Eleuthera Island Bahamas history with tropical systems
current weather
Eleuthera map

(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
1871,1877br,1880br,1883br,1884br,1888ts,1893,1897tsbr,1898ts,1901ts,1903br
1906tsbr,1908,1909-2ts,1915tsbr,1916tsbr,1919br,1923br,1926br,1927ts
1928,1929,1932,1933,1933br,1937ts,1937tsbr,1939ts,1941br,1942ts
1945,1949br,1952br,1954tsbr,1956br,1958tsbr,1965,1973ts,1992,1995,1996,1999br,1999,2001,2004,2005tsbr,2007ts
48 times in 138 yrs end of 2008


Names from list above
Fox,Carol,Betsy,Janice,Betsy,Gilda,Andrew,Erin,Bertha ,Dennis,Floyd,Michelle,Frances,Franklin,Noel,

How often this area gets affected?
brushed or hit every 2.88 years

Average years between direct hurricane hits.(usually within 40 miles to include small hurricanes)
(16h)once every 8.63 years

Statistically when this area should be affected next
before the end of the 2010 season

Last affected by
affected by T.S Noel on Nov 1st ,2007 from the S.W with 65mph winds

This areas hurricane past
1871 Aug 24th a 105mph cane hits while moving WNW
1928 sept 16th, many buildings destroyed by WNW moving cat 4 with 155mph winds.Heavy damage on island but no loss of life.
1929 sept 25th 115mph winds from the NE. 75 to 100 knot winds upon passage.
1932 Sept 5th 155mph Hurricane hits from the east.
1933 sept 3rd a major hurricane hits with a pressure of 27.98 140mph heavy damage,eye passes over Harbour island at 6AM. No deaths reported but there was major damage to property.
1956 the first of 2 betsy's to affect this area just misses
1965 Hurricane Betsy moving SW hits northern portion of Island with 120mph winds causing heavy damage on Sept 7th.Radar track | Newspaper article.
1992 hurricane Andrew AUg 23rd hits the northern tip with 170 mph winds reports of a 23 ft storm surge kills 4 people in the town of spanish wells,bluff & bogue were devestated from andrew.All homes & buildings suffered considerable damage especially in cat cay where complete settlements were devestated..
1995 hurricane Erin hits with 75mph winds press 29.12 minor damage.
1999 sept 14th 8AM Hurricane Floyd hits with 155mph winds snapping palm trees & ripping off many roofs.A 20 ft storm surge inundated the island. Approx 25% of homes suffered some damage. Damage photo
Nov 5th 2001 Hurricane Michelle hits with 80mph winds while moving quickly NE from the SW,pressure 28.87
2004, Sept 3rd Hurricane Frances hits with 115mph winds.Understand Cookie‘s garage has sustained significant roof damage.Eye lasted 90 min in Governers Harbour. Governers reported worse winds after eye. Some roofs on Harbour are damaged, many trees down so far.Some roofs are gone and trees down but he was fine and so were his golf carts. The roof was off of the pre school.The maximum sustained wind reported from a land station was 87 kt at North Eleuthera in the northwestern Bahamas at 1000 UTC 3 September. Ham reports at landfall 03/12Z ELEUTHERA RECENTLY REPORTED SUSTAINED WINDS OF NEAR 100 MPH...161 KM/HR AND NASSAU JUST REPORTED A 75 MPH...120 KM/HR WIND GUST.


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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