(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 1873,1873tsbr,1877,1879ts,1880br,1880ts,1886-2br,1887-2,1888,1893 1895br,1898tsbr,1901ts,1903br,1904ts,1909br,1909tsbr,1910tsbr 1912br,1913br,1916-2br,1918ts,1920tsbr,1922,1924tsbr,1933,1933ts 1936ts,1938,1938br,1939ts,1942,1944br,1945tsbr,1951br,1963br,1965ts,1966br 1967br,1970tsbr,1975tsbr,1980br,1988,1988ts,1995br,1998tsbr,2002br,2003ts,2004br,2005br,2005,2009br 55
times in 139yrs end of 2009
Names from list
above Charlie,Carla,Debbie,Inez,Beulah,Ella,Eloise,Allen,Gilbert,Keith,Roxanne,Mitch,Isidore,Claudette ,Ivan,Emily,Wilma,Ida,
How often Cancun gets
affected? brushed or hit every 2.53 years
Average years between direct hurricane hits.(usually within 40 miles to include small hurricanes) (12h)once every 11.58 years
Statistically when Cancun,Mexico should be affected
next before the end of 2012
Last affected
by LAST AFFECTED 2009 Hurricane Ida passes well to the east with 90mph winds.
This areas hurricane past 1873 Oct 4th 105mph while turning NE 1877 80 mph moving NNW sept 29th 1887 July 25th 95mph winds coming from the SSE 1887 again on sept 17th 95mph winds on nearly the same course 1888 80mph winds on sept 7th coming from odd direction from the ENE 1922 80mph on oct 19th 1933 105mph winds sept 22nd 1938 aug 15th 90mph 1942 aug 28th 95mph 1966 oct 7th hurricane Inez while moving WSW bruahes just north by 50 miles with 125mph winds 1988 hurricane Gilbert sept 14th
a cat 5 hits with 155mph winds the north tip of the Yucatan as this area got hit hard.Tosse
vessels on shore large storm surge took years to get tourism back. Satelite photo | Damage photo 1995
Hurricane Roxanne oct 9th 60 miles to south with 115mph winds
2005,Oct 22nd, Hurricane Wilma passes over the area very slowly while moving north & beginning the turn to the N.E. Hits with 130mph winds & exits with 95mph winds. Cancun was hammered for nearly 36 hrs by hurricane force winds with extensive damage. Reports in early 2006 indicate that beaches are a sliver of what they once were. Very few hotels in the beach communities are operational with the nights in the hotel zone labled as "ghostly". Official final report from NHC indicates roughly 100mph sustained with gusts to 130mph and 3 billion dollars in damage.Hotel damage before & after | Satellite image of Wilma as a cat 5 before landfall, strongest ever in the Atlantic basin as of 2005. | animated radar | Movie slide presentation of damage
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.............
Cancun,Mexico's history with tropical
systems