An overview of the hurricane season so far
AccuWeather's Bernie Rayno shares hurricane data for 2023 and what to expect for the remainder of the hurricane season.
Transcript
00:00 Well, so far it's been a pretty busy hurricane season.
00:03 It's been fast and furious since mid to late August as we've seen storm after storm.
00:09 So within the Atlantic hurricane season again, which runs from June through November, we've
00:13 had 14 storms so far this year.
00:18 We're also, Nigel, which is our latest storm, will end up being the fourth major hurricane
00:23 of the Atlantic season here.
00:26 And just to tally it up, we've had six hurricanes, eight tropical storms, and we also had a subtropical
00:31 storm out of season.
00:33 It was well out in the Atlantic during the month of January.
00:36 So that's why the total for the entire year is 15 storms for the season here.
00:43 Most of the storms, notice where they've been, all in the Atlantic, except for Arlene and
00:49 Harold in the Gulf of Mexico.
00:51 And so far, we've only had one storm form in the Caribbean.
00:55 That's a little unusual.
00:56 And that was Hidalgo.
00:57 That was the storm that has had the biggest impact on the United States.
01:01 That made landfall as a category three hurricane, a major hurricane along the Big Bend of Florida.
01:06 Now, of course, we still have a lot of way to go here for the hurricane season.
01:10 So we are right around in here.
01:12 We're starting our decline in the historical number of storms that we see, but it's still
01:17 a long way to go through the hurricane season.
01:21 So I want to, again, end with our forecast.
01:24 Again, we have 15 storms right now.
01:27 We're thinking there's going to be around 17.
01:29 We've had six hurricanes.
01:31 We think there can be another one or two.
01:33 We're going to be closing in on four major hurricanes.
01:38 We think there could be up to five.
01:40 And so far, we've had two impacts on the United States.
01:44 We think there could be another one or two before the season is over.