question for our island correspondents......................

[weatherwindow]

luis, HUC, abajan et al...........what dates mark the earliest landfall of a major hurricane on each of your respective islands..............thanks in advance for the info..................................rich

[cycloneye]

Well the earliest major hurricane to make landfall in Puerto Rico was on the 8th of August,1899 a cat 4 140 mph which killed around 3,500 people and it has been the worse disaster that this island has been thru in terms of lose of life.

[Guest]

For Barbados ... there was only one landfalling hurricane in the 20th Century and none this century. that was Hurricane Janet, Sep 22, 1955.

However, Barbados has been affected by others which came close.

Claudette July 7, 2003
Allen Aug 4, 1980
Lili Sep 21, 2002

[HUC]

The earliest here in Guadeloupe,is the hurricane that caused a lot of deads,the 26th of Jully 1825.A cat 4,or 5?It seems very similar to Andrew,becaused of it's small size,and rapid speed.This storm assaulted also P Rico...

[msbee]

interesting question.
for St.Maarten it was Hurricane Bertha on July 8,1996!

[OURAGAN]

Hurricane Hugo made landfall in guadeloupe in September 1989.
The pressure at landfall was 941 mb.
9 peoples died.

[abajan]

For Barbados ... there was only one landfalling hurricane in the 20th Century and none this century. that was Hurricane Janet, Sep 22, 1955.

However, Barbados has been affected by others which came close.

Claudette July 7, 2003
Allen Aug 4, 1980
Lili Sep 21, 2002

Here's some additional info which may be of interest:
http://www.cdera.org/weather/barbados/barbados_hit.php

[Guest]

Thank you very much. As they say ... live and learn.

Very interesting site.