Have Maryland and Delaware never been hit directly?

[gilbert88]

I'm surprised to read that. How unlikely must be for some states to never be touched by storms that even Canada has a bigger landfall probability.

Comments?

[djtil]

simple geography. north carolina blocks from the south and it would be unlikely for a storm to have any reason to turn west at that altitude as a storm up there would be there because its swinging around the ridge and being drug out to sea by a trough.

thats why its unlikely/rare.

[WXBUFFJIM]

I don't recall Maryland beaches ever being directly hit by a hurricane, I don't have any records that specify Maryland coastal waters being directly hit. There have been some close calls just offshore from the Maryland beaches in the past, but they never scored a direct hit.

Jim

[clfenwi]

I'm surprised to read that. How unlikely must be for some states to never be touched by storms that even Canada has a bigger landfall probability.

Comments?

The anomaly of anomalies... TS in 1943

http://www.weather.unisys.com/hurricane ... /track.gif

Similar, but further south was Danielle of '92

http://www.weather.unisys.com/hurricane ... /track.gif

You can check it out for yourself by going to

http://hurricane.csc.noaa.gov/hurricanes/viewer.html

and plugging in a zip code like 21842 (Ocean City, MD)

Don't try to look at the entire history all at once... far too messy, but it's managable if you look at it in 25 year chunks or so...

Delaware and Marland are in the same type of position North Florida/Georgia is in from the viewpoint that both are in an area where lots off hurricanes pass by, but neither are directly along the high probability paths...

[WindRunner]

What was controlling that 1943 storm? That's a crazy track!

[Matt-hurricanewatcher]

Would that be something, if this turns out to be that New york hurricane. We been talking about?

[Jim Hughes]

I'm surprised to read that. How unlikely must be for some states to never be touched by storms that even Canada has a bigger landfall probability.

Comments?

Maryland's been either hit or indirectly affected considerably back around 1931 I believe...?? Maybe a CAT 1 0r 2 ....It cut an isthmus through Ocean City. Changed the landscape....A friend' s mother was there at the time. I Have to check the graphics.

Jim

[Jim Hughes]

I just checked the graphics. I should have known that it was most likely 1933. Storm #8 .... Cat 3..Looks like it went up the Bay right to the southwest. Explains allot..


Jim

[hurricanefloyd5]

and what about washington dc.!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Jim Cantore]

Heres how I see it

It's rare and this will be no execption it will ether turn out to sea or hit long island/cape cod

[huricanwatcher]

when was the last storm that came DIRECT in NC... ? didnt dennis do a loop de loop and come straight in.... but only as a TS?

[mahicks]

You can check it out for yourself by going to

http://hurricane.csc.noaa.gov/hurricanes/viewer.html

and plugging in a zip code like 21842 (Ocean City, MD)

Don't try to look at the entire history all at once... far too messy, but it's managable if you look at it in 25 year chunks or so...

Delaware and Marland are in the same type of position North Florida/Georgia is in from the viewpoint that both are in an area where lots off hurricanes pass by, but neither are directly along the high probability paths...

Awesome Link! Thanks!

[kmanWX]

Would that be something, if this turns out to be that New york hurricane. We been talking about?

Let's hope that day never comes a hurricane in new York would be devastating.