(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 1873,1874brextratrp,1874,1877ts,1878br,1880extratrop,1880ts,1891br,1892,1893br,1893,1895ts,1898tsbr ,1908,1923extratropbr,1932extratrop,1933extratropbr,1935extratropbr,1936,1937tsbr,1960ts ,1966extratropbr,1969,1971tsbr,1973ts,1977,1985ts,1989,1990,1995tsbr,1998tsbr,2000br,2006tsbr,2007tsbr,2009br
35 139yrs end of 2009
Names
from list above Cleo,Celia,Blanch,Arlene,Alice,Evelyn,Ana,Dean,Bertha,Barry,Bonnie,Michael,Chantal,Bill
How often this area gets
affected? brushed or hit every 3.97 years
Average years between direct hurricane hits.(usually within 40 miles to include small hurricanes) (9h)once every 15.44 years
Statistically when this area should be affected
next before the end of 2013
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 over the island on aug 25th. This was a deadly hurricane killing over 500 in Nova scotia even though it passes far south of Nova Scotia. 1892 aug 22nd a 90mph hurricane center passes just east.
1893 aug 17th a 95mph hurricane center passes just east.
1908 sept 18th a 80mph hurricane hits direct.
1932 sept 10th extratropical system hits with 80mph winds
1936 sept 20th a 85mph hurricane hits while moving ENE
1969 aug 12th a 75mph hurricane Blanch hits direct.
1977 Hurricane Evelyn hits direct with 80mph winds.
1989 Aug 8th Hurricane Dean hits direct with 85mph winds.
1990 Aug 2nd Hurricane Bertha hits direct with 80mph winds
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.............
