Current weather
Marathon,Florida's history with tropical
systems(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
1871tsbr,1871-76br,1878ts,1878,1881ts,1888ts,1889-1891ts,1894br,1895tsbr,1906,1906,1909,1910br,1916ts,1919br,1926br,1928ts,1929br
1933,1935,1935br,1936tsbr,1947,1948,1948,1952tsbr,1960,1964br,1965,1966,1976tsbr,1981ts
1987,1991tsbr,1992br,1994tsbr,1998br,1999,2005-3br,2006tsbr
44
times in 137yrs end of 2007
Names from list
above
Donna,Isabell,Betsy,Inez,Greta,Dennis,Floyd,Andrew,Gordon,Georges,Irene,Katrina,Rita,Wilma,Ernesto,
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)
(14h)once every 9.79 years
Statistically when this area should be affected
next
before the end of the 2010 season
Last affected
by
2006 Aug 30th,T-Storm Ernesto passes by to the north over key largo with 45mph winds while moving NW.
This areas hurricane
past
1878 Oct 21st a cat 1 hits from the south
1906 press 28.55 hundreds of laborers killed while working on railroad winds 120mph
1909 bar 28.36 hundreds of buildings destroyed
1935 labor
day hurricane one of strongest ever to hit u.s bar 26.35 area leveled 150mph sustained winds some gusts to 230mph, hundreds killed sept 3rd,eye was reported at only 8 miles across.252 veterans missing or presumed dead,106 injured, 164 civilians dead or missing.35 miles of railroad washed away.
1948 oct 5th 100mph moving fast
1960
donna hit with 140mph winds with gusts to 180mph moving slow at 8mph storm surge
13 ft press 27.40 9 ft storm surge total devestation miraculously only 4 people killed in the keys,sustained winds here 120mph+. Over 12 inches of rain,tides 6 ft over US1,eye just north of city.more here
1965 sept 8th hurricane Betsy just north with 120mph sustained winds causes heavy damage here,gusts to 165mph
1966 oct 4th hurricane Inez hits extremely high unconfirmed reports of 150mph gusts even though her winds were at 100mph
1987 oct 12th hurricane Floyd hits with 75mph winds gusts to 95 causes minor damage
1992 hurricane andrew passed approx 55 miles to the north with 145mph
winds marathon only got gusts to 60mph minor damage
1987 floyd hits oct 12
with 80mph bar 29.32 minor damage
1998 hurricane georges passes 45 miles to the s.w of here with
105mph winds causing minor damage here,sept 5th.a few tornados
2005,Oct 24th, Hurricane Wilma passes approx 80 miles north of Marathon while moving NE with 120mph winds as a very large hurricane .Intense winds remained approx 15 miles north of lower keys but a surge ranging from 50 to 8 ft inundated many homes in the lower keys.
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