Havana,Cuba'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
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
44 times in 137yrs end of 2007


Names from list above
Easy,Alice,Ella,Alma,Gladys,Frances,Frederic,Elena,kate,Marco,Fabian,Lili,Irene,Michelle,Charley, Dennis,

How often this area gets affected?
brushed or hit every 3.11 years

Average years between direct hurricane hits.(usually within 40 miles to include small hurricanes)
(17h)once every 8.00 years

Statistically when this area should be affected next
before the end of the 2009 season

Last affected by
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,

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

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