(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 60
miles 1873brm,1876tsbdbr,1878-2,1883bdbr,1886,1886ts,1887tsbr,1894,1898tsbr,1899bdtsbr,1899,1901tsbr,1901ts,1908,1909,1910br,1928br,1930tsbd,1931tsbd,1932tsbd,1933ts,1948ts,1954br,1955tsbr,1958br, 1958ts,1963m,1964brm,1966m,1967br,1979brm,1998,2003tsbr,2007-2ts,2008ts,2008br,2012ts,2015ts,2016br,2020bdts,2021tsbr 43
times in 152yrs end of 2023
Names from list
above katie,Ella,Gerda,Flora,Cleo,Beulah,Inez,Beulah,David,Georges,Odette,Noel,Olga,Fay,Gustav,Isaac,Erika,Matthew,Laura,Elsa,
Tropical Storm to Hurricane ratio TS=22, 51.16% H=21, 48.84%
Longest gap between storms 17 years 1910-1928
How often this area gets
affected? brushed or hit every 3.53 years
Average years between direct hurricane hits.(hurricane force winds for a few hours) (10h)once every 15.2 years
Average years between major hurricane hits.(2) once ev 76 years
Average MPH of hurricane hits. (based on advisories sustained winds, not gusts) 91 mph
Statistically when this area should be affected
next before the end of 2025
Last affected
by 2021 July 3rd Tropical storm Elsa brushed 82 miles to the south with 65mph winds.
This areas hurricane
past 1878 a number of people killed in aux cayes 80mph sept 4th from the S.E 1878 Sept 25th, 80mph from the south 1886 Aug 15th, 85mph from the ESE 1894 Sept 22nd,90mph from the ESE 1899 Sept 1st,80mph from the south 1908 Sept 28th,80mph from the S.E 1909 Aug 23rd,75mph from the ESE 1963 Oct 3rd Hurricane Flora passes just S.W by 54 miles with 145 mph winds. News video 1966 sept 29th hurricane Inez hits with 115mph winds from the ESE killing 750 in Haiti. Air force recon reports pressure of 29.15 just West of Port au prince on evening of 29th,a rise of 60mb uncertain as a major hit for haiti.newspaper headline 1998 Sept 23rd,hurricane Georges passes to the north with 80mph winds from the east,heavy
rain kills over 100 in haiti. North coast reports heavy flooding. NHC report
Port au prince,Haiti's history with tropical
systems
