Cienfuegos,Cuba'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
1875,1876bdts,1878ts,1882bdbr,1886,1887br,1891tsbr,1894,1895br,1899
1900ts,1904ts,1912br,1926ts,1927tsbr,1930ts,1931tsbr,1935,1938ts,1942tsbr
1945br,1952,1953ts,1958-2ts,1966br,1979tsbr,1981ts,1991tsbr,1996br,2001,2005,
32 times in 137yrs end of 2007


Names from list above
Fox,Ella,Janice,Inez,Frederic,Dennis,Fabian,Lili ,Michelle,Dennis,

How often this area gets affected?
brushed or hit every 4.28 years

Average years between direct hurricane hits.(usually within 40 miles to include small hurricanes)
(8h)once every 17.13 years

Statistically when this area should be affected next
before the end of the 2010 season

Last affected by
Dennis made landfall near the port city of Cienfuegos at 1 p.m. Friday, July 8th ,2005 with 145mph winds downing power lines, knocking the city's TV station antenna to the ground and stripping the roofs from homes on Friday. It barreled over farming communities and small towns as it churned northward toward Havana.

This areas hurricane past
1875 90mph sept 13th from the SE 170 killed in Cuba
1878 oct 21st a hurricane from the south
1894 sept 24th 200 killed in cuba
1935 sEPT 28TH,press 28.31 35 killed 100 injured in Cuba with heavy damage in Cienfuegos mostly by flooding.
1952 hurricane Fox a cat 2 hits in late october over 600 killed.Before landfall a hurricane hunter aircraft lost paint on its wings do to the rain being so heavy in the eyewall.18 mile wide eye reported pressure 27.75
1996 oct 18th hurricane Lili 90mph 50 miles to NW press 28.79 sporadic heavy damage as 10,000 homes were badly damaged.
Nov 4th 2001 Major hurricane Michelle hits just NE moving in from the SW with 135mph winds.Thousands of homes had roofs blown off 5 killed in area as of Nov 6th. pressure 28.00. A 9 to 10ft storm surge was reported in coastal areas. A reported 43,076 dwellings damaged, principally in the Provinces of C. Habana, Matanzas, Cienfuegos and Sancti Spiritus.1,520 social/economic infrastructure damaged such as hospitals, schools, industry and agriculture installations. · Loss and damage to agriculture including banana, citrus, sugar cane, and yucca. · Hundreds of telephone and communications poles as well as some communication towers broken. Newspaper article
2005,Dennis made landfall near the port city of Cienfuegos at 1 p.m. Friday, July 8th ,2005 with 145mph winds downing power lines, knocking the city's TV station antenna to the ground and stripping the roofs from homes on Friday. It barreled over farming communities and small towns as it churned northward toward Havana. Official reported wind measurments showed 91mph sustained winds with gusts to 108mph and a pressure of 982mb.

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