Mole St Nicolas,Haiti's history with tropical systems
current weather
(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
1873br,1876bdts,1878-2bdbr,1883br,1887bdts,1894bdbr,1899ts,1900ts,1900tsbr,1905ts,1908br,1909-2,1916bdts,1930bdts,1938bdts,1954,1955br,1963brm,1966br,1975ts
1979,1987tsbr,1998,2000ts,2007ts,2007tsbr,2008tsbr,2010,2012ts,2015ts,2016brm,2017brm,2020bdts
35 times in 152yrs end of 2023






Names from list above
Hazel,Hilda,Flora,Inez,Eloise,David,Emily,Georges,Debby,Noel,Olga,Fay,Tomas,Isaac,Erika,Matthew,Irma,Laura,

Tropical Storm to Hurricane ratio
TS=18, 51.43% H=17, 48.57%

Longest gap between storms
15 years 1938-1954

How often this area gets affected?
brushed or hit every 4.34 years

Average years between direct hurricane hits.(usually within 40 miles to include small hurricanes)
(6h)once every 25.33 years

Average years between major hurricane hits.(0)
not enough data

Average MPH of hurricane hits. (based on advisories sustained winds, not gusts)
84 mph

Statistically when this area should be affected next
before the end of 2024

Last affected by
2020 Aug 23rd TS Laura passes just south with 50mph winds while moving WNW.

This areas hurricane past
1909 Aug 23rd, 90mph from the ESE
1909 Nov 12th,85mph from the S.W
In 1954 hurricane Hazel tore up haiti on a Northward movement with 95mph winds on Oct 13th. Hurricane Hazel page
1979 Sept 1st Hurricane David hits with 80mph after pummeling the Dominican republic. David page.
1998 sept 23rd,hurricane Georges hits with 75mph winds from the ESE killing 100 in Haiti. Sat image
2010 Nov 5th Hurricane Tomas passes just to the NW with 80mph winds while moving NNE. Tomas model history



Stat sources: NHC Track maps/hurdat2/cyclone reports Hurricane research division
Text Sources:(alp)....Divine Wind Kerry Emanuel.....Florida Hurricanes & Tropical Storms John M. Williams & Iver W.Duedall.....Florida's Hurricane History Jay Barnes.....Hurricane Almanac Bryan Norcross.....hurricanecity.com (calculations) Jim Williams.....Hurricanes and the Middle Atlantic States Rick Schwartz.....Hurricane Watch Dr. Bob Sheets & Jack Williams.....Inside the Hurricane Pete Davies..... Isaac's Storm Erik Larson..... Killer Cane Robert Mykle.....Lunatic Wind William Price Fox....Miami Herald newspaper(microfilm).....Path of destruction John McQuaid & Mark Schleifstein.....Sun sentinel newspaper(microfilm).....The Major Hurricanes to affect the Bahamas Wayne Neely.....The Ship & the Storm Jim Carrier.....plus many more.............
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