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The 2020 hurricane season has seen the most landfalling tropical cyclones in a single season with 5 total storms. In terms of wind speed , Hurricane Ida , Hurricane Laura , and the 1856 Last Island hurricane are the strongest storms to affect the state, each producing maximum sustained winds of 150 mph (240 km/h), equivalent to Category 4 on ...
The 2021 Atlantic hurricane season was the third-most active Atlantic hurricane season on record in terms of number of tropical cyclones, although many of them were weak and short-lived. With 21 named storms forming, it became the second season in a row and third overall in which the designated 21-name list of storm names was exhausted.
The ninth named storm, fourth hurricane, and second major hurricane of the 2021 Atlantic hurricane season, Ida originated from a tropical wave in the Caribbean Sea on August 23. On August 26, the wave developed into a tropical depression, which organized further and became Tropical Storm Ida later that day, near Grand Cayman.
On January 19, a tropical depression formed, becoming the first Northern Hemisphere tropical cyclone of the year and of the 2021 Pacific typhoon season. It brought minor damage to the Philippines . On February 16, another system formed, with the PAGASA giving it the name Auring and the JTWC designating the system as 01W .
2020–21 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season; 2021 Atlantic hurricane season; 2020–21 Australian region cyclone season; 2021 Pacific hurricane season; 2021 North Indian Ocean cyclone season; 2021 Pacific typhoon season
The 2021 Atlantic hurricane season was the third most active Atlantic hurricane season on record with 21 named storms, and the sixth consecutive year in which there was above-average tropical cyclone activity [nb 1] [2] The season officially began on June 1, 2021, and ended on November 30, 2021.
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's 2024 forecast for the Atlantic hurricane season predicts 17 to 25 named storms, eight to 13 hurricanes and four to seven major hurricanes.
Hurricane Ida (2009) – a Category 2 hurricane that made landfall in Nicaragua and Alabama. Tropical Storm Ida (2015) – did not affect land. Hurricane Ida (2021) – a Category 4 hurricane that became the strongest hurricane to make landfall in Louisiana in terms of windspeeds and the fifth-costliest hurricane to affect the United States.