Climatology

of Caribbean Hurricanes

Abaco (March Harbour), Bahamas (MYAB)

Location: 26.54N 77.15W

Tropical systems passing within 60nm (= 69mi.) of the island. Used latitude/longitude coordinates (26.54N,77.15W) might not be the center of the island. Often the location of the island weather station was used, which is normally at the airport.
Please note that not only hurricanes (h1-h5) are included but also tropical storms (ts). Wind/category reported is maximum measured while the system moved through region (box). Each category storm has its own color (see color bar below; ts=tropical storm; h1=category 1 hurricane; etc., see the guide for definitions). Different projections can be selected, the island projections are most zoomed in (select if you want to see how close the systems passed by the island [not available for regions]), while the world projection most zoomed out (select when you want to see the complete path of the storm). Winds are in miles per hour. It is also calculated how close the center of the storm came to the island, the so-called closest point of approach (cpoa, in miles).

Below you can see all stormtracks since 1851 for Abaco (for more details about individual storms skip to another page where storms are separated per decade). In the climatology section there is also a weekly analysis of the data which shows when the real peak of hurricane season is for Abaco and a five-year analysis to find out if more storms have passed close by Abaco recently.

Projection: Island | Caribbean | Atlantic | World |
[ts=tropical storm; h1=category 1 hurricane; etc.]

1851 - 2007

date wind cat. cpoa name 7 Sep 1854 127 h3 15 NOTNAMED 17 Oct 1859 69 ts 57 NOTNAMED 2 Oct 1866 138 h4 36 NOTNAMED 12 Oct 1870 104 h2 32 NOTNAMED 15 Aug 1871 115 h3 18 NOTNAMED 24 Aug 1871 104 h2 64 NOTNAMED 2 Aug 1877 69 ts 54 NOTNAMED 26 Sep 1877 46 ts 57 NOTNAMED 25 Aug 1878 58 ts 65 NOTNAMED 17 Aug 1879 92 h1 12 NOTNAMED 18 Aug 1881 58 ts 6 NOTNAMED 26 Aug 1881 92 h1 39 NOTNAMED 9 Sep 1883 104 h2 41 NOTNAMED 18 Aug 1887 98 h2 42 NOTNAMED 22 Aug 1887 127 h3 3 NOTNAMED 7 Sep 1888 52 ts 68 NOTNAMED 26 Aug 1893 121 h3 53 NOTNAMED 11 Oct 1893 121 h3 17 NOTNAMED 22 Oct 1893 52 ts 38 NOTNAMED 3 Oct 1895 58 ts 23 NOTNAMED 22 Oct 1895 104 h2 42 NOTNAMED 5 Sep 1896 115 h3 22 NOTNAMED 20 Oct 1897 63 ts 14 NOTNAMED 23 Oct 1897 58 ts 34 NOTNAMED 27 Sep 1898 52 ts 28 NOTNAMED 23 Oct 1898 40 ts 22 NOTNAMED 7 Sep 1906 127 h3 50 NOTNAMED 26 May 1908 40 ts 35 NOTNAMED 28 Jul 1908 69 ts 39 NOTNAMED 1 Oct 1908 109 h2 10 NOTNAMED 28 Aug 1909 46 ts 38 NOTNAMED 12 Oct 1909 92 h1 38 NOTNAMED 16 Sep 1914 46 ts 7 NOTNAMED 31 Jul 1915 46 ts 63 NOTNAMED 5 Sep 1916 46 ts 16 NOTNAMED 16 Nov 1916 52 ts 24 NOTNAMED 27 Sep 1923 104 h2 46 NOTNAMED 21 Oct 1923 46 ts 33 NOTNAMED 22 Oct 1924 58 ts 35 NOTNAMED 15 Sep 1926 40 ts 3 NOTNAMED 21 Oct 1926 115 h3 44 NOTNAMED 2 Oct 1927 52 ts 4 NOTNAMED 25 Sep 1929 115 h3 69 NOTNAMED 5 Sep 1932 161 h5 19 NOTNAMED 29 Jul 1933 92 h1 16 NOTNAMED 3 Sep 1933 138 h4 68 NOTNAMED 6 Oct 1933 150 h4 1 NOTNAMED 6 Sep 1934 92 h1 45 NOTNAMED 29 Sep 1935 115 h3 52 NOTNAMED 4 Nov 1935 75 h1 55 NOTNAMED 15 Jun 1936 40 ts 14 NOTNAMED 21 Aug 1936 40 ts 50 NOTNAMED 3 Aug 1937 40 ts 10 NOTNAMED 27 Sep 1937 40 ts 56 NOTNAMED 19 Oct 1938 46 ts 28 NOTNAMED 11 Aug 1939 69 ts 49 NOTNAMED 15 Oct 1942 52 ts 66 NOTNAMED 31 Jul 1944 86 h1 37 NOTNAMED 13 Sep 1946 86 h1 22 NOTNAMED 16 Sep 1947 161 h5 11 NOTNAMED 6 Oct 1947 52 ts 50 NOTNAMED 6 Oct 1948 86 h1 64 NOTNAMED 18 May 1951 92 h1 44 ABLE 30 Aug 1953 40 ts 60 NOTNAMED 26 Aug 1954 63 ts 59 CAROL 14 Aug 1956 109 h2 27 BETSY 7 Oct 1958 69 ts 50 JANICE 19 Oct 1959 46 ts 52 JUDITH 7 Sep 1965 121 h3 45 BETSY 6 Sep 1972 46 ts 68 DAWN 24 Aug 1983 46 ts 61 BARRY 13 Oct 1987 52 ts 15 FLOYD 17 Oct 1991 46 ts 64 FABIAN 1 Aug 1995 86 h1 32 ERIN 28 Aug 1999 98 h2 24 DENNIS 15 Sep 1999 132 h4 8 FLOYD 3 Sep 2004 104 h2 41 FRANCES 25 Sep 2004 121 h3 8 JEANNE 22 Jul 2005 52 ts 22 FRANKLIN 25 Aug 2005 52 ts 50 KATRINA 2 Nov 2007 81 h1 40 NOEL

Abaco (March Harbour), Bahamas: all dec peak 5yr rank

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