(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 near or within core winds 1873ts,1874tsbr,1875,1876bdts,1878bdtsbr,1880ts,1886,1887tsbr,1887br,1894,1899ts,1900ts,1901-2tsbr,1904,1909bd,1924tsbr,1927ts,1928ts,1930tsbr,1932brm, 1933tsbr,1934ts,1935ts,1950br,1955ts,1958,1963m,1964,1966,1975ts,1980brm,1981ts,1998br,2000tsbr,2005m,2007bdtsbr,2008ts,2008bdbrm,2020ts,2021tsbr 41
times in 152yrs end of 2023
Names from list
above king,Hilda,Ella,Flora,Cleo,Inez,Eloise,Allen,Arlene,Georges,Debby,Dennis,Fay,Ike,Laura,Elsa,
Tropical Storm to Hurricane ratio TS=25, 60.98% H=16, 39.02%
Longest gap between storms 16 years 1982-1997
How often this area gets
affected? brushed or hit every 3.71 years
Average years between direct hurricane hits.(usually within 40 miles to include small hurricanes) (10h)once every 15.20 years
Average years between major hurricane hits.(2) once every 76 years
Average MPH of hurricane hits. (based on advisories sustained winds, not gusts) 92 mph
Statistically when this area should be affected
next before the end of 2025
Last affected by 2021 July 4th Tropical storm Elsa passes to south by 55 miles with 60mph winds while moving N.W.
This areas hurricane past 1875 sept 13th 105mph from the SE approx 160 killed in Cuba passed just South of here from the ESE 1886 Aug 16th,90mph from the ESE 1894 Sept 23rd,80mph from the ESE 1904 June 13th,75mph from the SSW 1909 Aug 24th,75mph from the East 1958 Sept 2nd,85mph(hurdat) from the ESE,hurricane Ella. NHC Wallet 1963 Oct 5th,hurricane Flora hits with
120mph winds from the east wipes out sugar crop kills 1,000 .Newspaper article 1964 Aug 25th,Hurricane Cleo psses just south of here with 80mph winds from the ESE.Hurricane hunter aircraft reports heavy damage to wings. NHC Wallet 1966 Sept 30th,Hurricane Inez passes just north from the ESE with 75mph winds. NHC Wallet 2005 July 8th,hurricane Dennis hits while moving NW passing just south with 130mph winds.President Fidel Castro said 10 people, including an 18-day-old baby and 95-year-old man, were killed in the provinces of Granma and Santiago after Dennis raked Cuba's south coast on Thursday. Cuban officials said about 6,000 homes had been damaged or destroyed by the storm in the province of Granma where 24-foot storm surges were reported. Just to the south in Cabo Cruz instruments measured sustained winds of 133mph gusts to 148mph 956mb. NHC report
manzanillo,Cuba's history with tropical
systems
