(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(since 1871). Years
within 60
miles 1873,1877br,1879br,1880,1880ts,1881ts,1886tsbr,1887-2,1887tsbr,1889br,1893ts,1893,1895br,1895ts,1898ts,1903 ,1905ts,1906br,1909,1911ts,1912ts,1913ts,1916br,1916tsbr,1918tsbr,1920ts,1922,1928tsbr,1933ts, 1933,1934tsbr,1936ts,1938-2,1939ts,1942,1944-2,1947tsbr,1951,1952ts,1955,1961br,1967,1973tsbr,1975ts, 1988,1988ts,1995,2003ts,2005-2,2008ts,2009br,2011ts 56
times in 140yrs end of 2011
Names from list
above Charlie,Hazel,Hilda,Carla,Debbie,Beulah,Brenda,Eloise,Gilbert,Keith,Arlene,Roxanne,Claudette,Emily,Stan,Wilma,Dolly,Ida,Rina,
Tropical Storm to Hurricane ratio TS=27, 48.21% H=29, 51.79%
Longest gap between storms 12 years 1975-1988
How often this area gets
affected? brushed or hit every 2.50 years
Average years between direct hurricane hits.(hurricane force winds for at least a few hours) (21h)once every 6.67 years
Average MPH of hurricane hits. (based on advisories sustained winds, not gusts) 110mph
Statistically when this area should be affected
next before the end of the 2014 season
Last affected
by Oct 27th, 2011 tropical storm Rina hits while moving north with 60mph winds..
This areas hurricane
past 1873 oct 1st a hurricane from the east with 90mph winds move just NE of here turning north 1880 aug 9th 105mph from the ESE hits just north 1887 95mph July 25th from the SSE 1887 Sept 17th 95mph from the S.E 1893 Sept 28th 95mph from the SE 1903, 120mph august 13th from the ESE 1909 Aug 25th, 105mph just north from the East 1922 Oct 18th, 85mph from the east 1933 a cat 2 105mph hits sept 22nd from the ESE 1938 ,95mph August13th from the SE just north. 1938 Aug 25th 95mph from the ESE just south from the ESE. 1942 Aug 27th,105mph from the S.E just north 1944 a cat 1 90mph hits Aug 22nd from the ESE 1944 80mph sept 20th from the east 1951 Hurricane Charlie hits with 130mph
winds august 19th from the ESE. 1955 Sept 16th,Hurricane Hilda passes to the south with 110mph winds from the ESE 1967 Beulah hits as a cat 2, 110mph on Sept 16th from the ESE 1988 Sept 14th, 165mph from the ESE during hurricane Gilbert
52 were killed towns were destroyed by a 17ft storm surge,ruins only had
minor damage. Satelite photo 1995 Oct 10th,hurricane Roxanne hits with 110mph winds press 28.29 from the east.
2005 July 18th 130mph Hurricane Emily hits as a cat 4 from the ESE ,although surface winds were much less. Sporadic damage to buildings in & around Cozumel,Mexico. Damage shot from Playa del carmen on mainland #1 | #2 | #3 | Animated radar at landfall
2005,Oct 21st, Hurricane Wilma passes over the Island while moving slowly NNW. Extensive damage to nearly the entire island.At this time Wilma had winds of 140mph & was moving very slowly at less than 5mph.Hurricane force winds pounded the island for over 24hrs. As of early 2006 many hotels are still shut down & the cruise ships docks have been destroyed.Satellite image of Wilma as a cat 5 before landfall, strongest ever in the Atlantic basin as of 2005. | animated radar
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.............
Cozumel,Mexico's history with tropical
systems
