Cat Island Bahamas 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
1871,1877br,1879br,1880br,1887br,1887tsbr,1888ts,1891br,1893br,1898tsbr
1900tsbr,1903br,1906ts,1908br,1909-2ts,1916tsbr,1919,1923,1926br,1928
1931tsbr,1932-2,1933,1933br,1937ts,1939tsbr,1941,1942tsbr,1949,1952
1954tsbr,1956br,1956ts,1960tsbr,1973tsbr,1995,1996br,1996br,1999br,1999,2001 br,2004
44 times in 139yrs end of 2009


Names from list above
Fox,Carol,Betsy,Carla,Cleo,Gilda,Fran,Bertha,Lili,Floyd ,Michelle,Frances

How often this area gets affected?
brushed or hit every 3.16 years

Average years between direct hurricane hits.(usually within 40 miles to include small hurricanes)
(13h)once every 10.69 years

Statistically when this area should be affected next
2 years overdue

Last affected by
2004, Sept 3rd Hurricane Frances hits with 120mph winds. Eye passed over island & caused very heavy damage.

This areas hurricane past
1903 a hurricane hits with 90mph winds press 28.82
1928 sept 16th a hurricane with 155mph winds causes major damage to many roads bridges & homes.
1932 Sept 5th a Major Hurricane hits with 150 mph winds,the first of 2 majors the same year.
1932 Nov 10th ,The major Hurricane that killed thousands in Cuba hits the southern part of the island with 115 to 120mph winds while moving very quickly.
1952 hurricane Fox hits from the west as a cat 2
1995 hurricane erin hits with 75mph winds minor damage
1996 hurricane Bertha passes 50 miles to the N.E with 105mph winds area got gusts to 90mph
1996 hurricane Lili on october 19 passes just south with 105mph winds press 28.44 minor damage here.
1999 sept 13th Hurricane Floyd hits 30 miles to north with 155mph winds causing very heavy damage here.Recon data suggest 100mph winds at landfall on the island. Two medical centers lost roofs,2 and 1/2 miles of roadway washed away.
2004, Sept 3rd Hurricane Frances hits with 120mph winds. Eye passed over island & caused very heavy damage.115mph on the islands north end. radar image


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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