Climatology

of Caribbean Hurricanes

Grand Bahama, Bahamas (MYGF)

Location: 26.55N 78.70W

Tropical systems passing within 60nm (= 69mi.) of the island. Used latitude/longitude coordinates (26.55N,78.70W) 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 Grand Bahama (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 Grand Bahama and a five-year analysis to find out if more storms have passed close by Grand Bahama recently.

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

1851 - 2007

date wind cat. cpoa name 19 Oct 1853 81 h1 67 NOTNAMED 17 Oct 1859 69 ts 34 NOTNAMED 17 Sep 1863 69 ts 50 NOTNAMED 2 Oct 1866 138 h4 58 NOTNAMED 11 Oct 1870 104 h2 23 NOTNAMED 15 Aug 1871 115 h3 17 NOTNAMED 24 Aug 1871 104 h2 9 NOTNAMED 1 Jun 1873 46 ts 11 NOTNAMED 16 Sep 1876 69 ts 42 NOTNAMED 26 Sep 1877 46 ts 35 NOTNAMED 22 Oct 1878 81 h1 51 NOTNAMED 17 Aug 1881 46 ts 51 NOTNAMED 9 Sep 1883 104 h2 53 NOTNAMED 24 Aug 1885 81 h1 58 NOTNAMED 23 Aug 1886 98 h2 7 NOTNAMED 22 Aug 1887 127 h3 40 NOTNAMED 7 Sep 1888 52 ts 33 NOTNAMED 24 Sep 1888 46 ts 57 NOTNAMED 11 Jun 1892 40 ts 27 NOTNAMED 26 Aug 1893 121 h3 12 NOTNAMED 12 Oct 1893 121 h3 57 NOTNAMED 22 Oct 1893 52 ts 58 NOTNAMED 3 Oct 1895 58 ts 48 NOTNAMED 22 Oct 1895 104 h2 30 NOTNAMED 2 Aug 1898 40 ts 35 NOTNAMED 27 Sep 1898 52 ts 35 NOTNAMED 11 Oct 1898 69 ts 8 NOTNAMED 13 Aug 1899 121 h3 13 NOTNAMED 30 Oct 1899 98 h2 22 NOTNAMED 10 Aug 1901 46 ts 54 NOTNAMED 11 Sep 1903 86 h1 60 NOTNAMED 17 Jun 1906 86 h1 21 NOTNAMED 18 Oct 1906 109 h2 44 NOTNAMED 28 Jul 1908 46 ts 57 NOTNAMED 29 Aug 1909 52 ts 16 NOTNAMED 12 Oct 1909 104 h2 22 NOTNAMED 16 Nov 1916 52 ts 21 NOTNAMED 21 Oct 1924 58 ts 12 NOTNAMED 27 Jul 1926 121 h3 35 NOTNAMED 16 Sep 1926 40 ts 24 NOTNAMED 21 Oct 1926 115 h3 10 NOTNAMED 2 Oct 1927 52 ts 67 NOTNAMED 7 Aug 1928 98 h2 42 NOTNAMED 16 Sep 1928 150 h4 30 NOTNAMED 29 Jul 1933 86 h1 31 NOTNAMED 3 Sep 1933 138 h4 24 NOTNAMED 5 Oct 1933 144 h4 56 NOTNAMED 29 Sep 1935 115 h3 14 NOTNAMED 4 Nov 1935 75 h1 3 NOTNAMED 15 Jun 1936 40 ts 42 NOTNAMED 29 Aug 1937 52 ts 6 NOTNAMED 27 Sep 1937 40 ts 31 NOTNAMED 20 Oct 1938 46 ts 30 NOTNAMED 11 Aug 1939 75 h1 1 NOTNAMED 18 Sep 1941 40 ts 68 NOTNAMED 13 Sep 1946 75 h1 42 NOTNAMED 1 Nov 1946 46 ts 62 NOTNAMED 17 Sep 1947 161 h5 2 NOTNAMED 6 Oct 1947 52 ts 40 NOTNAMED 12 Oct 1947 86 h1 42 NOTNAMED 6 Oct 1948 98 h2 5 NOTNAMED 26 Aug 1949 150 h4 36 NOTNAMED 18 May 1951 86 h1 39 ABLE 3 Feb 1952 52 ts 68 NOTNAMED 30 Aug 1953 40 ts 6 NOTNAMED 5 Oct 1953 40 ts 14 NOTNAMED 19 Oct 1959 46 ts 42 JUDITH 4 Oct 1966 86 h1 68 INEZ 6 Sep 1972 46 ts 24 DAWN 7 Oct 1974 52 ts 55 SUBTROP4 3 Sep 1979 98 h2 58 DAVID 27 Sep 1984 58 ts 55 ISIDORE 13 Oct 1987 58 ts 45 FLOYD 16 Oct 1991 46 ts 12 FABIAN 1 Aug 1995 86 h1 13 ERIN 23 Aug 1995 40 ts 62 JERRY 5 Nov 1998 58 ts 54 MITCH 22 Sep 1999 46 ts 20 HARVEY 5 Sep 2004 109 h2 17 FRANCES 25 Sep 2004 121 h3 29 JEANNE 25 Aug 2005 69 ts 27 KATRINA

Grand Bahama, Bahamas: all dec peak 5yr rank

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