(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 1872ts,1875br,1878ts,1879tsbr,1880tsbr,1883,1888ts,1889br,1889-2ts,1891,1893,1894,1894br,1896,1896tsbr,1898br,1899, 1901ts,1903br,1908ts,1916ts,1916,1917ts,1926ts,1928,1930,1931tsbr,1934ts,1945ts 1950br,1951ts,1956,1958ts,1959tsbr,1961tsbr,1963br,1964,1966,1970tsbr,1979,1981ts 1988tsbr,1989br,1993ts,1995ts,1995,1996tsbr,2009tsbr,2011ts 50
times in 140 yrs end of 2011
Names from list
above Baker,Charlie,Edna,Betsy,Ella,Edith,Frances,Helena,Cleo,Inez,David,Gert,Gilbert,Iris,Marilyn,Hortense ,Erika,Emily,
Tropical Storm to Hurricane ratio TS=28, 56.00% H=22, 44.00%
Longest gap between storms 10 years 1934-1945
How often this area gets
affected? brushed or hit every 2.80 years
Average years between direct hurricane hits. once every 10.00 years(14h)
Average MPH of hurricane hits. (based on advisories sustained winds, not gusts) 108mph
Statistically when this area should be affected
next before the end of 2012
Last affected
by T.S Erika brushes by to the north sept 3rd, 2009 with 40mph winds
This areas hurricane past 1883 Sept 4th 125mph winds from the ESE just south
1891 Aug 18th 125mph from the S.E
1893 Aug 15th 80mph from the S.E
1894 Sept 20th 115mph from the ESE
1896 Aug 30th 80mph from the S.E
1899 Aug 7th 145mph winds just north while moving WNW
1916 Aug 28th a strengthening tropical storm becomes a hurricane 85mph from the east.The hurricane advanced over the island
with but little warning; a number of lives were lost and much property was
destroyed on the northern and eastern sides It was evidently of small
diameter and great intensity while passing over Dominica.
1928 Sept 12th 125mph winds just north from the ESE
1930 Sept 1st, 90mph winds hit
the area from the east.
1956 Aug 11th 95mph from the ESE
1963 Hurricane Edith Sept25th,area gets 80mph gusts.
1964 Aug 22nd, Hurricane Cleo passes just north from the ESE with 130mph winds
1966 sept 27th Hurricane Inez hits from the east with 125mph winds just north
1979 Aug 30th,hurricane David hits, 145mph ,56 killed,5000 injured and 75% left homeless. Damage photo | mountains stripped | homes destroyed | David page
1995 Sept 15th hurricane Marilyn hits from the SE with
80mph winds area reports sustained winds of 72mph for 10 minutes,some roofs
blown off press 29.06 .
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.............
Dominica's history with tropical
systems
