(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 1873,1877br,1880,1880ts,1886tsbr,1887-2,1888,1890ts,1893,1895,1898tsbr,1903m,1909,1909ts,1911ts,1912ts,1913ts,1916m,1916tsbr,1918tsbr,1920tsbr,1921brm,1922,1933, 1936ts,1938,1938brm,1938,1939ts,1942,1944br,1944,1947tsbr,1951m,1961,1967,1973ts,1975ts,1980m,1988m,1988ts,1995brm,1998tsbr,2003ts,2005brm,2005m,2008ts,2009br, 2011ts,2020tsbr,2020ts,2020,2020br,2021br,(2024br,2024tsbr not in stats) 55
times in 152yrs end of 2023
Names from list
above Charlie,Carla,Debbie,Beulah,Brenda,Ella,Eloise,Allen,Gilbert,Keith,Roxanne,Mitch,Claudette,Emily,Wilma,Dolly,Ida,Rina,Cristobal,Gamma,Delta,Zeta,Grace,Beryl,Helene,
Tropical Storm to Hurricane ratio TS=23, 41.82% H=32, 58.18%
Longest gap between storms 9 years 1952-1960
How often Cancun gets
affected? brushed or hit every 2.76 years
Average years between direct hurricane hits in Cancun.(hurricane force winds for at least a few hours) (22h)once every 6.91 years
Average years between direct major hurricane hits in Cancun.(major hurricane at adv upon passage) (7)once every 21.71 years
Average MPH of hurricane hits. (based on advisories sustained winds, not gusts) 110mph
Statistically when Cancun,Mexico should be affected
next impacted in 2024
Last affected
by LAST AFFECTED 2024 Sept 25th tropical storm Helene brushes to the east while moving north with 70mph winds.
This areas hurricane past 1873 Oct 4th 105mph while turning NE 1880 Aug 9th, 105mph from the ESE 1887 July 25th 95mph winds coming from the SSE 1887 again on sept 17th 95mph winds on nearly the same course from the S.E 1888 Sept 6th 80mph from the ENE moves in just north 1893 Sept 28th 95mph from the SE 1895 Aug 26th 95mph from the ESE just north 1903 Aug 13th, 120mph from the ESE 1909 Aug 25th 105mph from the east 1916 Aug 17th,120mph just north from the ESE 1922, 85mph on oct 18th from the east 1933 105mph winds sept 22nd to the south from the ESE 1938 aug 13th 95mph from the S.E 1942 aug 27th 105mph from the S.E 1944 90mph(hurdat) sept 20th from the east 1951 Aug 19th 130mph to the south from the ESE 1961 Sept 7th,Hurricane Carla passes just east from the SSE with 105mph winds 1967 Sept 17th Hurricane Beulah passes just south with 105mph winds from the ESE 1980 Hurricane Allen passes to the north Aug 7th,with 185mph winds from the ESE 1988 hurricane Gilbert sept 14th
a cat 5 hits with 165mph winds the north tip of the Yucatan from the ESE as this area got hit hard.Tosse
vessels on shore large storm surge took years to get tourism back. Satelite photo | Damage photo
2005,Oct 22nd, Hurricane Wilma passes over the area very slowly while moving north from the S.E & beginning the turn to the N.E. Hits with 130mph winds & exits with 95mph winds. Cancun was hammered for nearly 36 hrs by hurricane force winds with extensive damage. Reports in early 2006 indicate that beaches are a sliver of what they once were. Very few hotels in the beach communities are operational with the nights in the hotel zone labled as "ghostly". Official final report from NHC indicates roughly 100mph sustained with gusts to 130mph and 3 billion dollars in damage. Hurricane warning show | Hotel damage before & after | Satellite image of Wilma as a cat 5 before landfall, strongest ever in the Atlantic basin as of 2005. | animated radar(Brian McNoldy, Univ. of Miami, Rosenstiel School) Movie slide presentation of damage
2020 Oct 7th Hurricane Delta hits just south by 19 miles with 105mph winds. Gusts's here reported at 106mphhit map
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Cancun,Mexico's history with tropical
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