Cap-Haitien, Haiti's History with Tropical Systems

(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)

Cap Haitien most likely to be hit by a hurricane between August 24th and August 30th

Years within or near core

1876bdtsbr
1878ts
1878tsbd
1883bd
1887ts
1889bdtsbr
1896br
1899-2bdts
1899brm
1902tsbdbr
1908bdts
1916bdts
1928bdtsbr
1938bdts
1948ts
1954br
1955br
1975ts
1979m
1979ts
1987bdts
1994tsbr
1998
2000ts
2007-2tsbr
2008tsbr
2008ts
2010br
2015tsbr
2017brm
2020tsbr
2020ts

34 times in 153 years (as of end of 2024)

Names from list above (E and H storms most likely to impact the area)

Hazel
Hilda
Eloise
Frederic
David
Emily
Gordon
Georges
Debby
Noel
Olga
Fay
Hanna
Tomas
Erika
Irma
Isaias
Laura

Tropical Storm to Hurricane ratio

TS = 25, 73.53%
H = 9, 26.47%

only 9.38% of all tropical systems affecting Cap Haitien are major hurricanes this includes brushes

Longest gap between storms

19 years 1955-1975

How often this area gets affected?

Brushed or hit every 4.5 years

Average years between direct hurricane hits. (hurricane force winds for at least a few hours)

Once every 51 years. (3 hits)

Average years between major hurricane hits.

Not enough data to calculate (1 hit)

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

93 mph

Statistically when this area should be affected next

Before the end of 2025

This is just a statistical average & does not mean the area will be affected by that year.

Last affected by

2020 August 23rd TS Laura passes just south with 50 mph winds while moving west-northwest.

This area's hurricane history

1883 September 6th, 85 mph from the southeast
1979 September 1st Hurricane David passes just south from the southeast with 115 mph winds after earler being a category 5 at landfall in santo damingo, many killed here by heavy rains. NHC David Wallet | David page
1994 Tropical Storm Gordon well to the west dumps heavy rain here killing 1,000. NHC Wallet
1998 September 23rd, 80 mph just south from the east, Hurricane Georges destroys dozens of homes here & heavy flooding 87 killed in Haiti. NHC Report

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Stat sources:

Text Sources:

"Divine Wind" by Kerry Emanuel
"Florida Hurricanes and Tropical Storms" by John M. Williams and Iver W. Duedall
"Florida's Hurricane History" by Jay Barnes
"Hurricane Almanac" by Bryan Norcross
HurricaneCity.com calculations by Jim Williams
"Hurricanes and the Middle Atlantic States" by Rick Schwartz
"Hurricane Watch" by Dr. Bob Sheets and Jack Williams
"Inside the Hurricane" by Pete Davies
"Isaac's Storm" by Erik Larson
"Killer 'Cane" by Robert Mykle
"Lunatic Wind" by William Price Fox
Miami Herald newspaper (microfilm)
"Path of Destruction" by John McQuaid and Mark Schleifstein
Sun Sentinel newspaper (microfilm)
"The Major Hurricanes To Affect The Bahamas" by Wayne Neely
"The Ship and the Storm" by Jim Carrier
Plus many more......