Nuevitas, Cuba'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)

Nuevitas most likely to be hit by a hurricane between October 5th and October 11th

Years within 60 miles

1873tsbr
1875br
1876tsbr
1878bdts
1880ts
1882br
1886ts
1887ts
1888brm
1894bdbr
1900bdts
1916bdts
1928bdts
1930bdtsbr
1932bdm
1933bdtsbr
1934bdts
1950ts
1950br
1955tsbr
1958br
1960brm
1963bd
1966br
1981bdtsbr
1985br
1998
2006ts
2007ts
2008-2
2012tsbr
2017m
2020tsbr

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

Names from list above (I storms most likely to impact the area)

Baker
King
Hilda
Ella
Donna
Flora
Inez
Katrina
Kate
Georges
Ernesto
Noel
Ike
Paloma
Isaac
Irma
Laura

Tropical Storm to Hurricane ratio

TS = 19, 55.88%
H = 15, 41.12%

only 12.12% of all tropical systems affecting Nuevitas are major hurricanes this includes brushes

Longest gap between storms

15 years 1901-1915 & 1935-1949

How often this area gets affected?

Brushed or hit every 4.5 years

Average years between direct hurricane hits. (usually within 40 miles to include small hurricanes)

Once every 25.5 years. (6 hits)

Average years between major hurricane hits.

Once every 76.5 years. (2 hits)

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

107 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 24th TS Laura passes well south with 65 mph winds while moving west-northwest.

This area's hurricane history

1932 on November 9th a storm wave invaded the area killing 2,500 people from the south. it passed to sea again near Nuevitas, where a barometer reading of 28.85 inches [977 mb] and an estimated wind velocity of 125 miles per hour were reported. Came in at Santa Cruz del Sur (HURDAT) on south coast with 150 mph winds & exited near Nuevitas moving northeast with 125 mph winds.�At Nuevitas an experienced observer of the Pan American Airways estimated the wind velocity of 210 miles an hour which agrees closely with the statement in the log of the S.S. Phemius that it was not overestimating to put the wind force at two hundred mile an hour� (Tannehill). Monument | Video.
1963 October 7th Hurricane Flora does a loop over the area with 85 mph winds from the southeast. NHC Wallet
1998 September 24th, Hurricane Georges as a category 1, 75 mph dumps very heavy rain on the area from the east-southeast. NHC report
2008, September 8th Hurricane Ike hits just south while moving west with 105 mph winds.Reports of 80 mph sustained with a gust to 110 mph 987 mbIke model history | Radar animation
2008 November 9th, Hurricane Paloma hits from the southwest with 85 mph winds just before weakening to a tropical storm. Radar animation
2017 September 8th Hurricane Irma passes just north by 37 miles with 160 mph winds while moving west. More than 150,000 homes were damaged with nearly 15,000 completely destroyed nine reported dead in Cuba in NHC final report. Best track data | NHC report | Radar animation (Brian McNoldy, Univ. of Miami, Rosenstiel School)

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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......