(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 1873ts,1875,1876bdts,1878br,1880,1886,1887ts,1891ts,1894,1900ts,1901ts 1904tsbr,1924tsbr,1927ts,1928tsbr,1930tsbr,1933br,1934ts,1935br,1939tsbr,1942tsbr 1950br,1955ts,1958,1963,1964,1966,1975ts,1981tsbr,2005,2007bdtsbr,2008ts,2008 33
times in 139yrs end of 2009
Names from list
above king,Hilda,Ella,Flora,cleo,Inez,Eloise,Arlene ,Dennis,Fay,Ike,
How often this area gets
affected? brushed or hit every 4.21 years
Average years between direct hurricane hits.(usually within 40 miles to include small hurricanes) (10h)once every 13.90 years
Statistically when this area should be affected
next before the end of 2013
Last affected by Sept 8th ,2008 Hurricane Ike hits 50 miles to north while moving west with 100mph winds.
This areas hurricane past 1873 cane doengraded to ts kills 26 in Cubs 1875 sept 13th 105mph from the SE approx 160 killed in Cuba passed just South of here 1887 In December a
tropical storm hits with 40mph winds 1932 in november a hurricane kills 2,500
from large storm surge near santa del cruz just west of here. Hit Nov 9th with 130mph winds from the south Monument 1963 hurricane Flora hits with
120mph winds wipes out sugar crop kills 1,000 .Newspaper article 1964 Hurricane Cleo psses just south of here with 80mph winds.Hurricane hunter aircraft reports heavy damage to wings. 2005 July 8th,hurricane Dennis hits while moving NW passing just south with 130mph winds.President Fidel Castro said 10 people, including an 18-day-old baby and 95-year-old man, were killed in the provinces of Granma and Santiago after Dennis raked Cuba's south coast on Thursday. Cuban officials said about 6,000 homes had been damaged or destroyed by the storm in the province of Granma where 24-foot storm surges were reported. Just to the south in Cabo Cruz instruments measured sustained winds of 133mph gusts to 148mph 956mb.
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.............
manzanillo,Cuba's history with tropical
systems