We made it, Florida! Thursday marks the last day of a very active 2017 Atlantic Hurricane Season.
The above average season wrapped up with 17 named storms, which included six major hurricanes that ravaged Florida, Texas and the Caribbean.
A total of 10 hurricanes, including Irma, Harvey and Maria, impacted thousands of lives by destroying homes and killing multiple people.
Harvey produced the most rainfall ever by a single tropical system in the United States -- dropping more than 60 inches of rain on Nederland, Texas.
Harvey was the third hurricane of the season and the first of three Category 4 hurricanes to make landfall in the U.S. -- the first time that many large storms would hit the United States in a single year.
Less than a week later, Hurricane Irma formed less than a week later and would eventually kill more than 100 and cause billions of dollars of damages across the Caribbean before making a brief landfall in Florida.
5th Most Active Season On Record
On average, there are normally only 12 named storms and six hurricanes in the Atlantic hurricane season.
The National Hurricane Center said climate data shows October 2017 was about 40 percent more active than an average October from 1981-2010.
The NHC said the 2017 season is the fifth most active on record to date, only behind 1893, 1926, 1933 and 2005. This assessment is based on what's called Accumulated Cyclone Energy, which the NHC says measures the combined strength and duration of tropical storms and hurricanes.
Below is a wrap up of the list of named storms: Name Dates Max Wind (mph) --------------------------------------------------- TS Arlene 19-21 Apr 50* TS Bret 19-20 Jun 45 TS Cindy 20-23 Jun 60 TD Four 5- 7 Jul 30* TS Don 17-18 Jul 50 TS Emily 31 Jul- 1 Aug 45 H Franklin 6-10 Aug 85 H Gert 13-17 Aug 105 MH Harvey 17 Aug- 1 Sep 130 MH Irma 30 Aug-12 Sep 185 MH Jose 5-22 Sep 155 H Katia 5- 9 Sep 105 MH Lee 15-30 Sep 115 MH Maria 16-30 Sep 175 H Nate 4- 9 Oct 90 MH Ophelia 9-15 Oct 115 TS Philippe 28-29 Oct 60 ---------------------------------------------------
* Denotes a storm for which the post-storm analysis is complete.
The 2017 Hurricane Season ends today! https://t.co/ixAHP2gJtY
— NWS Miami (@NWSMiami) November 30, 2017
