(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 or near core 1871m,1872ts,1880ts,1883brm,1888ts,1889,1889-2ts,1891brm,1893,1894brm,1896ts,1898br,1899m,1899,1906br,1908,1909,1910br,1915,1916,1916ts,1922br,1924,1928m,1930,1932ts, 1945tsbr,1949tsbr,1950-2,1951ts,1956,1959ts,1960brm,1961ts,1963ts,1964m,1966m,1979m,1981tsbr,1989m,1990tsbr,1995ts,1995brm,1995,1996br,1996ts,1998m,1999br,1999tsbr, 2009ts,2011-2tsbr,2012ts,2014tsbr,2015ts,2017brm,2017m,2018ts,2020tsbr,2021ts,2022ts, (2023tsbr,br not in stats) 63
times in 151yrs end of 2022
Names from list
above Baker,Dog,Charlie,Edna,Betsy,Edith,Donna,Frances,Helena,cleo,Inez,David,Gert,Hugo,Klaus,Iris,Luis,marilyn,Bertha,Hortense,Georges,Jose,Lenny,Erika,Irene,Maria,Isaac, Bertha,Erika,Irma,Maria,Isaac,Laura,Grace,Fiona,Philippe,Tammy,
Tropical Storm to Hurricane ratio TS=29,46.03% H=34, 53.97%
Longest gap between storms 12 years 1933-1944 & 1967-1978
How often this area gets
affected? brushed or hit every 2.40 years
Average years between direct hurricane hits. once every 6.82 years(22h)
Average years between major hurricane hits.(9) once every 16.78 years
Average MPH of hurricane hits. (based on advisories sustained winds, not gusts) 107 mph
Statistically when this area should be affected
next impacted in 2023
Last affected
by 2023 Oct 21st hurricane Tammy brushes just east by 28 miles with 85mph winds while moving NNW.
This areas hurricane
past 1871 aug 21st 115mph moving WNW passing just north. Hit map 1889 Sept 2nd 80mph from the S.E 1893 aug 16th ,85mph from the SE 1899 Aug 7th,150mph from the ese causing significant destruction. Hit map 1899 Aug 30th,80mph from the east 1908 Sept 25th,75mph from the ESE 1909 Aug 21st 85mph from the ESE 1915 Aug 10th,90mph from the east 1916 Aug 28th 90mph 17 miles to south moving west clipped south end 1924 Aug 28th 75mph from the ESE 1928 a cat 4 caused great damage to the area sept 12th press 27.76 with 140mph winds (hurdat). 1,500 killed here,11 ft storm surge,eye passes directly overhead.The storm destroyed nearly every building in Guadeloupe. In neighboring Montserrat 42 dead & 5,000 homeless. 1930 Sept 1st,95mph from the ESE 1950 Aug 21st ,Hurricane Baker hits from the east with 95mph winds 1950 Sept 1st hurricane Dog hits from the S.E with 105mph winds just north 1956 hurricane Betsy aug 11th devastates the area with 110mph
winds from the ESE, kills 6 here 1964 Aug 22nd,130mph from the ESE hurricane Cleo kills 14 people here.At Raizet Airport 15m north of eye min press 29.62 44mph gusts to 81mph.1,000 homes destroyed. NHC Wallet 1966 hurricane Inez sept 27th 120mph winds from the east, 27 killed 600 injured. NHC Wallet 1979 Aug 29th Hurricane David passes just south from the ESE with 145mph winds. NHC Wallet 1989 Hurricane Hugo passes over north part of Island Sept 17th with 140mph winds from the ESE. 10,000 homes destroyed, leaving 35,000 of the island's 340,000 people homeless. Four people died and 107 were injured , total damage to the island from Hugo amounted to $880 million.Newspaper headline 1995 hurricane Marilyn sept 14th just
SW with 80mph winds bar 29.03 minimal damage from the S.E. Disaster survey report 1998 Sept 20th Hurricane Georges passes just N.E from the ESE with 115mph winds. NHC Report
2017 Sept 19th Hurricane Maria passes just 40 miles to the south while moving N.W with 160mph winds. No sustained hurricane force winds reported on island Gourbeyre Gros-Morne Dole reported gust to 101mph but not sustained hurricane force. South tip of island affected by HF northern bands for only a short time. In Guadeloupe, two direct fatalities are attributed to Maria: one person died from a falling tree, and another was swept out
to sea. Hurricane-force wind gusts and heavy rain
caused a great deal of damage, especially along the southern portions of Basse-Terre Island. An
estimated 80,000 homes were without electricity, and almost the entire banana crop was
destroyed. An estimated $120 million in damage was reported for Guadeloupe. NHC report
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