Port Salut & Jeremie, Haiti'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)

Port Salut-Jeremie most likely to be hit by a hurricane between September 7th and September 13th

Years within or near core

1873
1875
1878tsbr
1886br
1887ts
1896tsbr
1898tsbr
1901ts
1903brm
1905ts
1908tsbr
1910
1915
1917
1928br
1931ts
1932ts
1933ts
1944m
1954m
1958
1963m
1964m
1966brm
1967br
1974tsbr
1980m
1988m
2006
2007brm
2008
2010br
2012tsbr
2015ts
2016m
2020bdts
2021ts
2021tsbr
2024mbr

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

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

Hazel
Ella
Flora
Cleo
Inez
Beulah
Carmen
Allen
Gilbert
Ernesto
Dean
Gustav
Tomas
Isaac
Erika
Matthew
Laura
Elsa
Grace
Beryl

Tropical Storm to Hurricane ratio

TS = 16, 41.03%
H = 23, 58.97%

28.21% of all tropical systems affecting Port Salut-Jeremie are major hurricanes this includes brushes

Longest gap between storms

10 years 1917-1928

How often this area gets affected?

Brushed or hit every 3.92 years

Average years between direct hurricane hits. (hurricane force wind gusts for a few hours)

Once every 10.2 years. (15 hits)

Average years between major hurricane hits.

Once every 21.86 years. (7 hits)

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

115 mph

Statistically when this area should be affected next

Before the end of 2028

This is just a statistical average & does not mean the area will be affected by that year.

Last affected by

2024 July 3rd Hurricane Beryl brushes to the south by 91 miles with 145 mph winds while moving west-northwest.

This area's hurricane history

1873, 110 mph September 28th from the southeast just north.
1875, 105 mph from the east-southeast September 12th.
1910 September 8th, 80 mph from the east passes just south.
1915 August 12th, 105 mph from the east-southeast passes just south.
1917 September 22nd, 95 mph from the east-southeast passes just south.
1944 August 20th, 120 mph to the south from the east-southeast.
1954 Hazel hit October 11th with 125 mph winds & the city of Jacmel was under water from heavy rains between 400 & 1,000 killed, 40% of coffee crops destroyed from the south. Hurricane Hazel page
1958 September 1st Hurricane Ella pressure 29.20, 110 mph 30 killed from the southeast
1963 October 3rd, Hurricane Flora hits with 130 mph winds from the south-southeast killing 5,000 due to heavy rain reports as much as 57 inches of rain in 3 days & a 12 ft storm surge. News video
1964 August 24th Hurricane Cleo hits with 150 mph winds from the east-southeast killing 192 from flooding & storm surge, an 18 mile wide swath of destruction pressure 28.03 4 days of hurricane force winds.Hurricane hunter aircraft reports heavy damage to wings. NHC Wallet
1980 hurricane allen August 5th 160 mph winds here just south from the east-southeast, 220 killed pressure 27.88. One half million homeless and damage estimates of 400 Million.
1988 September 12th, Hurricane Gilbert passes to south with 125 mph winds from the east-southeast
2006 On August 27th, Ernesto breifly became a cat 1. 75 mph Hurricane while moving northwest just southwest of here.5 killed in Haiti hundreds of homes damaged.
2008 August 26th Hurricane Gustav hits just north with 90 mph while weakening to T.S while slowly moving west-northwest killing 51 in Haiti due to flooding. Gustav model history
2016, October 4th Hurricane Matthew hits with 145 mph winds while moving north devestating this area. As of 2017 reports as many as 546 killed.Tremendous rainfall occurred across the central and western portions of the Tiburon Peninsula, and also over northwestern Haiti, with some locations receiving more than 20 inches. At least 210,000 homes were either destroyed or severely damaged, with about 90% of the houses along the southern coast of the Tiburon Peninsula having been destroyed. More than 350,000 animals in the area were also killed(per NHC) Radar courtesy of Brian McNoldy, Univ. of Miami, Rosenstiel School | Matthew timeline | Hit map | Jeff Masters on structural damage | NHC final report

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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......