Dominica's 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
1872br,1880br,1888ts,1889tsbr,1889ts,1891,1893,1894br,1896br,1899tsbr
1901ts,1909,1915br,1916,1924tsbr,1926ts,1930tsbr,1931tsbr,1934ts,1945ts
1951ts,1953ts,1956,1958ts,1961tsbr,1963ts,1964br,1966br,1979,1981ts
1988br,1995ts,1995br,1996tsbr,2007br,2009tsbr
36 times in 139 yrs end of 2009


Names from list above
Charlie,Edna,Betsy,Ella,Frances,Helena,Cleo,Inez,David,Gert,Gilbert,Iris,Marilyn,Hortense ,Dean,Erika

How often this area gets affected?
brushed or hit every 3.86 years

Average years between direct hurricane hits.
once every 23.17 years(6h)

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
1916 Aug 28th a strengthening tropical storm becomes a hurricane.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
1930 90mph winds hit the area
1963 area gets 80mph gusts
1979 hurricane David hits, area has gusts to 144mph ,56 killed,5000 injured and 75% left homeless. Damage photo | mountains stripped | homes destroyed | David page
1995 hurricane Marilyn hits 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.............

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