Savanna la mar,Jamaica's history with tropical systems(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
1879ts,1886,1887tsbr,1895br,1896br,1898tsbr,1903bd,1904ts,1906tsbr,1909ts,1910ts
1910br,1912,1915-2br,1916,1917br,1924tsbr,1928tsbr,1931ts,1932ts,1933,1933tsbr
1935br,1944bd,1948tsbr,1949ts,1950br,1951bd,1988bd,1994ts,2001br,2002ts, 2002tsbr,2004,2007
36 times in 136yrs end of 2006


Names from list above
King,charlie,Allen,Gilbert,Gordon,Iris,Isidore ,Lili,Ivan,Dean

How often this area gets affected?
brushed or hit every 3.80 years

Average years between direct hurricane hits.(usually within 40 miles to include small hurricanes)
(9h)once every 15.22 years

Statistically when this area should be affected next
hit by Dean in 2007

Last affected by
2007 Aug 19th Hurricane dean passes just south with 145mph winds while moving west.

This areas hurricane past
1909 a hurricane dumped 8 ft of rain in Jamaica
1912 press 28.48 120mph winds very high tides kill 100,---20,000 homes destroyed in west Jamaica.
1933 in late october 120mph winds press 29.00 10 killed
1950 hurricane King well to the west dumps over 25 inches of rain here causing major flooding on oct 16th
1951 hurricane charlie 100mph aug 18th 154 killed in jamaica,50,000 homeless.
1988 hurricane Gilbert hits with 115mph winds while moving west hits direct from the east causing very heavy damage killing 23 in jamaica. newspaper article | satelite photo .
2004 ,sept 11th hit by Hurricane Ivan with 155mph winds moving just to the south with Ivan having a wind field approx 85 miles out. Heavy damage in this area.
2007 Aug 19th Hurricane Dean passes approx 35 to 40 miles to the south while moving west with 145mph winds. Most of the damage reported are to the roofs of several houses, which were hit by very heavy winds and fallen trees. There are also minor damage to some roadways across the parish and many were made impassable due to several fallen trees and poles. Two of the parish's major markets, Savanna-la-Mar and Grange Hill, were severely damaged by heavy winds. Newspaper article
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