(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 1874,1879ts,1880br,1886,1887tsbr,1895br,1896br,1898tsbr,1901-2tsbr,1903,1904tsbr, 1910,1912,1915,1916,1917br,1918tsbr,1924ts,1931ts,1932ts 1933ts,1933,1935tsbr,1939tsbr,1942tsbr,1944bd,1949ts,1951bd,1980,1988bd,1994tsbr,2002-2ts,2004,2007br,2008tsbd 37
times in 140yrs end of 2011
Names from list above King,charlie,Allen,Gilbert,Gordon,Isidore,Lili ,Ivan,Dean,Gustav,
Tropical Storm to Hurricane ratio TS=19, 51.36% H=18, 48.65%
Longest gap between storms 28 years 1951-1980
How often Montego Bay gets
affected? brushed or hit every 3.78 years
Average years between direct hurricane hits.(usually within 40 miles to include small hurricanes) (13h)once every 10.77 years
Average MPH of hurricane hits. (based on advisories sustained winds, not gusts) 111 mph
Statistically when montego bay should be affected
next before the end of 2012
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 1874 Nov 1st, 95mph from the SSW 1886 Aug 20th, 110mph from the SSE 1903 Aug 11th, 120mph from the ESE 1910 Sept 8th,80mph from the ESE 1912 nov 18TH,105mph from the S.W causes heavy storm surge & kills 100 in jamaica on nov 18th. 1915 Aug13th,a hurricane hit direct with from the west with 110mph
winds from the ESE causing heavy damage. 1916 Aug 15th, 110mph winds from the ESE 1933 Oct 29th 95mph winds from the south causing
moderate damage passing just west. 1944 Aug 20th thousands left homeless in northern areas after a cat 3 with 120mph winds moves through while moving WNW. 1951 hurricane charlie 100mph just south from the ESE 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 northon AUg 6th when passing with 130mph winds causing heavy damage to the
area from the ESE . Damage photo 1988 Sept 12th,hurricane Gilbert hits from the east with 115mph winds montego bay
heavily damaged banana crops almost totally destroyed. newspaper article | satelite photo | av model error
2004 ,sept 11th hit by Hurricane Ivan with 155mph winds moving approx 60 miles to the south from the ESE 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
