Port au prince,Haiti'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
1873br,1875br,1876bdbr,1878-2,1883br,1887bdbr,1891ts,1894,1899,1900ts
1901ts,1908tsbr,1910br,1928,1930tsbd,1931tsbr,1932tsbr,1933tsbr,1938tsbd
1948ts,1954br,1955bdtsbr,1958ts,1963br,1964br,1966,1979br,1994tsbr,1998,2007-2ts
33 times in 137yrs end of 2007


Names from list above
Hazel,katie,Gerda,cleo,Beulah,Inez,Gordon,Georges ,Noel,Olga

How often this area gets affected?
brushed or hit every 4.15 years

Average years between direct hurricane hits.(usually within 40 miles to include small hurricanes)
(7h)once every 19.57 years

Statistically when this area should be affected next
affected in 2007 by TS Noel & Olga

Last affected by
December 12th,2007 Tropical storm Olga passes just north with 50mph winds while moving west.

This areas hurricane past
1878 a number of people killed in aux cayes 90mph sept 4th
1954 Hurricane Hazel kills over 1,000 due to flooding Oct 10th.Hurricane Hazel page
1963 hurricane Flora passes just south with 140mph winds killing many
1966 sept 29th hurricane Inez hits with 115mph winds killing 750 in haiti. Air force recon reports pressure of 29.15 just east of Port a prince on evening of 29th,a rise of 60mb.newspaper headline
1980 hurricane Allen passes to southas a cat 5 killing 41 due to tin roofs flying off as well as flooding 1200 left homeless & coffee crops destroyed
1998 hurricane Georges passes to the north with 80mph winds,heavy rain kills over 100 in haiti. North coast reports heavy flooding

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