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  2. Dec 1, 2020 · The strongest Atlantic storm of 2020, Hurricane Iota, as seen at 10 a.m. EST November 16. At the time, Iota, a category 5 storm with 160 mph winds and a central pressure of 917 mb, was approaching landfall in northern Nicaragua.

  3. Hurricane Teddy was the strongest storm in September and the second major hurricane of the 2020 Atlantic hurricane season. It was a typical Cape Verde hurricane but it recurved northward and largely stayed out to sea until its landfall in Nova Scotia as an post-tropical storm with gale-force winds.

  4. November 18, 2020: Strongest storm; Name: Iota • Maximum winds: 155 mph (250 km/h) (1-minute sustained) • Lowest pressure: 917 mbar (hPa; 27.08 inHg) Seasonal statistics; Total depressions: 31 (record high, tied with 2005) Total storms: 30 (record high) Hurricanes: 14: Major hurricanes : 7 (record high, tied with 2005) Total fatalities: ≥ ...

    • 155 mph (250 km/h), (1-minute sustained)
    • November 18, 2020
    • May 16, 2020
    • Iota
    • 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...

  5. Jun 11, 2021 · 2020 Atlantic Hurricane Season. The National Hurricane Center and Central Pacific Hurricane Center's Tropical Cyclone Reports (TCRs) contain information on all tropical (and subtropical) cyclones that have occurred within the Atlantic, eastern Pacific, and central Pacific basins, including synoptic history, meteorological statistics, casualties ...

  6. 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.

  7. Iota also attained Category 5 intensity on November 16, 2020, making it the strongest storm to occur so late in the season. 2020 marked a record fifth consecutive year with at least one Category 5 hurricane. Why was the 2020 North Atlantic Hurricane Season so active?

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