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 - 2019

date wind cat. cpoa name 7 Sep 1854 127 h3 15 UNNAMED 17 Oct 1859 69 ts 57 UNNAMED 2 Oct 1866 138 h4 36 UNNAMED 12 Oct 1870 104 h2 32 UNNAMED 15 Aug 1871 115 h3 18 UNNAMED 24 Aug 1871 104 h2 64 UNNAMED 2 Aug 1877 69 ts 54 UNNAMED 26 Sep 1877 46 ts 57 UNNAMED 25 Aug 1878 58 ts 65 UNNAMED 17 Aug 1879 92 h1 12 UNNAMED 18 Aug 1881 58 ts 6 UNNAMED 26 Aug 1881 92 h1 39 UNNAMED 9 Sep 1883 104 h2 41 UNNAMED 18 Aug 1887 98 h2 42 UNNAMED 22 Aug 1887 127 h3 3 UNNAMED 7 Sep 1888 52 ts 68 UNNAMED 26 Aug 1893 121 h3 53 UNNAMED 11 Oct 1893 121 h3 17 UNNAMED 22 Oct 1893 52 ts 38 UNNAMED 3 Oct 1895 58 ts 23 UNNAMED 22 Oct 1895 104 h2 42 UNNAMED 5 Sep 1896 115 h3 22 UNNAMED 20 Oct 1897 63 ts 14 UNNAMED 23 Oct 1897 58 ts 34 UNNAMED 27 Sep 1898 52 ts 28 UNNAMED 23 Oct 1898 40 ts 22 UNNAMED 7 Sep 1906 127 h3 50 UNNAMED 26 May 1908 40 ts 35 UNNAMED 28 Jul 1908 69 ts 39 UNNAMED 1 Oct 1908 109 h2 10 UNNAMED 28 Aug 1909 46 ts 38 UNNAMED 12 Oct 1909 92 h1 38 UNNAMED 16 Sep 1914 46 ts 7 UNNAMED 31 Jul 1915 46 ts 63 UNNAMED 5 Sep 1916 46 ts 16 UNNAMED 16 Nov 1916 52 ts 24 UNNAMED 26 Sep 1923 75 h1 47 UNNAMED 22 Oct 1924 69 ts 22 UNNAMED 21 Oct 1926 127 h3 45 UNNAMED 2 Nov 1927 40 ts 24 UNNAMED 25 Sep 1929 155 h4 69 UNNAMED 5 Sep 1932 161 h5 14 UNNAMED 29 Jul 1933 81 h1 15 UNNAMED 3 Sep 1933 132 h4 65 UNNAMED 6 Oct 1933 127 h3 3 UNNAMED 7 Sep 1934 86 h1 35 UNNAMED 29 Sep 1935 132 h4 52 UNNAMED 3 Nov 1935 104 h2 26 UNNAMED 15 Jun 1936 46 ts 1 UNNAMED 21 Aug 1936 46 ts 1 UNNAMED 3 Aug 1937 40 ts 14 UNNAMED 29 Aug 1937 46 ts 67 UNNAMED 19 Oct 1938 40 ts 1 UNNAMED 11 Aug 1939 69 ts 55 UNNAMED 13 Sep 1943 40 ts 40 UNNAMED 13 Sep 1946 86 h1 23 UNNAMED 16 Sep 1947 121 h3 10 UNNAMED 6 Oct 1947 40 ts 54 UNNAMED 18 May 1951 86 h1 50 ABLE 26 Aug 1954 46 ts 59 CAROL 14 Aug 1956 115 h3 26 BETSY 7 Oct 1958 75 h1 56 JANICE 19 Oct 1959 63 ts 66 JUDITH 2 Jun 1963 40 ts 22 UNNAMED 7 Sep 1965 121 h3 36 BETSY 17 Oct 1965 46 ts 32 UNNAMED 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 22 DENNIS 15 Sep 1999 132 h4 7 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 5 Sep 2008 63 ts 29 HANNA 18 Jul 2011 52 ts 61 BRET 7 Aug 2011 40 ts 64 EMILY 25 Aug 2011 104 h2 3 IRENE 26 Oct 2012 81 h1 10 SANDY 10 Nov 2015 58 ts 59 KATE 1 Sep 2019 184 h5 2 DORIAN 15 Sep 2019 58 ts 28 HUMBERTO

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

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