(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(since 1871).
Years
within 60
miles 1874br,1879br,1880bd,1886,1886br,1895br,1903,1904ts,1909br,1909tsbr 1910,1910tsbr,1912,1915,1916,1917br,1924tsbr,1928tsbr,1931tsbr,1932tsbr 1933ts,1933,1934ts,1944bd,1949ts,1950br,1951bd,1980br,1988bd,1994tsbr,2002-2ts,2004,2007br,2008tsbd 35
times in 138yrs end of 2008
Names from list above King,charlie,Allen,Gilbert,Gordon,Isidore,Lili ,Ivan,Dean,Gustav,
How often Montego Bay gets
affected? brushed or hit every 3.94 years
Average years between direct hurricane hits.(usually within 40 miles to include small hurricanes) (12h)once every 11.50 years
Statistically when montego bay should be affected
next affected in 2008
Last affected
by 2008 August 29th Tropical storm Gustav moves west over the island just south of here with 65mph winds.
This areas hurricane
past 1880 aug 19th a hurricane from the SE 1912 a cat 3 with 130mph winds causes heavy storm surge & kills 100 in jamaica on nov 18th. 1915 a hurricane hit direct with from the west with 115mph
winds causing heavy damage 1933 a cat 1 hits with 80mph winds causing
moderate damage 1935 a cat 3 with 115mph winds hits from the south causing
heavy damage 1944 thousands left homeless in northern areas 1950 hurricane king oct 16th 60 miles to the west dumps 25 inches of rain over a 2 day period causing heavy flooding 1951 hurricane charlie 100mph just south aug 18th kills 154 in jamaica,50,000 homeless. 1980 hurricane Allen kills 3 here from gusts to 100mph allen was
35 miles to the north when passing with 135mph winds causing heavy damage to the
area. Damage photo 1988 hurricane Gilbert hits from the east with 115mph winds montego bay
heavily damaged banana crops almost totally destroyed. newspaper article | satelite photo
2004 ,sept 11th hit by Hurricane Ivan with 155mph winds moving approx 60 miles to the south with Ivan having a wind field approx 85 miles out. Moderate damage in this area.
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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.............
Montego Bay,Jamaica's history with tropical
systems