(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 near or within core winds 1873,1875br,1878-2,1886bd,1886ts,1887ts,1894br,1896tsbr,1898tsbr,1899,1901tsbr,1908,1910,1915br,1917br,1928,1930bdtsbr,1931bdts,1932ts,1933-2ts, 1948ts,1958,1958ts,1963,1964,1966,1967br,1980br,1988br,1994tsbr,1998br,2001tsbr,2003tsbr,2007ts,2008tsbr,2008,2011ts,2012ts,2015ts,2016br 42
times in 145yrs end of 2016
Names from list
above Hazel,ella,gerda,Flora,cleo,Inez,Beulah,Allen,Gilbert,Gordon,Georges,Iris,Odette,Noel,Fay,Gustav,Emily,Isaac,Erika,Matthew
Tropical Storm to Hurricane ratio TS=20, 47.62% H=22, 52.38%
Longest gap between storms 14 years 1933-1948
How often this area gets
affected? brushed or hit every 3.45 years
Average years between direct hurricane hits.(usually within 40 miles to include small hurricanes) (13h)once every 11.15 years
Average MPH of hurricane hits. (based on advisories sustained winds, not gusts) 100mph
Statistically when this area should be affected
next affected in 2016
Last affected by 2016 ,Oct 4th Hurricane Matthew passes well to the west with 145mph winds while moving north.
This areas hurricane past 1873 110mph sept 28th from the SE just west 1878 sept 4th 90mph moving NW 1878 Sept 25th,80mph from the south 1886 Aug 15th,85mph from the ESE 1899 Sept 1st,80mph from the south 1908 Sept 28th, 80mph from the S.E 1910 Sept 8th,80mph from the east passes just south 1928 Aug 10th ,80mph from the ESE 1958 Sept 1st,hurricane Ella hits with 110mph from the S.E 1963 Oct 3rd Flora hits just south from the S.E with 145mph winds killing many &
causing total devestation. 1964 aug 24th hurricane Cleo just south from the ESE with 150mph winds kills 192 people with storm surge & heavy rains. approx 20 miles wide swath of damage. Hurricane hunter aircraft reports heavy damage to wings. 1966 sept 29th hurricane Inez hits with 115mph winds from the ESE,1,000 killed another 1,100 washed up on the beach after the hurricane. Total devestation after hitting around 2 to 4 PM AST. newspaper headline
2008 Aug 26th Hurricane Gustav hits with 90mph winds while slowly moving N.W killing 25 in Jacmel due to flooding.Gustav model history
Jacmel,Haiti's history with tropical
systems
