(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 1874tsbr,1879,1880tsbr,1880br,1887br,1887ts,1888tsbr,1889,1893ts,1893br,1895ts,1898tsbr,1903br,1905ts 1906br,1916br,1920ts,1928ts,1931tsbr,1933tsbr,1933,1934br,1938,1944,1947ts,1951,1955,1967br,1974br, 1988br,1988ts,1990ts,1995,1996tsbr ,2005br,2005ts,2005,2007br,2011ts 39 times in 140yrs end of 2011,
Names from list
above Charlie,Hilda,Beulah,Carmen,Gilbert,Keith,Diana,Roxanne,Dolly ,Chantal,Emily,Stan,Wilma,Dean,Rina,
Tropical Storm to Hurricane ratio TS=18, 46.15% H=21, 53.85%
Longest gap between storms 14 years 1974-1988
How often this area gets
affected? brushed or hit every 3.59 years
Average years between direct hurricane hits.(hurricane force wind gusts for a few hours) (9h)once every 15.56 years
Average MPH of hurricane hits. (based on advisories sustained winds, not gusts) 107 mph
Statistically when this area should be affected
next before the end of the 2015 season
Last affected
by Oct 27th, 2011 tropical storm Rina passes just east while moving north with 60mph winds.
This areas
hurricane past 1879 Aug 20th,80mph from the ESE 1889 Sept 17th,110mph from the East passes just south 1933 Sept 22nd,105mph just north from the ESE 1938 Aug 25th, 95mph from the ESE 1944 Aug 22nd,90mph from the ESE just north 1951 Hurricane Charlie hits Aug 19th with 130mph winds just north from the ESE 1955 Sept 16th Hurricane Hilda hits with 110mph winds from the east 1995 Oct 10th,Hurricane Roxanne hits just north with 115mph winds from the east
2005,Oct 21st Hurricane Wilma passes by to the NE while moving NW by nearly 60 miles. Extensive damage to areas south of Cozumel even more so than from Hurricane Emily earlier in the year.At this time Wilma had winds of 140mph & was moving very slowly.
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.............
Punta Allen,Mexico's history with tropical
systems
