(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 1872bdts,1874bdts,1877xtropbdts,1879,1881bdtsbr,1882bdtsbr,1882ts,1888xtropstbd,1893br,1893tsbr,1894br,1894, 1897tsbr,1899xtropstbdbr,1902xtropstbdbr,1903,1904xtroph,1916xtropst,1924xtroph,1934bdxtropstbr,1936,1944bdts, 1944br,1954br,1955tsbr,1955bdtsbr,1960bdts,1960,1961bdts,1967tsbr,1971ts,1976br, 1985,1986br,1992tsbr,1996bdts,1999ts,2008tsbd,2011 39
times in 140yrs end of 2011
Names
from list
above Carol,Connie,Diane,Brenda,Donna,Doria,Doria (again),Belle,Gloria,Charley,Danielle,Bertha,Floyd ,Hanna,Irene,
Tropical Storm to Hurricane ratio TS=24, 61.54% H=15, 38.46%
Longest gap between storms 11 years 1904-1916
How often this area gets
affected? brushed or hit every 3.59 years Average years between direct hurricane hits.(hurricane force winds for at least a few hours) (9h)once every 15.77 years
Average MPH of hurricane hits. (based on advisories sustained winds, not gusts) 87mph
Statistically when this area should be affected
next before the end of the 2015 season
This is just a statistical average & does
not mean the area will be affected by that year
Last affected by Aug 28th, 2011 Hurricane Irene begins to weaken to a tropical storm with 75mph winds while moving quickly north..
This areas
hurricane past 1879 Aug 18th, 95mph just east from the SSW 1894 Oct 10th, 80mph from the SSW passes just east 1903 from due south category 1- 80mph Sept 16th dubbed "the Vagabond Hurricane"because it seemed to wonder in unexpected & unwanted. Considerable damage est at 8 Million in the N.E. 1904 Sept 15th,extratropical hurricane from the S.W with 75mph winds 1924 extratropical hurricane hits from the SW Sept 30th with 75mph winds 1936 Sept 18th a fast moving hurricane turning back out to sea comes very close with 95mph winds from the S.W In 1960 Sept 12th hurricane Donna gave the area heavy damage with 110mph winds just offshore from the SSW.
1985 Hurricane gloria passes by just to the east Sept 27th with 95mph winds from the SSW,widespead damage & power outages. more on Hurricane Gloria hereNewspaper article #1 | #2
2011 Aug 28th,Hurricane irene passes just east with 75mph winds while moving NNE causing minor damage. Cape May highest gust reported at 75mph with most hurricane force winds remaining offshore. Irene model history
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.............
Cape May's history with tropical
systems
