Edisto Island,South Carolina'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
1871ts,1871-2bdts,1873bdts,1874,1878,1878tsbr,1880tsbr,1882ts,1884bdts,1885,1888tsbr,1893bdts,1893-2,1894,1894bdts,1896,1898
1900xtropstbr,1901bdts,1906br,1907-2bdts,1910ts,1911,1913ts,1916ts,1916br,1923ts,1924bdts,1924xtropst,1927ts,1928tsbd,1940,1941tsbd,1944-45tsbd,1952,1957bdts
1959br,1959,1964bdtsbr,1966tsbr,1976tsbr,1979,1981tsbr,1985ts,1985bdtsbr
1988tsbr,1989,1999br,2002ts,2004-2br,2006tsbdbr
56 times in 139yrs end of 2010

Names from list above
Able,Cindy,Gracie,Dora,Alma,Dottie,David,Dennis,Bob,Kate,Chris,Hugo,Irene ,Kyle,Charley,Gaston,Alberto

How often this area gets affected?
brushed or hit every 2.48 years

Average years between direct hurricane hits.(usually within 40 miles to include small hurricanes)
(14h)once every 9.93 years

Statistically when this area should be affected next
before the end of the 2010 season
This is just a statistical average & does not mean the area will be affected by that year

Last affected by
June14th 2006 Tropical storm Alberto weakens to tropical depression after moving in from the gulf.

This areas hurricane past
1874 Sept 28th 90mph from the SSW
1878 Sept 12th direct hit from cat 1 90mph from the south
1885 Aug 25th 110mph winds from the south
1893 Aug 28th 100mph from the south
1893 Oct 13th a 120mph large & powerfull hurricane kills over 1,000 coming from the SE hitting Savannah GA gusts here were up to 125mph. wind field map
1894 Sept 27th 85mph winds from the south
1896 Sept 29th 90mph from the SSW
1898 Aug 31st 80mph to the south while moving WNW
1911 AUg 28th 75mph from the east came in to the south
1940 Aug 11th 75mph to the south coming from the ESE
1952 Hurricane Able Aug 31st 95mph from the SSE
1959 Sept 29th 120mph Gracie just south area got gusts to 140mph spawned many tornadoes dumped 11 inches of rain on the area a fast moving hurricane which saved many lives,Most homes on beaches destroyed. Damage report
1979 Sept 5th Hurricane david pases just west of here with 75mph winds from the south.
1989 Sept 22nd Hugo hit 40 miles to north with 140mph winds this area got gusts to 120mph moderate damage. Newspaper headline | satelite photo| Newspaper headline | more on Hurricane Hugo here | video from show 911



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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