(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 or near core winds 1890ts,1892,1893,1898tsbr,1906bdts,1913tsbr,1916tsbr,1918br,1920tsbr,1921ts,1931tsbr,1933tsbr,1934ts,1935,1940bdts 1941bd,1945br,1949tsbr,1953ts,1954tsbr,1960br,1961,1964bdts,1969,1971bd,1974,1978,1980tsbr,1998,2005tsbr,2007br, 2010-2 ts ,2011ts 34
times in 141 yrs end of 2012
Names from list
above Alice,Gilda,Abby,Anna,Hazel,Abbey,Francelia,Anna,Edith,Fifi,Greta,Hermine,Mitch ,Gamma,Felix,Matthew,Richard,Harvey
Tropical Storm to Hurricane ratio TS=20, 58.82% H=14, 41.18%
Longest gap between storms 17 years 1980-1998
How often this area gets
affected? brushed or hit every 4.15 years
Average years between direct hurricane hits.(usually within 40 miles to include small hurricanes) (10h)once every 14.10 years
Average MPH of hurricane hits. (based on advisories sustained winds, not gusts) 107mph
Statistically when this area should be affected
next before the end of the 2016 season
Last affected
by 2010 Oct 24th tropical storm Richard hits the Bay islands as a 70mph T.S on the way towards Belize.
This areas hurricane
past 1892 Oct 11th, 85mph from the ESE
1893 July 5th,85mph from the S.E 1934 in june a tropical storm dumped heavy rains on Honduras
raising the ulua river to 45 ft & killing many
1935 Oct 25th 85mph from the N.E 1941 Sept 28th, 110mph from the ESE
1961 July 23rd, 105mph from the ESE skirts the north coast.
1966 Alma as a tropical storm kills
73
1969 Hurricane Francelia hits southern Belize & NW Honduras 110mph winds on Sept 2nd from the ENE.Newspaper article
1971 Sept 9th, 110mph from the ESE
1974 hurricane Fifi ,110mph kills 3,000 ,the town of Choloma destroyed sept 18th,Fifi
was cloud seeded & hondurans blamed the U.S for altering the hurricanes
movement 12,000 killed
1978 Sept 18th,Greta hits with 130mph winds killing many from the ESE as it skirts the north coast 1998 Oct 27th,hurricane Mitch hits from the north with 140mph winds while weakening moving very slowly in late
october very heavy rains killing between 9,000 and 19,000 in central america after
earlier being a cat 5 with 180mph winds while over the open waters. Mitch caused hurricane force winds over coastal Honduras for approx 36 hrs. Windjammer ship "Fantome" was never found with 31 aboard missing. 92% of bridges & 52% of roads were destroyed.
Newspaper article #1 | #2 | #3 | #4 | #5 | #6 | #7 | Monument | Monument panned out
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.............
Honduras' history with tropical
systems
