Hurricane Season
Atlantic Hurricane Season starts on June 1st and ends on November 30th. Eastern Pacific Hurricane Season begins May 15th and also ends November 30th
La Niña signals the potential for an active 2024 hurricane season ahead.
Experts fear that the 2024 season could look similar to the robust 2020 hurricane season, which featured a record 30 named storms.
The 2024 Hurricane season could be in a similar state to seasons such as 2016, 2010, 2003, 1998 and 1995, when significant El Niño events were on the decline ahead of the next La Niña stage. These seasons experienced an average of 17 tropical cyclones, 9 hurricanes and 4 majors, which is busier when compared to average.
August through October is the peak of the hurricane season in Florida when most activity is seen and when 96 percent of the major hurricane days occur, according to NOAA. However, mid-September is generally more active in regard to tropical storms.
- The term El Niño (Spanish for 'the Christ Child') refers to a warming of the ocean surface, or above-average sea surface temperatures, in the central and eastern tropical Pacific Ocean.
Hurricane Wind Scale. Stages of a Hurricane