(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 1873br,1875br,1878,1878br,1878tsbr,1880tsbr,1883br,1886,1887ts,1894br,1896tsbr,1898ts,1899, 1901tsbr,1908,1910ts,1910,1915,1917br,1928,1930tsbr,1931tsbr,1932ts,1933-2ts, 1949tsbr,1955,1958,1958ts,1963br,1964,1966,1967,1974tsbr,1987br,1988,1998br,2001tsbr,2003ts,2007tsbr,2011ts 41
times in 140yrs end of 2011
Names from list above katie,Ella,Gerda,Flora,Cleo,Inez,Beulah,Carmen,Emily,Gilbert,Georges,Iris,Odette,Noel,Emily,
Tropical Storm to Hurricane ratio TS=19, 46.34% H=22, 53.66%
Longest gap between storms 15 years 1933-1949
How often this area gets
affected? brushed or hit every 3.41 years
Average years between direct hurricane hits.(hurricane force winds gusts for a few hours) (13h)once every 10.77 years
Average MPH of hurricane hits. (based on advisories sustained winds, not gusts) 102mph
Statistically when this area should be affected
next before the end of 2015
Last affected by 2007 Tropical storm Noel passes S.E of here with 55mph winds.
This areas
hurricane past 1878 sept 3rd 90mph moving NW. 1886 Aug 15th just north from the ESE with 90mph winds 1899 Sept 1st, 80mph from the east turns north just west of here 1908 Sept 27th, 85mph from the ESE 1910 Sept 7th, 80mph from the east 1915 Aug 12th,105mph to the south from the ESE 1928 Aug 10th, 80mph from the ESE just south 1955 hurricane Katie press 29.05 winds 115mph hits from the south while
moving N.E on oct 17th 7 killed 1958 Aug 31st,hurricane Ella passes by just south killing 39 people with 110mph
winds from the ESE 1964 aug 24th to the south from the ESE Cleo 155mph winds causes high storm surges & kills 7 here. Hurricane hunter aircraft reports heavy damage to wings. 1966 sept 29th hurricane Inez hits with 130mph winds from the ESE press 27.79 10 ft storm surge between 75 & 100 killed,hit around noontime. 450 approx injuries. 1967 Beulah from the east sept 11 ,85mph winds gusts over 100mph 2 killed 1988 Sept 11th, 120mph winds, large hurricane Gilbert to the south from the ESE
2003 December 7th , a very rare december storm Odette hits with 65mph winds from the SW causing heavy flooding & killing 8 in the Barahona peninsula.
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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.............
Oviedo Dominican republics history with tropical
systems
