(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 or near core 1871brm,1876,1878ts,1889br,1891tsbr,1893m,1894br,1896br,1898tsbr,1899m,1900tsbr,1901tsbr,1901ts,1908tsbr,1910br,1916ts,1916,1928m,1930brm,1931ts,1931,1932m,1933tsbr,1938ts, 1942ts,1947tsbr,1949tsbr,1956,1979ts,1981ts,1984tsbr,1989m,1995br,1996-2br,1998m,2004ts,2007subts,2011,2014tsbr,2015tsbr,2017brm,2017m,2020tsbr,2020ts,2022br 46
times in 152 yrs end of 2023
Names
from list
above Betsy,Frederic,Gert,Klaus,Hugo,Bertha,Marilyn,Hortense,Georges,Jeanne,Olga,Irene,Bertha,Erika,Irma,Maria,Isaias,Laura,Fiona,
Tropical Storm to Hurricane ratio TS=23, 50% H=23, 50%
Longest gap between storms 22 years 1957-1978
How often this area gets
affected? San Juan brushed or hit every 3.30 years
Average years between direct hurricane hits in San Juan.( hurricane force winds for a few hours) (12h)once every 12.67 years
Average years between major hurricane hits in San Juan.(7) once every 21.71 years
Average MPH of hurricane hits in San Juan. (based on advisories sustained winds, not gusts) 116 mph
Statistically when San Juan should be affected
next before the end of 2026 This is just a statistical average &
does not mean the area will be affected by that year
Last affected by 2022 Hurricane Fiona brushes 61 miles to the S.W at closest approach with 85mph winds slow moving WNW dumping heavy rain.
San Juan's
hurricane past 1876 sept 13th 105mph from the east reports of 19 killed but historians suspect the spanish government withheld death toll & damage info. 1893 Aug 16th,115mph from the S.E Hit map 1899 A severe hurricane comes in from the ESE on Aug 8th. Winds at approach on SE Puerto Rico were est at 140mph. 3,369 deaths reported in Puerto Rico.Closest approach of eye to San Juan was approx 28 miles. 1916 Aug 22nd,press 29.44 ,95mph with 92mph for 10 min Area of destruction was probably
45 or 50 miles wide and time or passing about two and a quarter hours from the ESE 1928
sept 13th, 160mph from the S.E, 135mph recorded for 5 min press 27.50 top gust 165mph 312 killed in puerto rico.Hotel palace & union club roofs blown off thousands of homes flattened. US president asking for help | Newspaper Article 1931 Sept 11th,85mph from the east 1932 Sept 27th,145mph (hurdat) from the east press
27.70 east of san juan gusts to 120mph 255 killed.75,000 homes destroyed Newspaper article | Aftermath video 1956 Hurricane Betsy Aug 12th,90mph from the S.E 1989 Sept 18th, 125mph from the S.E Hurricane Hugo Passes just NE of San Juan with the core passing over Culebra causing extensive damage. NHC Wallet 1998 Sept 21st,hurricane
Georges 115mph over entire island just south of san juan from the ESE causes 2 bill dollars
damage killing 12,heavier damage was to the east of here.In Puerto rico over 28,000 homes destroyed & 72,000 damaged av model error | radar at landfall
2011 Aug 22nd, Irene becomes a hurricane with 75mph winds while moving WNW just west of here. San Juan clocked a wind gust to 59mph on the 22nd and received 12.25 inches of rain from Aug 21-24. Hurricane force winds remained out over water north of the center. Irene model history
2017 Sept 20th Hurricane Maria hits just south by 14 miles with 130mph winds (SW of here) while moving N.W causing heavy damage. Maria knocked down 80 percent of Puerto Rico’s utility poles and all
transmission lines, resulting in the loss of power to essentially all of the island’s 3.4 million
residents. Practically all cell phone service was lost and municipal water supplies were knocked
out. At of the end of 2017, nearly half of Puerto Rico’s residents were still without power. Death toll revised in 2018 to 2,975 for Puerto Rico to include those killed in the aftermath.Probabilistic tracks | Main models | Relief concert 5 former presidents attend | Our coverage upon approach | NHC Report
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