Palm Beach,Florida'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). Years
within or near core 1871m,1871,1873bdbrm,1876tsbr,1876bd,1878bdts,1878br,1885,1888m,1888ts,1889bdts,1891tsbr,1891bdts,1893-2br,1899brm,1901ts,1903,1904tsbr,1906bdbr,1906bd,1909-2ts,1924bdtsbr, 1926,1926m,1926bdbrm,1928,1928m,1932tsbr,1933br,1933m,1935br,1935brm,1939br,1941brm,1945m,1946ts,1947m,1947bd,1948bd,1948bdbr,1949m,1950,1951bdts,1952bdts,1953bdtsbr, 1956ts(hurdat) 1959bdts,1960brm,1960bdts(hurdat),1964m,1964bd,1968bdtsbr,1974subts,1976ts,1979,1984ts,1985bdts,1994tsbr,1995ts,1998bdts,1999,2004,2004m,2005tsbr,2005bd, 2006tsbr,2008tsbdbr,2016brm,2017bdbr,2019brm,2020tsbr 73 times in 150yrs end of
2021
Names from list
above king,How,Hazel,Judith,Donna,Cleo,Isbell,Abby,Dottie,David,Isadore,Bob,Gordon,Jerry,Mitch,Irene,Frances,Jeanne,Katrina,Wilma,Ernesto,Fay,Matthew,Irma,Dorian,Eta,
Tropical Storm to Hurricane ratio TS=31, 42.47% H=42, 57.53%
Longest gap between storms 14 years 1910-1923
How often this area
gets affected? brushed or hit every 2.05 years
Average years between direct hurricane hits.( hurricane force winds for a few hours) (25h)once every 6 years state stats
Average years between major hurricane hits.(10) once every 15 years
Average MPH of hurricane hits. (based on advisories sustained winds, not gusts) 107mph
Statistically when this area should be affected
next before the end of 2023
Last affected
by 2020 November 9th Tropical storm Eta brushes well to the SW with 65mph winds.
