(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.Unless "extreme" Extratropical systems will not be noted! "?" indicates unknown at landfall. Years
affected 1873,1874,1874xtrophbr,1877ts,1878-2,1879br,1879ts,1880extratropst,1880ts,1883br,1884br,1886tsbr,1886br,1887br,1891br, 1891ts,1892xtropst,1893br,1893,1895ts,1897xtropstbr,1898xtsbr,1903xtopst,1908xtropst,1908br,1919ts,1923, 1924xtrophbr,1932extratroph,1933xtrophbr,1933xtropstbr,1935ts,1936,1937xtropst,1943tsbr,1945xtropst,1948xtropstbr, 1949xtropst,1950xtropstbr,1950br,1953tsbr,1953xtropstbr,1955xtropst,1958xtropstbr,1958,1959,1960ts,1962xtropst, 1964xtropstbr,1964ts,1966br,1969,1973ts,1973subtsbr,1974subts,1974ts,1977,1978br,1979subts,1982subts, 1984ts,1985ts,1989,1990,1995-2tsbr,1998tsbr,1999br,2002br,2006tsbr,2007tsbr,2008ts,2009br
74 times in 140yrs end of 2011
Names
from list above Dog,George,Barbara,Ione,Daisy,Helene,Cleo,Daisy,Dora,Celia,Blanch,Alice,Gilda,Dolly,Ella,Diana, Ana,Dean,Bertha,Barry,Felix,Bonnie,Irene,Gustav,Chantal,CristobalBill
Tropical Storm to Hurricane ratio TS=43, 58.11% H=31, 41.89%
Longest gap between storms 10 years 1908-1919
How often this area gets
affected? brushed or hit every 1.89 years
Average years between direct hurricane hits.(hurricane force wind gusts for a couple of hours) (14h)once every 10.00 years
Average MPH of hurricane hits. (based on advisories sustained winds, not gusts) 84 mph
Statistically when this area should be affected
next 1 year overdue
Last affected by 2009 Aug 23rd Hurricane Bill passes just North with 75mph winds while moving ENE.
This areas hurricane past
1873 a large a powerful hurricane with 105mph winds passes by on aug 24th from the WSW. This was a deadly hurricane killing over 500 in Nova scotia even though it passes far south of Nova Scotia mainland. 1874 a hurricane hits with 80mph winds while moving NE Sept 6th 1878 Aug 19th, 90mph from the south 1878 Oct 13th,80mph from the WSW
1893 aug 17th a 95mph from the S.W
1923 Oct 1st,85mph from the SSW
1932 sept 10th extratropical system hits with 80mph winds from the WSW
1936 sept 19th a 85mph hurricane hits while moving ENE
1958 Sept 29th Hurricane Helene hits from the S.W with 75mph winds
1959 June 19th, 80mph from the S.W
1969 aug 12th a 75mph hurricane Blanch hits direct from the WSW.
1977 Oct 15th,Hurricane Evelyn hits direct with 80mph winds from the SSW.
1989 Aug 8th Hurricane Dean hits direct with 85mph winds from the SSW.
1990 Aug 1st Hurricane Bertha hits direct with 80mph winds from the south.
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.............
