El Macao Dominican republics 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
1876,1887br,1891,1896br,1899,1900-2tsbr,1901br,1903tsbr,1909ts,1916,1918tsbr
1919ts,1921br,1926,1928br,1930br,1931,1932br,1938ts,1943br,1952tsbr
1961ts,1963br,1975br,1996br,1998,2003 tsbr,2004,2007subts,2008tsbr
31 times in 139yrs end of 2009


Names from list above
Charlie,Francis,Eloise,Edith,Hortense,Georges,Mindy,Jeanne,Olga,Fay,

How often this area gets affected?
brushed or hit every 4.48 years

Average years between direct hurricane hits.(usually within 40 miles to include small hurricanes)
(8h)once every 17.38 years

Statistically when this area should be affected next
before the end of 2013

Last affected by
2008 AUg 15th TS Fay develops just SW with 40mph winds while moving west.

This areas hurricane past
1876 sept 13th a 80mph canes hits from the east
1891 aug 20th 90mph hundreds killed
1899 115 mph from the ESE after hitting Puerto Rico passes by just offshore
1909 a hurricane hits from the SW in november
1926 a hurricane july 24th kills many here
1963 edith hits with 75 mph winds
1996 hurricane Hortense brushes to NE on sept 10th with 75mph winds press 29.09 while moving NW
1998 hurricane Georges hits with 120mph winds killing 200 in the dominican republic sept 22nd causing heavy damage while moving west. Sat Image
2004,Sept 16th Hurricane Jeanne hits from the east with 80mph winds,dumping very heavy rains .


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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