(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 1871ts,1876tsbr,1876,1878ts,1878,1889ts,1891tsbr,1891ts,1894br,1895ts,1897ts,1898tsbr,1904tsbr,1906,1906, 1909,1910br,1916,1919,1924br,1926br,1926,1928ts,1929,1932tsbr,1933br,1933,1935,1935-2br,1936tsbr, 1941br,1945br,1947br,1947,1948-2,1950br,1952ts,1960,1964,1965,1966,1981ts 1987,1991tsbr,1992br,1994tsbr,1998,1999,2005-2br,2006tsbr,2008ts, 54
times in 140yrs end of 2011
Names from list
above King,Donna,Isabell,Betsy,Inez,Greta,Dennis,Floyd,Fabian,Andrew,Gordon,Georges,Irene,Katrina,Rita,Wilma,Ernesto,Fay,
Tropical Storm to Hurricane ratio TS=19, 35.19% H=35, 64.81%
Longest gap between storms 14 years 1966-1981
How often this area gets
affected? brushed or hit every 2.59 years
Average years between direct hurricane hits.(hurricane force winds for at least a few hours) (21h)once every 6.67 years
Average MPH of hurricane hits. (based on advisories sustained winds, not gusts) 106 mph
Statistically when this area should be affected
next 1 year overdue
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 1876 Oct 19th,105mph from the South passes just west 1878 Oct 21st 80mph from the SSW passes just east. 1906 June 17th ,80mph from the S.W 1906 Oct 18th, 120mph press 28.55 hundreds of laborers killed while working on railroad windscoming from the SSW 1909 Oct 11th,120mph from the WSW bar 28.36 hundreds of buildings destroyed. 1916 Nov 15th,75mph from the WSW 1919 Sept 9th, 130mph just south from the ESE 1926 Oct 20th,110mph from the S.W passes just east 1929 Sept 28th, 95mph from the ESE passes just north 1933 Oct 5th from the S.W with 125mph winds. 1935 Sept 3rd Labor
day hurricane one of strongest ever to hit u.s bar 26.35 area leveled 185mph 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. monument | monument close | video aftermath 1947 Oct 11th 80mph while moving NNE just west of here 1948 Sept 21st 120mph winds just west while moving NNE 1948 oct 5th 100mph moving fast from the S.W over entire keys. 1960 Sept 10th
Donna hits with 140mph winds from the S.E 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 | Gordon Dunn talks about forecasting Donna
1964 Oct 14th,125mph winds from Hurricane Isbell passing just north from the S.W 1965 sept 8th hurricane Betsy just north with 120mph from the east sustained winds causes heavy damage here,gusts to 165mph 1966 oct 4th hurricane Inez hits with 85mph winds from the ENE extremely high unconfirmed reports of 150mph gusts . 1987 oct 12th hurricane Floyd hits with 75mph winds gusts to 95 causes minor damage bar 29.32 minor damage. 1992 hurricane andrew passed approx 55 miles to the north with 145mph
winds marathon only got gusts to 60mph minor damage
1998 Sept 25th hurricane georges passes 45 miles to the s.w of here with
105mph winds causing minor damage here,.a few tornados
1999 Oct 15th Hurricane Irene passes just west of here while moving NNE with 75mph winds
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.
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.....
Marathon,Florida's history with tropical
systems
