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The 2023 Atlantic hurricane season saw an above average number of named storms and an average number of hurricanes and major hurricanes (category 3 or higher on the 5-level Saffir–Simpson wind speed scale).
The 2023 Atlantic hurricane season commenced unexpectedly on January 16, when an unnamed subtropical storm formed off the northeastern U.S. coast then moved over Atlantic Canada. [41] Operationally, the NHC considered the storm to be non-tropical, with minimal likelihood of transitioning into a subtropical or tropical cyclone. [42]
The 2024 Atlantic hurricane season was a very active and extremely destructive Atlantic hurricane season that became the third-costliest on record, behind only 2017 and 2005. The season featured 18 named storms , 11 hurricanes, and 5 major hurricanes ; it was also the first since 2019 to feature multiple Category 5 hurricanes .
Read CNN’s 2023 Atlantic Hurricane Season Fast Facts to learn about tropical storm systems that develop during the summer and fall.
The 2023 Atlantic hurricane season has been well above the historical average in terms of the number of storms, although compared to recent hyperactive seasons, it has largely flown under the ...
It then began to rapidly intensify and became the first major hurricane of the 2023 Pacific hurricane season at 15:00 UTC on July 14. In the Western Pacific, after several weeks of inactivity, on July 12, a tropical depression formed off the coast of Aurora, Philippines. It made landfall in Dinapigue, Isabela on the next day.
Hurricane season for the Atlantic basin officially begins Thursday and will last until Nov. 30. Hurricane season 2023: Updated emergency contacts, resources Beaufort SC residents should know Skip ...
The 1950 Atlantic hurricane season and 1961 Atlantic hurricane season were once thought to have 8 and 7 respectively, but re-analysis showed that several storms during both seasons were weaker than thought, and thus the records are now held by the 2005 and 2020 seasons. Some storms in 2005 were Hurricane Katrina and Hurricane Wilma.