct 31st,90mph from the east just south 1892 Oct 11th,95mph winds from the ESE 1893 July 5th,95mph from the S.E 1935 Oct 25th 85 from the N.E 1941 a cat
3-120mph sept 27th,hits from the East
1961 July 23rd,Hurricane Anna hits with 110mph winds just north while moving west weakening,hundreds left homeless.newspaper article 1971 Sept 9th,hurricane Edith 155mph 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.. 1978 Sept 17th Hurricane Greta passes just north of here with 115mph winds from the ESE
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 gracias a dios(East end),Honduras
history with tropical systems
