October Hurricanes in south Fla in Oct. (besides Wilma)

[DanKellFla]

Does anybody know when the last hurricane was that hit South Fla in Oct? (Besides Wilma)

[SouthFloridawx]

All hurricane's in and around South Florida in the Month of October since 1851.

[AJC3]

Does anybody know when the last hurricane was that hit South Fla in Oct? (Besides Wilma)

My guess would be Irene in '99.

[DanKellFla]

SouthFloridawx, All I see is the red X.
Where did you find that information?

[SouthFloridawx]

SouthFloridawx, All I see is the red X.
Where did you find that information?

D'OH!!! let me fix that.. I have to save it.



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[Jim Cantore]

Thats more then I would have thought... alot more

[all_we_know_is_FALLING]

Me too, Floyd.

And almost all came from the SW too.

[Recurve]

Me too, Floyd.

And almost all came from the SW too.

That's south florida's fate later in the season -- caribbean/recurve. And from what I'm told, the west end of Cuba doesn't knock em down like the eastern mountains. You see a lot of tracks as hurricanes making it across.

[all_we_know_is_FALLING]

Me too, Floyd.

And almost all came from the SW too.

That's south florida's fate later in the season -- caribbean/recurve. And from what I'm told, the west end of Cuba doesn't knock em down like the eastern mountains. You see a lot of tracks as hurricanes making it across.

Yupp, I would agree that western Cuba doesn't weaken them like other parts of Cuba and esp. Hispanoila. Charley didn't weaken much at all.

[weatherwindow]

Me too, Floyd.

And almost all came from the SW too.

That's south florida's fate later in the season -- caribbean/recurve. And from what I'm told, the west end of Cuba doesn't knock em down like the eastern mountains. You see a lot of tracks as hurricanes making it across.

...cuba, west of the mountains, doesnt present a major obstacle....the strongest october hurricane to landfall south fla in the historical record landfell key west on oct 11, 1846 and cape sable on the 12th. this powerhouse formed in the sw caribbean and tracked north, landfalling the bay of pigs, cuba and crossed havana(916 mb). pressures at key west are based on one ship report of 935 mb. this storm eventually moved nne and affected the entire east coast all the way to canada. it became known as the Great Hurricane of 1846...solid cat 4/5 on cuba and the lower keys.....rich

[Derek Ortt]

and October is when most of South Florida's hurricanes occur

[CrazyC83]

IIRC, only one October major hurricane in the US since 1900 did not hit Florida (Hazel).

[CrazyC83]

October major hurricanes since 1900:

1906 (Cat 3) - S Florida
1909 (Cat 3) - S Florida
1921 (Cat 3) - W Florida, Tampa Bay
1944 (Cat 3) - S Florida
1950 King (Cat 3) - S Florida
1954 Hazel (Cat 4) - Carolinas
1964 Hilda (Cat 3) - Louisiana (whoops, forgot Hilda in initial assessment)
1995 Opal (Cat 3) - Florida Panhandle
2005 Wilma (Cat 3) - S Florida

Other October hurricanes since 1950:

1964 Isbell (Cat 2) - S Florida
1966 Inez (Cat 1) - Florida Keys
1968 Gladys (Cat 2) - N Florida
1985 Juan (Cat 1) - Louisiana
1989 Jerry (Cat 1) - N Texas
1999 Irene (Cat 1) - S Florida
2002 Lili (Cat 1) - Louisiana

[Patrick99]

Yet, it's funny - even in the face of those statistics, the August & September storms inspire the most public fear.

I suppose it is more likely to get a Cat 4 or 5 in August or September...but as we have seen it's not impossible in October either, as long as these storms thread the right needles.

[weatherwindow]

Yet, it's funny - even in the face of those statistics, the August & September storms inspire the most public fear.

I suppose it is more likely to get a Cat 4 or 5 in August or September...but as we have seen it's not impossible in October either, as long as these storms thread the right needles.

.....when comparing landfalling intensity in sfl, the monolithic east coast landfalls of long track cv storms win hands down on average intensity whereas the carib genesis october storms carry the day in sheer numbers.....rich

[crazycajuncane]

Other October hurricanes since 1950:

2002 Lili (Cat 1) - Louisiana

Lili did a lot more damage it seems then a Category 1. It was weird watching it fall apart like that as it came near the coast. I think a lot of us were really lucky here for Hurricane Lili. My grandparents lost enough trees for Lili only being a Cat. 1.

Not many people around my area evacuated... things could have been a lot worse if Lili would have plowed through here as a Category 4. My grandparents said if there is a Cat. 4 headed this way they aren't staying next time haha.

[Jim Cantore]

Even know it didnt have major effects on the U.S, I'm suprised Mitch hasnt seen more mention, 180mph, 905mb, 9,000 deaths.