Cap Haitien,Haiti'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
1876bdtsbr,1878,1878tsbd,1883bd,1887bd,1889bdbr,1896br,1899-2br,1902tsbdbr
1908bdts,1916bdts,1928bdtsbr,1938bdts,1948ts,1954br,1955br,1975ts,1979
1987bdts,1994tsbr,1998br,2000ts,2007-2tsbr,2008tsbr,2008ts
27 times in 139yrs end of 2009


Names from list above
Hazel,Hilda,Eloise,David,Emily,Gordon,Georges ,Noel,Olga,Fay,Hanna,

How often this area gets affected?
brushed or hit every 5.15 years

Average years between direct hurricane hits.(usually within 40 miles to include small hurricanes)
(4h)once every 34.75 years

Statistically when this area should be affected next
before the end of 2014

Last affected by
2008 sept 2nd TS Hanna pushing south loops just north with 65mph winds dumping heavy rain & flooding damage.

This areas hurricane past
In 1979 in sept hurricane david passes just north as a cat 1 after earler being a cat 5 at landfall in santo damingo,many killed here by heavy rains. David page
1994 tropical storm gordon well to the west dumps heavy rain here killing 1,000----
1998 Hurricane Georges destroys dozens of homes here & heavy flooding 87 killed in Haiti.



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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