(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 1871br,1875bdts,1876,1878,1879br,1882,1885ts,1888,1889tsbr,1894br,1896br 1900tsbr,1906,1906tsbr,1907tsbr,1909tsbr,1909br,1910,1915br,1926,1926tsbr 1930br,1933,1933br,1944,1945tsbr,1947tsbr,1948-2,1950,1953br,1958tsbr,1966bd 1968br,1979br,1985ts,1985,1990tsbr,1991tsbr,1996br,1999,2001br,2004,2005,2008-2br 46
times in 138yrs end of 2008
Names from list
above Easy,Alice,Ella,Alma,Gladys,Frances,Frederic,Elena,kate,Marco,Fabian,Lili,Irene,Michelle,Charley, Dennis,Gustav,Ike,
How often this area gets
affected? brushed or hit every 3.00 years
Average years between direct hurricane hits.(usually within 40 miles to include small hurricanes) (17h)once every 8.12 years
Statistically when this area should be affected
next affected in 2008
Last affected
by 2008 sept 9th , Hurricane Ike passes by just to the S.E with 80mph winds while moving WNW.
This areas hurricane past 1846 oct 10th press 27.06 major
damage 1875 sept 14th from the ESE 180 killed in cuba 1876 105mph from south oct 19th 1878 80mph Oct 21st 70 killed,alot of damage to buildings,three schooners sunk. 1888 600 killed killed by a hurricane95mph winds sept 5th 1906 mid oct a hurricane hits the area with very heavy rain while moving towards florida 1926 in october press 28.07
99mph winds recorded 650 killed,325 buildings demolished. 1933 press 28.92 winds 95mph 1944Oct 17th a hurricane hits
with winds measured at 163mph october 18th heavy damage kills 319 in cuba newspaper article 1948 sept 20 moving slowly 115mph winds cause moderate to heavy damage here & just east weather map again in 1948 oct 5th 132mph heavy rains kill 11 1966 hurricane Alma june 8th
hits with 90mph gusts to 110mph winds causing heavy damage & killing 11 11AM ET 1985 hurricane
Kate nips the north coast as a cat 1 on november 20th 90mph gusts to 100mph collapses dozens of buildings killing 10 in cuba & 50 serious injuries 1996 hurricane Lili on
oct 18th brushes 50 miles to the S.E press 28.79 this slow moving hurricane
caused heavy crop damage & some structural damage & very heavy rain.At
least 20 homes collapse in Matanzas east of Havana .
Oct 14th 1999 hurricane Irene hits with 75mph winds while moving north causes minor damage here.2 killed in west cuba.Press 29.32
2004 ,Aug 13th Hurricane Charley hits just west with 120 mph winds while moving north.radar image
2005 Hurricane Dennis passes over east Havana with 100mph winds on July 9th. The storm whipped fierce 10-foot waves over Havana's seawall, and its winds tore apart pieces of some of the city's crumbling colonial buildings, according to the Associated Press.Chunks of concrete fell from the city's colonial buildings. At least 5,000 homes were damaged in Havana's surrounding province,Dennis models 2 days out
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.............
Havana,Cuba's history with tropical
systems