Re: Landfall by states
Posted by Chris in Tampa on 7/8/2011, 11:41 pm
And now for hurricanes...



With All Hurricanes (cat 1-5):

1. Mississippi coastline: 0.250 storms per mile (11 storms / 44 miles)
2. Alabama coastline: 0.170 storms per mile (9 storms / 53 miles)
3. Texas coastline: 0.147 storms per mile (54 storms / 367 miles)
4. South Carolina coastline: 0.128 storms per mile (24 storms / 187 miles)
5. Louisiana coastline: 0.121 storms per mile (48 storms / 397 miles)
6. North Carolina coastline: 0.110 storms per mile (33 storms / 301 miles)
7. Florida coastline: 0.078 storms per mile (105 storms / 1350 miles)
8. Connecticut coastline: 0.073 storms per mile (7 storms / 96 miles)
9. New York coastline: 0.071 storms per mile (9 storms / 127 miles)
10. Georgia coastline: 0.060 storms per mile (6 storms / 100 miles)
11. Rhode Island coastline: 0.050 storms per mile (2 storms / 40 miles)
12. Massachusetts coastline: 0.031 storms per mile (6 storms / 192 miles)
13. Maine coastline: 0.018 storms per mile (4 storms / 228 miles)
14. Virginia coastline: 0.009 storms per mile (1 storm / 112 miles)
15. New Jersey coastline: 0.008 storms per mile (1 storm / 130 miles)
16. New Hampshire coastline: 0 storms per mile (0 storms / 13 miles)
16. Delaware coastline: 0 storms per mile (0 storms / 28 miles)
16. Maryland coastline: 0 storms per mile (0 storms / 31 miles)

With Major Hurricanes (cat 3-5):

1. Mississippi coastline: 0.1136 storms per mile (5 storms / 44 miles)
2. Alabama coastline: 0.0755 storms per mile (4 storms / 53 miles)
3. Texas coastline: 0.0490 storms per mile (18 storms / 367 miles)
4. Louisiana coastline: 0.0428 storms per mile (17 storms / 397 miles)
5. Georgia coastline: 0.0300 storms per mile (3 storms / 100 miles)
6. South Carolina coastline: 0.0267 storms per mile (5 storms / 187 miles)
7. Florida coastline: 0.0252 storms per mile (34 storms / 1350 miles)
8. Rhode Island coastline: 0.0250 storms per mile (1 storm / 40 miles)
9. North Carolina coastline: 0.0133 storms per mile (4 storms / 301 miles)
10. Connecticut coastline: 0.0104 storms per mile (1 storm / 96 miles)
11. New York coastline: 0.0079 storms per mile (1 storm / 127 miles)
12. New Hampshire coastline: 0 storms per mile (0 storms / 13 miles)
12. Delaware coastline: 0 storms per mile (0 storms / 28 miles)
12. Maryland coastline: 0 storms per mile (0 storms / 31 miles)
12. Virginia coastline: 0 storms per mile (0 storms / 112 miles)
12. New Jersey coastline: 0 storms per mile (0 storms / 130 miles)
12. Massachusetts coastline: 0 storms per mile (0 storms / 192 miles)
12. Maine coastline: 0 storms per mile (0 storms / 228 miles)



Mississippi gets hit often, by all types of storms, for its small amount of coastline. Alabama too.
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