Montego Bay,Jamaica'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(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
34 times in 136yrs end of 2006


Names from list above
King,charlie,Allen,Gilbert,Gordon,Isidore,Lili ,Ivan,Dean

How often Montego Bay gets affected?
brushed or hit every 4.03 years

Average years between direct hurricane hits.(usually within 40 miles to include small hurricanes)
(12h)once every 11.42 years

Statistically when montego bay should be affected next
brushed by Hurricane Dean in 2007

Last affected by
2007 Hurricane dean passes approx 70 miles to the south while moving west with 145mph winds.

This areas hurricane past
1880 aug 19th a hurricane from the SE
1912 a cat 4 with 150mph 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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