(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 1876tsbr,1878bd,1880br,1882br,1886bdbr,1888,1906bdtsbr,1916bdts,1923tsbdbr 1928bdtsbr,1930bdtsbr,1932bd,1933bdbr,1934bdts,1942-2bdtsbr,1950br,1960,1963bdbr,1981bdts,1985,1998,2006ts,2007ts,2008,2008br 26
times in 139 yrs end of 2009
Names from list above king,Donna,Flora,katrina,kate,Georges,Ernesto ,Noel,Ike,Paloma
How often this area gets
affected? brushed or hit every 5.35 years
Average years between direct hurricane hits.(usually within 40 miles to include small hurricanes) (6h)once every 23.17 years
Statistically when this area should be affected
next before the end of 2014
Last affected
by 2008,november 9th Hurricane Paloma weakens while stalled over Camaguey.
This areas
hurricane past 1888 sept 5th from east with 95mph winds many killed 1932 on Nov 9th a storm wave invaded the area
killing 2,500 people from the south. Came in at Santa Cruz del Sur on south coast with 130mph winds & exited near Nuevitas moving north with 125mph winds.Monument 1960 Sept 9th Hurricane Donna passes just north with 150mph winds on the way to Florida.more here 1963 Hurricane Flora does a loop just south as a cat 2
in early oct 1985 november 19th hurricane Kate hits from the east as a cat
2 passing just north of the area causing moderate damage here kate at the time had 110mph winds press 28.67 1998 hurricane Georges
as a cat 1 dumpsd very heavy rain on the area .
2008,Sept 8th Hurricane Ike hits just south by approx 30 miles while moving west with 105mph winds.Reports of 80mph sustained with a gust to 110mph 987mb Ike model history 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.....
Nuevitas,Cuba's history with tropical
systems