Martinique's history with tropical systems
Current weather
(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,1873tsbr,1875,1876br,1879ts,1880br,1883br,1886ts,1888ts,1889tsbr
1891br,1894,1894br,1896,1899ts,1901ts,1903,1905tsbr,1909br,1909tsbr,1911ts
1916ts,1916br,1918ts,1924ts,1926ts,1931ts,1931tsbr,1941tsbr,1942ts,1945tsbr
,1951,1951ts,1958ts,1963br,1967br,1970ts,1979ts,1979,1981tsbr,1988ts,1993ts,1995ts,1995,2001 tsbr,2007
46 times in 137yrs end of 2007


Names from list above
Dog,Charlie,Ella,Edith,Beulah,Dorothy,Ana,David,Gert,Gilbert,Cindy,Iris,Marilyn ,Jerry,Dean,

How often this area gets affected?
brushed or hit every 2.98 years

Average years between direct hurricane hits.
once every 17.13 years (8h)

Statistically when this area should be affected next
hit in 2007 by Hurricane Dean

Last affected by
Aug 17th ,2007 Hurricane Dean passes between Martinique & St Lucia with 100mph winds.

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
1881 a storm hits the area for 4 hours killing 700 people.
1891 a hurricANE hits with press of 26.85 total devestation
1903 aug 9th 31 killed aug 9th 90mph
1951 a cat 1 hits in early september moderate damage
1963 hurricane edith hits killing 10 with an 8 ft storm surge 28.38 130mph
1970 tropical storm dorothy hits area killing 42 people.
1979 hurricane david brushes north tip of island as a cat 4 causing heavy damage 500 homes destroyed 80 boats sunk,15 injured. David page
1995 hurricane marilyn a cat 1 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.


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