November's Hurricane History
Bottom Line: The finish line to hurricane season is in sight. After starting slow, we had an active couple of months with 17 named storms having already formed this season. That’s included six hurricanes and eleven tropical storms making it an above average season prior to even reaching the final month. Of course, it’s not about how many storms we have but how they impact us and aside from Dorian’s destruction in the Bahamas – we've been fortunate. But we’re not completely out of the woods. Let’s start with a quick trivia question...
Of the six months of hurricane season,which is the most inactive? If you answered November, you're incorrect. Its June. Surprised? November is the 2nd least active of hurricane season and here's the actual breakdown of months based on activity:
- September
- August
- October
- July
- November
- June
What does November generally bring? Since 1851 (the first year of official tracking of the Atlantic hurricane season), November has brought the following... 92 tropical storms and 60 hurricanes. In other words, we average a tropical storm about every other year and a hurricane about every three years. So, the wind is at our back (pun intended) as we head down the home stretch.