APPENDIX F
I. Catastrophic wind events
Year Storm Location Storm Quantify Citation
Intensity Damage
1635 hurricane New England, USA Yes No Perley 1891
1703 gale Great Britian No Yes Andersen 1954
1788 gale New England, USA Yes No Perley 1891
1815 hurricane USA Yes Yes Darling 1842
Yes Yes Perley 1891
No No Moss 1940
MA, USA No Yes Oliver & Stephens 1977
1821 hurricane New England, USA Yes No Redfield 1831
1826 gale Scotland, UK No Yes Andersen 1954
1838 gale Great Britian No No Andersen 1954
1860 gale Scotland, UK Yes No Andersen 1954
1868 gale Scotland, UK No No Andersen 1954
1879 gale Scotland, UK No Yes Andersen 1954
1880 windstorm OR, WA, USA Yes No Decker et al. 1962
1882 gale Scotland, UK Yes Yes Andersen 1954
1883 gale Scotland, UK No Yes Andersen 1954
1883 Angin Besar Malaysia No No Wyatt-Smith 1954
No No Browne 1949
1884 gale Scotland, UK Yes Yes Andersen 1954
1893 gale Great Britian Yes Yes Andersen 1954
1894 gale Great Britian Yes Yes Andersen 1954
1911 gale Scotland, UK Yes Yes Andersen 1954
1913 windstorm OR, USA No Yes Weidman 1920a
1914 windstorm OR, USA Yes Yes Smith & Weitknecht 1915
No Yes Weidman 1920a, 1920b
1916 windstorm Ireland No No Gallagher 1974
1916 windstorm NY, USA No Yes Behre 1921
1918 windstorm OR, USA No Yes Weidman 1920b
1920 windstorm OR, USA Yes Yes Weidman 1920b
Yes Yes Decker et al. 1962
1927 gale Scotland, UK Yes No Andersen 1954
1928 San Felipe Puerto Rico Yes No Bates 1930
Yes No Weaver 1989, 1986
1931 San Nicolas Puerto Rico Yes No Weaver 1986
1932 San Cipriano Puerto Rico Yes No Weaver 1989, 1986
1934 windstorm MN, USA Yes Yes Hansen 1937
1935 hurricane FL, USA Yes No Craighead & Gilbert 1962
1936 cyclone New Zealand No No Shaw 1983
1936 windstrom Ireland No No Gallagher 1974
1937 gale Great Britian Yes No Andersen 1954
1938 windstorm Ireland No No Gallagher 1974
1938 hurricane MA,CT, USA No No Curtis 1943
NH, USA No Yes Peart et al. 1992
MA, USA Yes Yes Rowlands 1941
Yes Yes Spurr 1956
Yes Yes Foster 1988a,1988b
Yes Yes Foster & Boose 1992
New England, USA Yes Yes Brooks 1938, 1939a, 1939b, 1939c
Yes Yes Butler 1938
Yes Yes Cheston 1940
No Yes Clapp 1938
No No Felt 1939
No Yes Meyer & Plusin 1945
Yes No Bromley 1939
No Yes Butler 1938
No Yes Felt 1939
Yes No Moss 1940
Yes Yes Patric 1974
1940 windstorm Ireland No No Gallagher 1974
1943 windstorm Ireland No No Gallagher 1974
1944 windstorm Ireland No No Gallagher 1974
1944 hurricane New England, USA No No Conrad 1945
Yes Yes Smith 1946
1945 cyclones Mauritius Yes Yes King 1945
1948 gale New Zealand Yes No Irvine 1970
1949 windstorm WI, MI, USA Yes Yes Stoeckeler & Arbogast 1955
1950 windstorm NJ, USA No Yes Reiners & Reiners 1965
No Yes Eynon 1951
1951 gale Scotland, UK Yes Yes Andersen 1954
1951 windstorm OR, USA Yes Yes Decker et al. 1962
1953 gale Scotland, UK Yes Yes Andersen 1954
Yes Yes Steven 1953b
1954 Hazel VA, USA Yes Yes Trousdell 1955
1954 Carol MA, USA Yes Yes Wyman 1954a
New England No No Wyman 1954b
1955 windstorm Ireland Yes Yes Gallagher 1974
1956 Agnes Australia Yes No Webb 1958
1956 Betsy Puerto Rico Yes Yes Wadsworth & Englerth 1959
1957 Audrey TX, USA Yes Yes Nelson & Stanley 1959
1957 gale Ireland Yes Yes Cruickshank et al. 1962
Yes Yes Gallagher 1974
1959 cyclone New Zealand Yes No Shaw 1983
Yes Yes Conway 1959
1959 gale Ireland Yes Yes Cruickshank et al. 1962
No Yes Simpson 1965
1960 Donna FL, USA Yes Yes Craighead & Gilbert 1962
VA, NC, USA Yes Yes Trousell et al. 1965
1960 Alix, Carol Mauritius Yes Yes Sauer 1962
1961 hurricanes Western Samoa Yes Yes Wood 1970
1961 Hattie Belize Yes Yes Wolffsohn 1967
1961 hurricane Ireland Yes Yes Cruickshank et al. 1962
Yes Yes Gallagher 1974
1962 hurricane CA, USA Yes Yes Boe 1965
WA, USA Yes Yes Wiley 1965
OR, USA Yes Yes Decker et al. 1962
1963 tornado IN, USA No No Webster 1963
1965 Betsy MS, USA No No Gunter & Eleuterius 1971
1966 hurricane Western Samoa Yes Yes Wood 1970
1967 Annie Soloman Islands Yes Yes Whitmore 1974, 1989
1968 gale Scotland Yes Yes Holtam 1971
1968 gale New Zealand Yes Yes Irvine 1970
1968 Giselle New Zealand Yes No Shaw 1983
1969 windstorm Rwanda No Yes Spinage & Guinness 1971
1969 Camille MS, USA Yes Yes Touliatos & Roth 1971
Yes Yes Gunter & Eleuterius 1971
No Yes Van Hooser & Hedlund 1969
Yes Yes Nonnemacher 1970
1973 windstorm CO, USA Yes Yes Veblen et al. 1989
1973 gale Great Britian Yes No Oliver & Mayhead 1974
1974 windstorm Ireland Yes Yes Gallagher 1974
1974 windstorm Australia Yes Yes Cremer et al. 1977
1975 tornado MI, USA No No Brewer & Merritt 1978
1975 gale New Zealand Yes Yes Wilson 1976
1975 Allison New Zealand Yes No Shaw 1983
1975 Eliose FL, USA Yes Yes Wilkinson et al. 1978
1977 wind storm WI, USA Yes Yes Dunn et al. 1983
1977 wind storm South Africa Yes Yes Versfeld 1980
1978 cyclone Sri Lanka Yes Yes Dittus 1985
1979 David Dominica Yes Yes Lugo et al. 1983
1979 David Puerto Rico Yes Yes Liegel 1982, 1984
Frederic
1980 Allen Jamaica Yes Yes Thompson 1983
1981 windstorm OR, USA No Yes Greene et al. 1992
1982 windstorm MN, USA No Yes Webb 1986, 1988, 1989
1982 Bernie New Zealand Yes Yes Shaw 1983
1983 tornado TX, USA Yes Yes Glitzenstein & Harcombe 1988
1983 tornado NY, USA No Yes Pickering 1986
1985 tornado PA, USA Yes Yes Peterson & Pickett 1991
1985 Kate GA, USA Yes Yes Engstrom & Evans 1990
1986 Winifred Australia Yes Yes Applegate & Bragg 1992
Yes Yes Turton 1992
Yes No Hopkins & Graham 1987
1987 windstorm Great Britian Yes Yes Allen 1992
1988 Bola New Zealand No Yes Ogden et al. 1991
1988 Gilbert Jamaica Yes Yes Bellingham et al. 1992
Yes Yes Bellingham 1991
Yes Yes Wunderle et al. 1992
Yes Yes Barker & Miller 1990
1988 Gilbert Mexico No Yes Wigham et al. 1991
1988 Joan Nicaragua Yes Yes Boucher et al. 1990
Yes Yes Boucher 1990, Yih et al. 1991
1989 Hugo SC, USA Yes Yes Putz & Sharitz 1991
Yes Yes Sheffield & Thompson 1992
Yes Yes Gresham et al. 1991
Yes Yes Hook et al. 1991
1989 Hugo Virgin Islands Yes Yes Reilly 1991
Puerto Rico Yes Yes Walker et al.1992, Walker 1991
Yes Yes Basnet 1990, Basnet et al.1992
Yes Yes Frangi & Lugo 1991
Yes Yes Brokaw & Grear 1991
No Yes You & Petty 1991
No Yes Fernandez & Fetcher 1991
No Yes Lodge et al. 1991
No Yes Scatena et al. 1993
No Yes Scatena & Lugo In press
No Yes Dallmeier et al. 1991
No Yes Zimmerman et al. 1994
1990 windstorm Great Britian Yes Yes Allen 1992
1992 Andrew FL, USA Yes No Ogden 1992
Yes Yes Pimm et al. 1994
No Yes Smith et al. 1994
No Yes Loope et al. 1994
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