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This blog entry continues my ongoing research into Atlantic Basin Tropical Cyclone activity. In this entry, I have focused on all Tropical Cyclones that achieved Tropical Storm intensity during the early season months of June and July. In addition, I have also listed the unusual Tropical Storms that developed prior to the official start of a respective hurricane season (January 1-May 31).
THE CLIMATOLOGICAL RECORD BY THE NUMBERS:
This constitutes an extensive historical review regarding hurricane season climatological storm data for the past 59 seasons (1950-2008).
ALL TROPICAL STORMS:
JANUARY:
1978
FEBRUARY:
1952
APRIL:
1992 (ST), 2003
MAY:
1951, 1953, 1959, 1970, 1972, 1976, 1981, 2007, 2008
JUNE:
3 = 1968
2 = 1957, 1959, 1982, 1986, 1997, 2003, 2005
1 = 1954, 1956, 1958, 1960, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1972, 1974, 1975, 1979, 1981, 1989, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1999, 2001, 2006, 2007
0 = 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1955, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1967, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1973, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1980, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1987, 1988, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2008
JULY:
5 = 2005
4 = 1966, 1995
3 = 1989, 1990, 1997, 2008
2 = 1959, 1960, 1970, 1973, 1979, 1985, 1996, 2003
1 = 1954, 1955, 1956, 1961, 1963, 1964, 1969, 1971, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1978, 1991, 1998, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2007
0 = 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1957, 1958, 1962, 1965, 1967, 1968, 1972, 1977, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1999, 2000, 2001
ALL U.S. TROPICAL STORM LANDFALLS:
Note: These totals combine both Tropical Storm and Hurricane landfalls (i.e. all named storms).
FEBRUARY:
1952
MAY:
1959, 1972, 1976
JUNE:
3 = 1968
2 = 1957
1 = 1953, 1956, 1958, 1960, 1965, 1966, 1972, 1974, 1981, 1982, 1986, 1989, 1993, 1995, 1996, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2006
0 = 1950, 1951, 1952, 1954, 1955, 1959, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1967, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1973, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1987, 1988, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1994, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2007, 2008
JULY:
2 = 1959, 1970, 1979, 2005
1 = 1954, 1960, 1978, 1985, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 2003, 2006, 2008
0 = 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2007
ALL U.S. HURRICANE LANDFALLS:
JUNE:
1 = 1957, 1966, 1972, 1986
JULY:
2 = 1959, 2005
1 = 1979, 1985, 1996, 1997, 2003, 2008
ALL U.S. MAJOR HURRICANE LANDFALLS:
JUNE:
1 = 1957
JULY:
1 = 2005
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