Date added: Sunday September
10, 2006: 12pm EST
There's Never Been A Hurricane Season
Without a Hurricane
By HurricaneNow.com Chief
Correspondent Jeff Flock
Remarkable
Given the fact we are deep into
hurricane season with only one (barely) hurricane on the
board, we mentioned the possibility this could be one of
the lightest storm seasons on record. As promised, some
perspective:
- Fewest Hurricanes-1982 which
saw just two hurricanes form.
- Fewest Named Storms-A year later,
1983.
- Major Hurricanes-0 as you might
guess and it's happened many times, the last in 1994.
- US Landfalling Hurricanes-Indeed
there have been years with no hurricanes hitting the US,
the latest was 2001.
- US Landfalling Storms-The record
for fewest is just one and it's happened many times, the
last in 1991.
Summing It Up
To sum up, it's a light year so
far, but still not in danger of being the lightest. And
there is plenty more season to go. The interesting thing
to me is that this relative lack of action comes a year
after the most active hurricane season on record and in
the face of so many predictions about an above average season.
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