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nClimGrid-Daily rainfall from Hurricane Sally September 14-17, 2020. The Atlantic continued its record-setting pace in September, which is the climatological peak of hurricane season. The 10 named storms that formed in September broke the previous record of eight, which happened in 2002, 2007, and 2010.
September featured the formations of nine named storms: tropical storms Rene, Vicky, Wilfred, and Beta; Subtropical Storm Alpha; and hurricanes Nana (which rapidly formed and was named a few hours ahead of Omar), Paulette, Sally, and Teddy.
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- 22 Named Storms Were The Earliest to Form on Record
- Nine Mainland U.S. Landfalls
- Most September Named Storm Formations on Record
- 3 Storms Form in Single Day, Tying A Record
- Atlantic Had 5+ Tropical Cyclones at One Time
Twenty-two of the 25 storms through Oct. 5 had their earliest formation date on record. Arthur, Bertha and Dolly are the only letters represented in the list of names that did not have a record-early formation date. For perspective, the average formation date of the Atlantic's 9th named storm is Oct. 4 for the years spanning 1966 to 2009, according...
Nine named storms have made a mainland U.S. landfall this season, and four of those were hurricanes. The nine mainland U.S. landfalls tie 1916for the most on record in a season, according to Dr. Phil Klotzbach, a tropical scientist at Colorado State University. (MORE: Beta Becomes Record-Tying Ninth U.S. Landfall) Hurricane Delta is likely to break...
September's previous record for the most named storm formations was eight in 2002, 2007 and 2010, according to Klotzbach.
Sept. 18, 2020, will be known in history for a frenetic burst of three Atlantic named storm formations in just six hours. Tropical Storm Wilfred formed in the eastern Atlantic Ocean that morning. That was followed by Subtropical Storm Alpha developing just prior to landfall in Portugal, and then Tropical Storm Beta spinning up in the Gulf of Mexico...
The Atlantic had five active tropical cyclones for a brief time on Sept. 14, including Paulette, Rene, Sally, Teddy and Tropical Depression Twenty-One. While that's not a record, it's only the second time the Atlantic basin has had five or more tropical cyclones at one time. Sept. 11-12, 1971, holds the record with six tropical cyclones active at o...
Dec 1, 2020 · The brutal 2020 Atlantic hurricane season has officially ended, after generating an extraordinary 30 named storms (highest on record), 13 hurricanes (second highest on record), and six major hurricanes (tied for second highest on record).
Nov 24, 2020 · A total of 10 named storms formed in September 2020 — the most for any month on record. (Image credit: NOAA) Download Image. The extremely active 2020 Atlantic hurricane season is drawing to a close with a record-breaking 30 named storms and 11 landfalling storms in the continental United States.
Sep 1, 2023 · 415 hurricanes have formed in September in recorded history; Of those 415 hurricanes, 125 have made landfall on the continental U.S. The peak of hurricane season occurs on Sept. 10
A unique feature of the 2020 season was the large number of storms that rapidly intensified—10 of the 13 hurricanes that formed this season underwent rapid intensification, and a few of those underwent explosive intensification. This ties the previous record number of rapidly intensifying storms set in 1995.
