It's November 30th and that means one thing -- hurricane season has come to an end.
This season was never expected to be a highly active year, so it's no surprise that we had below-average numbers this year.
We had exactly:
- 11 named storms
- 4 hurricanes
- 2 major
This is just shy of the 30 year average of:
- 12 named storms
- 6 hurricanes
- 3 major
The two most notable storms were:
- Tropical Storm Erika which caused Governor Scott to declare a State of Emergency
- Hurricane Joaquin which rapidly intensified into a strong CAT 4 and devastated the Bahamas.
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Hurricane season is donezo! El Nino led to a below-normal year, & we now sit at 10 years without a landfall in FL. <a href="https://t.co/YfUPXUgJHy">pic.twitter.com/YfUPXUgJHy</a></p>— Tyler Mauldin (@TyTheWeatherGuy) <a href="https://twitter.com/TyTheWeatherGuy/status/671437423411339270">November 30, 2015</a></blockquote>
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El Nino, along with cooler-than-normal waters in the Atlantic, are the two culprits for the low numbers.
Many close calls this year for the state, but no landfalls...extending our streak without a landfall to 10 years.
The last hurricane to make landfall was the infamous Hurricane Wilma.