Climatology

of Caribbean Hurricanes

Bimini, Bahamas (MYBS)

Location: 25.73N 79.30W

Tropical systems passing within 60nm (= 69mi.) of the island. Used latitude/longitude coordinates (25.73N,79.30W) 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 Bimini (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 Bimini and a five-year analysis to find out if more storms have passed close by Bimini recently.

Projection: Island | Caribbean | Atlantic | World |
[ts=tropical storm; h1=category 1 hurricane; etc.]

1851 - 2010

date wind cat. cpoa name 17 Oct 1859 69 ts 29 NOTNAMED 16 Sep 1863 58 ts 29 NOTNAMED 10 Oct 1870 104 h2 6 NOTNAMED 24 Aug 1871 104 h2 58 NOTNAMED 1 Jun 1873 46 ts 44 NOTNAMED 16 Sep 1876 69 ts 21 NOTNAMED 22 Oct 1878 81 h1 33 NOTNAMED 17 Aug 1881 46 ts 27 NOTNAMED 24 Aug 1885 81 h1 3 NOTNAMED 23 Aug 1886 98 h2 31 NOTNAMED 16 Aug 1888 127 h3 18 NOTNAMED 7 Sep 1888 52 ts 33 NOTNAMED 24 Sep 1888 46 ts 46 NOTNAMED 24 Aug 1891 92 h1 35 NOTNAMED 11 Jun 1892 40 ts 58 NOTNAMED 2 Oct 1895 58 ts 33 NOTNAMED 22 Oct 1895 104 h2 35 NOTNAMED 27 Sep 1898 46 ts 25 NOTNAMED 11 Oct 1898 69 ts 2 NOTNAMED 23 Oct 1898 40 ts 52 NOTNAMED 13 Aug 1899 121 h3 63 NOTNAMED 30 Oct 1899 98 h2 46 NOTNAMED 10 Aug 1901 46 ts 13 NOTNAMED 11 Sep 1903 86 h1 6 NOTNAMED 17 Oct 1904 81 h1 18 NOTNAMED 17 Jun 1906 86 h1 39 NOTNAMED 18 Oct 1906 109 h2 48 NOTNAMED 28 Jun 1909 52 ts 28 NOTNAMED 29 Aug 1909 52 ts 44 NOTNAMED 12 Oct 1909 104 h2 1 NOTNAMED 25 Aug 1916 46 ts 61 NOTNAMED 16 Nov 1916 58 ts 12 NOTNAMED 21 Oct 1924 69 ts 31 NOTNAMED 27 Jul 1926 109 h2 42 NOTNAMED 16 Sep 1926 40 ts 41 NOTNAMED 18 Sep 1926 144 h4 33 NOTNAMED 21 Oct 1926 127 h3 9 NOTNAMED 7 Aug 1928 104 h2 28 NOTNAMED 16 Sep 1928 150 h4 32 NOTNAMED 30 Aug 1932 63 ts 59 NOTNAMED 4 Sep 1933 132 h4 43 NOTNAMED 5 Oct 1933 132 h4 30 NOTNAMED 29 Sep 1935 115 h3 5 NOTNAMED 4 Nov 1935 75 h1 31 NOTNAMED 15 Jun 1936 40 ts 7 NOTNAMED 28 Jul 1936 58 ts 56 NOTNAMED 28 Aug 1937 46 ts 60 NOTNAMED 27 Sep 1937 40 ts 41 NOTNAMED 11 Aug 1939 75 h1 67 NOTNAMED 6 Oct 1941 115 h3 37 NOTNAMED 15 Sep 1945 138 h4 55 NOTNAMED 12 Sep 1946 69 ts 32 NOTNAMED 1 Nov 1946 46 ts 4 NOTNAMED 17 Sep 1947 161 h5 54 NOTNAMED 12 Oct 1947 86 h1 63 NOTNAMED 6 Oct 1948 104 h2 28 NOTNAMED 26 Aug 1949 150 h4 32 NOTNAMED 18 Oct 1950 104 h2 50 KING 30 Aug 1953 40 ts 37 NOTNAMED 5 Oct 1953 40 ts 8 NOTNAMED 27 Aug 1964 104 h2 41 CLEO 8 Sep 1965 127 h3 42 BETSY 4 Oct 1966 86 h1 21 INEZ 6 Oct 1974 46 ts 3 SUBTROP4 3 Sep 1979 98 h2 1 DAVID 27 Sep 1984 58 ts 12 ISIDORE 13 Oct 1987 69 ts 10 FLOYD 16 Oct 1991 46 ts 1 FABIAN 24 Aug 1992 150 h4 23 ANDREW 23 Aug 1995 40 ts 7 JERRY 22 Sep 1999 46 ts 60 HARVEY 26 Aug 2005 81 h1 32 KATRINA 23 Jul 2010 40 ts 66 BONNIE 30 Sep 2010 46 ts 8 NICOLE

Bimini, Bahamas: all dec peak 5yr rank

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