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 - 2019

date wind cat. cpoa name 19 Oct 1853 81 h1 67 UNNAMED 17 Oct 1859 69 ts 34 UNNAMED 17 Sep 1863 69 ts 50 UNNAMED 2 Oct 1866 138 h4 58 UNNAMED 11 Oct 1870 104 h2 23 UNNAMED 15 Aug 1871 115 h3 17 UNNAMED 24 Aug 1871 104 h2 9 UNNAMED 1 Jun 1873 46 ts 11 UNNAMED 16 Sep 1876 69 ts 42 UNNAMED 26 Sep 1877 46 ts 35 UNNAMED 22 Oct 1878 81 h1 51 UNNAMED 17 Aug 1881 46 ts 51 UNNAMED 9 Sep 1883 104 h2 53 UNNAMED 24 Aug 1885 81 h1 58 UNNAMED 23 Aug 1886 98 h2 7 UNNAMED 22 Aug 1887 127 h3 40 UNNAMED 7 Sep 1888 52 ts 33 UNNAMED 24 Sep 1888 46 ts 57 UNNAMED 11 Jun 1892 40 ts 27 UNNAMED 26 Aug 1893 121 h3 12 UNNAMED 12 Oct 1893 121 h3 57 UNNAMED 22 Oct 1893 52 ts 58 UNNAMED 3 Oct 1895 58 ts 48 UNNAMED 22 Oct 1895 104 h2 30 UNNAMED 2 Aug 1898 40 ts 35 UNNAMED 27 Sep 1898 52 ts 35 UNNAMED 11 Oct 1898 69 ts 8 UNNAMED 13 Aug 1899 121 h3 13 UNNAMED 30 Oct 1899 98 h2 22 UNNAMED 10 Aug 1901 46 ts 54 UNNAMED 11 Sep 1903 86 h1 60 UNNAMED 17 Jun 1906 86 h1 21 UNNAMED 18 Oct 1906 109 h2 44 UNNAMED 28 Jul 1908 46 ts 57 UNNAMED 29 Aug 1909 52 ts 16 UNNAMED 12 Oct 1909 104 h2 22 UNNAMED 16 Nov 1916 52 ts 21 UNNAMED 21 Oct 1924 69 ts 12 UNNAMED 27 Jul 1926 121 h3 25 UNNAMED 21 Oct 1926 127 h3 10 UNNAMED 7 Aug 1928 104 h2 35 UNNAMED 16 Sep 1928 150 h4 35 UNNAMED 30 Jul 1933 81 h1 11 UNNAMED 3 Sep 1933 132 h4 24 UNNAMED 5 Oct 1933 121 h3 58 UNNAMED 29 Sep 1935 138 h4 14 UNNAMED 4 Nov 1935 98 h2 18 UNNAMED 15 Jun 1936 46 ts 35 UNNAMED 29 Aug 1937 52 ts 14 UNNAMED 20 Oct 1938 40 ts 36 UNNAMED 11 Aug 1939 75 h1 9 UNNAMED 13 Sep 1943 40 ts 56 UNNAMED 1 Nov 1946 46 ts 62 UNNAMED 17 Sep 1947 132 h4 5 UNNAMED 6 Oct 1947 40 ts 41 UNNAMED 12 Oct 1947 81 h1 33 UNNAMED 6 Oct 1948 98 h2 33 UNNAMED 26 Aug 1949 132 h4 47 UNNAMED 18 May 1951 86 h1 34 ABLE 5 Oct 1953 40 ts 15 UNNAMED 19 Oct 1959 63 ts 49 JUDITH 4 Oct 1966 86 h1 68 INEZ 6 Sep 1972 46 ts 24 DAWN 7 Oct 1974 52 ts 55 UNNAMED 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 30 Sep 2010 46 ts 7 NICOLE 18 Jul 2011 46 ts 57 BRET 7 Aug 2011 40 ts 32 EMILY 6 Oct 2016 138 h4 10 MATTHEW 2 Sep 2019 178 h5 25 DORIAN

Grand Bahama, Bahamas: all dec peak 5yr rank

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