WASHINGTON, D.C. (RFD News) — The Atlantic hurricane season has remained unusually quiet, with no storms recorded since June 1.
USDA’s Brad Rippey says the last time that happened was in 2002, which was also an El Niño year.
“In case you’re wondering how 2002 turned out, we actually ended up with some significant activity in the middle to latter part of the season. When you put it all together, we still ended up with only 12 total main storms, which is below average, and four hurricanes. At the point in 2012 when we were moving into mid-September, we did finally see our first hurricane on September 11th of that year. Then 11 years later in 2013, we did see another year when our first hurricane developed on September 11th.”
NOAA researchers say the most active period for Atlantic hurricanes typically runs from mid-August through mid-October.
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