Cap Haitien,Haiti's 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
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,
25 times in 137yrs end of 2007


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

How often this area gets affected?
brushed or hit every 5.48 years

Average years between direct hurricane hits.(usually within 40 miles to include small hurricanes)
(4h)once every 34.25 years

Statistically when this area should be affected next
affected in 2007

Last affected by
on December 12th,2007 Tropical storm Olga passes 55 miles to the south with 50mph winds while moving west.

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.

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