(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 1871bdbr,1871bdtsbr,1871br,1872ts,1873ts,1874,1878,1879ts,1880bdts,1880tsbr,1880,1882br, 1885ts,1886br,1886,1887ts,1888bdts,1888,1889ts,1894bdtsbr,1896,1898bdts,1899br, 1899tsbr,1901bdtsbr,1902tsbr,1903tsbdbr,1909bdts,1910bdts,1916bdts,1920tsbr,1921,1925tsbr,1926bdtsbr,1926bdbr,1928bdtsbr, 1928tsbr,1928bd,1929br,1933bdtsbr,1933bdts,1935,1936bdtsbr,1937ts,1939bdts, 1941bdbr,1941tsbr,1944br,1945,1945bdbr,1946ts,1947ts,1949bdts,1950,1950tsbr,1960bd, 1966br,1968tsbr,1968,1974subts,1982subts,1984bdts,1985br,1988ts,1995bdts,2000tsbr,2001tsbr,2004-2 bdts, 69 times in 140yrs end of 2011
Names from list
above Easy,Love,Donna,Alma,Abby,Gladys,Isidore,Elena,Keith,Erin,Gordon,Gabrielle,Frances,Jeanne,
Tropical Storm to Hurricane ratio TS=44, 63.77% H=25, 36.23%
Longest gap between storms 9 years 1950-1960
How often this area gets
affected? brushed or hit every 2.03 years
Average years between direct hurricane hits.(13) once every 10.77 years
Average MPH of hurricane hits. (based on advisories sustained winds, not gusts) 98 mph
Statistically when this area should be affected
next 5 years overdue
Last affected by Jeanne sept 26th 2004 coming from the east coast & hits here with 55mph winds.
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This areas hurricane
past 1874 Sept 27th,80mph from the S.W just north 1878 sept 10th 105mph from the SSW
1880 Oct 8th 80mph from the SW just north
1886 July 18th 80mph from the SSW
1888 Oct 10th, 105mph to the north while hitting Cedar Key from the WSW
1896 sept 29th 125mph just west while moving NNE
1921 Oct 25th 100mph from the SW
1928 sept 17th 105mph from the SE passes just east
1935 Sept 4th,95mph to the west from the south
1945 June 24th 90mph came in just North from the S.W.
1950 Sept 5th Hurricane Easy hits while looping from the west with 120mph winds. weather map
1960 Sept 11th Major Hurricane Donna passes just East while moving north with 115mph winds. more here
1968 Oct 18th Hurricane Gladys hits with 80mph winds from the S.W.
1985 Hurricane Elena with 115mph winds brushes by to the west while looping in the gulf 65 miles to the west causing some coastal flooding here newspaper article #1 | newspaper article #2
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.............
Spring Hill Florida's history with tropical
systems
