(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 within or near core 1876bdtsbr,1883bdbrm,1887ts,1893brm,1896,1899-2bdtsbr,1899m,1901tsbr,1908br,1909br,1916tsbr,1919ts,1921br,1926,1928bdts,1928m,1930bdbr,1931tsbr,1931ts,1945brm,1955br, 1955bdts,1963bdts,1975ts,1979bd,1979bdts,1985bdts,1998bdbr,2000ts,2004ts,2007ts,2008tsbr,2011br,2014ts,2017-2brm,2020-2ts,2022br,(2023ts not in stats) 40
times in 151yrs end of 2022
Names from list
above Hilda,Katie,Edith,Eloise,David,Frederic,Isabel,Georges,Debby,Jeanne,Olga,Fay,Irene,Bertha,Irma,Maria,Isaias,Laura,Fiona,Franklin,
Tropical Storm to Hurricane ratio TS=22, 55% H=18, 45%
Longest gap between storms 13 years 1932-1944
How often this area gets
affected? brushed or hit every 3.78 years
Average years between direct hurricane hits.(hurricane force winds for at least a few hours) (5h)once every 30.2 years
Average years between direct major hurricane hits.(major hurricane at adv upon passage) (3)once every 50.3 years
Average MPH of hurricane hits. (based on advisories sustained winds, not gusts) 125mph
Statistically when this area should be affected
next impacted in 2023
Last affected
by 2023 Aug 23rd tropical storm Franklin hits from the south with 40mph winds.
This areas hurricane
past
1896 Sept 2nd, 100mph from the ESE passes just 13 miles north.
1899 Aug 9th,120 mph from the ESE after hitting Puerto Rico passes by just offshore by 18 miles.
1926 100mph July 24th kills many here from the S.E passing just north of here by 31 miles.
1928 Sept 14th ,155mph just north by 32 miles from the ESE
1979 Aug 31st Hurricane David passes just south by 52 miles while moving N.W with 150mph winds. NHC Wallet