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Hurricanes in Jamaica

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When . . .

A provisional list of dates of hurricanes affecting Jamaica over five centuries:

(will be updated as I learn more)

 

 1988 - hurricane Gilbert - of course!


Date:

1519 near Jamaica

 

1574 27 August between Cuba and

 Jamaica

 

1597 hurricane                     

                                             [1500s - 3]

 

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1670 ?

 

1689 possible hurricane 

 

1690 early August hurricane

 

1692 Jamaica                       

                                             [1600s - 4]

 

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1711 June Hurricane, Westmoreland,

  Property destroyed

 

1712 28 August Hurricane, All Island; 

  Earthquake [8 Sept New Style]

 

1714 29 August Hurricane

1722 28 August Hurricane, All Island 

  and Earthquake [8-9 Sept N.S.]

1726 22 October Storm [2 Nov N. S.]

 

1730 1 Sept ?

 

1743 20 Oct many marines drowned

 

1744 20 October Earthquake &

  Hurricane, Savannah la Mar

  destroyed, Kingston & Port Royal

  badly damaged [31 October - 1

  November N.S.]

 

1751 2 September Storm

 

1766 Hurricane, Western End of

  the Island

 

1772 28 August-3 Sept Hispaniola,

  Puerto Rico and Jamaica

 

1773 2 October Hurricane

 

1780 22 February Montego Bay and 

  North Coast

  3 October Hurricane, Savanna la 

  Mar destroyed, Westmoreland

  devastated

 

1781 1 August Hurricane, 120 vessels

  wrecked in Kingston

 

1784 10 July Hurricane

 

1784 30-1 July Hurricane

 

1785 27 August Hurricane

 

1786 20 October Drought, Hurricane,

 

1794 27 June

 

1794 30 July

 

1799 23 Sept off-shore  Jamaica? 

                                         

                                        [1700s - 22]   

 

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1803 August between Jamaica and

  U.K.

 

1804 two Hurricanes

 

1810 15 August

 

1812 2-4 October Hurricane

 

1813 31 July -1 August

 

1815 17-9 October Hurricane

 

1818 20 November Hurricane [? 8-12 

  November]

 

1818 October Hurricane

 

   1830  Hurricane

 

   1832 7 August Hurricane

 

   1844 5 October Hurricane Western 

     Parishes

 

   1852 6-8 November

 

   1874 November Hurricane

 

1879 8 October Hurricane

 

1880 18-9 August Hurricane, 

  damaged Kingston

 

1884 6-8 October

 

1886 28-9 June       

 

1899 28-9 October    

         7-8 November storm                 

                                        

                                           [1800s - 20]

 

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1903 11 August Hurricane, North 

  Eastern, Jamaica

 

1909 9-13 November Jamaica and

  Hispaniola

 

1912 17-9 November Hurricane, 

  Western Parishes

 

1915 12-13 August Hurricane

 

1915 25-6 September Storm

  [hurricane]

 

1916 15-16 August Hurricane, All

  Jamaica

 

1917 23 September Hurricane

 

1932 4-10 Nov Cuba, Cayman Is,

  Jamaica

 

1933 27 June - 3 July Trinidad,

  Venezuela, Jamaica, Cuba

 

1933 14-16 August flooding in

  Kingston/St. Andrew

 

1935 19-25 Oct  Haiti, Honduras, 

  offshore Jamaica

 

1944 20 August Disastrous Hurricane

 

1951 17 August Hurricane Charlie,

  Kingston/Port Royal/Morant Bay

  damaged

 

1963 5-7 October Hurricane Flora

 

1980 4-7 August Hurricane Allen

 

1988 12 September Hurricane

  Gilbert                              

                                           [1900s - 16]

 

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   2004 10-11 September Hurricane Ivan

 

     Total number of hurricanes noted so far  -  66


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