(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 1871,1876br,1878br,1879ts,1881ts,1889,1889tsbr,1891ts,1894br,1898,1898tsbr,1898ts, 1899,1901-2tsbr,1906br,1908,1908ts,1910br,1916,1922,1924,1931,1932,1933-3ts,1938ts,1940ts 1943ts,1947ts,1949tsbr,1950,1953ts,1955tsbr,1960,1966,1979-2tsbr 1990tsbr,1995br,1995ts,1995,1996br,1998br,1999,1999,2000,2008br 49
times in 139yrs end of 2009
Names
from list
above Dog,Edna,Hilda,Faith,Donna,Faith,Claudette,Frederic,klaus,Bertha,Iris,Luis,Marilyn,Georges,Jose,Lenny ,Debby,Omar,
How often this area gets
affected? brushed or hit every 2.84 years
Average years between direct hurricane hits. once every 8.18 years (17h)
Statistically when this area should be affected
next before the end of 2011
This is just a statistical average & does
not mean the area will be affected by that year
Last affected by2008 Oct 16th Hurricane Omar passes by to the west while moving N.E with 115mph winds.
This areas hurricane past 1871 August 21st a Hurricane hits with 115mph winds while moving WNW 1881 aug 22nd a hurricane hits 1889 sept 3rd a minimal hurricane hits 1898 sept 12 95mph winds In march of 1908 97mph 1922 sept 16th 105mph 1924 aug 28th 80mph from the SSE 1925
in December 75mph 1932 sept 26th 120mph 1954 jan 2nd a minimal hurricane hits from the south 1960 hurricane Donna sept 4th winds 125mph 7 killed very heavy damage on the island. 1966 aug 26th hurricane Faith hits with 90mph winds 1995 hurricane Luis sept 5th winds badly hit the area leaving 1,000
homeless 14 killed by 140mph winds press 27.61 A week later hurricane Marilyn
brushes to the south & west with 105mph winds 1996 hurricane bertha hits
with 80mph winds causing some roof damage press 29.08 city of Grand case lost
most buildings on NE corner of island
1999 oct 20th hurricane Jose hits with 100mph winds press 29.23 minor damage reported due to the fact that jose was in a weakening mode many trees down minor roof damage.70mph sustained winds here 1999 Nov 17th & 18th Hurricane Lenny pounds the island with 120mph winds as Lenny sat over the island in a weakening mode for 24 hrs before moving on.South facing beaches took a beating.13 killed here & now insurers on the island are either cancelling policies & drastically raising rates due to 5 hurricanes in 7 years.Tourism is pretty much shut down for the winter on the island as a result of hurricane Lenny. Aug 22nd 2000 Hurricane Debby hits just north with 75mph winds causing minor damage here while moving wnw at 21mph.
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.....
Saint Martin / Maarten's history with tropical
systems
