(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 1872ts,1875,1876ts,1878ts,1879ts,1880tsbr,1883,1886tsbr,1887tsbr,1888ts,1889ts 1891,1893br,1894-2,1895ts,1896ts,1896tsbr,1898br,1901ts,1903,1908tsbr,1915tsbr, 1916br,1918ts,1926ts,1931-2ts,1941tsbr,1942ts,1943tsbr,1945tsbr,1949tsbr,1951,1951tsbr,1956br,1958ts,1960br, 1963,1967ts,1970ts,1979,1980br,1994ts,1995ts,1995,2007, 2010br 48
times in 140yrs end of 2011
Names from list
above Dog,Charlie,Betsy,Abby,Ella,Edith,Beulah,Dorothy,Ana,David,Allen,Debby,Iris,Marilyn ,Dean,Tomas,
Tropical Storm to Hurricane ratio TS=31, 64.58% H=18, 37.50%
Longest gap between storms 13 years 1980-1994
How often this area gets
affected? brushed or hit every 2.92 years
Average years between direct hurricane hits. once every 12.73 years (11h)
Average MPH of hurricane hits. (based on advisories sustained winds, not gusts) 105 mph
Statistically when this area should be affected
next before the end of the 2013 season.
Last affected by 2010 Oct 30th Hurricane Tomas passes just south of St Lucia with 80mph winds while moving west
This areas hurricane
past 1780 The great Hurricane on Oct 11th sinks 40 ships killing an estimated 5,000 men. 1875 just south 90mph sept 9th 1883 Sept 4th, 125mph from the ESE 1891 Aug 18th, 125mph with press of 26.85 total
devestation from the S.E. 1894 Sept 20th, 115mph from the ESE 1894 Oct 12th, 95mph from the SSE 1903 aug 9th 31 killed 90mph from the east. 1951 sept 2nd Hurricane Dog 105mph hits from the east causing moderate damage 1963 sept 25th,hurricane Edith hits from the ESE killing 10 with an 8 ft storm surge
28.38 90mph.
1970 tropical storm dorothy hits area killing
42 people. 1979 Aug 30th,
hurricane David brushes north tip of island as a cat 4 145mph from the ESE causing heavy damage 500
homes destroyed 80 boats sunk,15 injured. David page
1995 Sept 14th, hurricane marilyn a cat 1 ,80mph from the S.E just east
causes moderate damage to area
2007,Aug 17th Hurricane Dean passes between Martinique & St Lucia with 100mph winds.roofs blown off, weather officials said that the French island had been recording wind gusts of 87 miles per hour.An elderly man died of a heart attack during the storm and six people were injured. The hurricane destroyed all the banana plantations, which employ 10,000 of Martinique's 400,000 residents, and wiped out 70 percent of the sugarcane farms, said Christian Estrosi, France's secretary of state for overseas territories. The highest storm-total rainfall in Martinique was 13.07 inches at Fort de France-Colson. Caravelle sustained 78mph gusts to 88mph, Sainte-Anne sustained 77mph gusts to 116mph,Fort de France sustained 83mph gusts to 114mph.
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.............
Martinique's history with tropical
systems
