(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 1871ts,1876tsbr,1876,1878ts,1878,1889ts,1891tsbr,1891ts,1894br,1895ts,1897ts,1898tsbr,1904tsbr,1906,1906m,1909m,1910brm,1916,1919m,1924br,1926brm,1926m,1928ts,1929,1932tsbr, 1933brm,1933,1935m,1935brm,1935bdbr,1936tsbr,1941brm,1945brm,1947brm,1947,1948m,1948,1950br,1952ts,1960m,1964m,1965m,1966,1981ts,1987,1991tsbr,1992brm,1994tsbr,1998,1998ts,1999, 2005bdbr,2005brm,2006tsbr,2008ts,2012ts,2017m,2018tsbr,2020ts,2022mbr,(2024br not in stats) 60
times in 152 yrs end of 2023
Names from list
above King,Donna,Isbell,Betsy,Inez,Greta,Dennis,Floyd,Fabian,Andrew,Gordon,Georges,Mitch,Irene,Katrina,Rita,Wilma,Ernesto,Fay,Isaac,Irma,Gordon,Eta,Ian,Helene,
Tropical Storm to Hurricane ratio TS=23, 38.33% H=37, 61.67%
Longest gap between storms 14 years 1967-1980
How often this area gets
affected? Marathon brushed or hit every 2.53 years
Average years between direct hurricane hits in Marathon.(hurricane force winds for at least a few hours) (22h)once every 6.91 years state stats
Average years between major hurricane hits in Marathon.(10) once every 15.2 years
Average MPH of hurricane hits in Marathon. (based on advisories sustained winds, not gusts) 108 mph
Statistically when Marathon should be affected
next Impacted in 2024
Last affected
by 2024 Sept 26th hurricane Helene brushes well to the WNW with 110mph winds while moving north.
Marathon's hurricane
past 1876 Oct 19th,105mph from the South passes just west 1878 Oct 21st 80mph from the SSW passes just east. 1906 June 17th ,80mph from the S.W 1906 Oct 18th, 120mph press 28.55 hundreds of laborers killed while working on railroad windscoming from the SSW 1909 Oct 11th,120mph from the WSW bar 28.36 hundreds of buildings destroyed. 1916 Nov 15th,75mph from the WSW 1919 Sept 9th, 130mph just south from the ESE 1926 Oct 20th,125mph from the S.W passes just east (hurdat2) 1929 Sept 28th, 95mph from the ESE passes just north 1933 Oct 5th from the S.W with 110mph winds. 1935 Sept 3rd Labor
day hurricane one of strongest ever to hit u.s bar 26.35 area leveled 185mph sustained winds some gusts to 230mph, hundreds killed sept 3rd,eye was reported at only 8 miles across.252 veterans missing or presumed dead,106 injured, 164 civilians dead or missing.35 miles of railroad washed away. monument | monument close | video aftermath 1947 Oct 11th 90mph while moving NNE just west of here 1948 Sept 21st 120mph winds just west while moving NNE 1948 oct 5th 105mph (hurdat) moving fast from the S.W over entire keys. 1960 Sept 10th
Donna hits with 140mph winds from the S.E with gusts to 180mph moving slow at 8mph storm surge
13 ft press 27.40 9 ft storm surge total devestation miraculously only 4 people killed in the keys,sustained winds here 120mph+. Over 12 inches of rain,tides 6 ft over US1,eye just north of city.more here | Gordon Dunn talks about forecasting Donna | Weather service post sketch | NHC Wallet