As the 2024 Atlantic hurricane season ends Saturday, it will indeed go down in the books as a 'hyperactive' season that, despite not quite reaching the lofty forecasts for record-breaking activity given in the spring, still reached well-above-average levels, according to researchers at Colorado State University (CSU).
As the 2024 Atlantic hurricane season ends Saturday, it will indeed go down in the books as a "hyperactive" season that, despite not quite reaching the lofty forecasts for record-breaking activity given in the spring, still reached well-above-average levels, according to researchers at Colorado State University .
Wind shear was weak, dropping to the lowest levels on record between August and October, CSU said.The front and back edges of the season were very active, with Hurricane Beryl setting records for the earliest Category 5 storm on record, and 10 named storms between Sept. 9 and Oct. 31 – with three more in November. Leslie, Milton and Kirk became the first time a trio of hurricanes were active in the Atlantic Basin after September, according to NOAA. Seven hurricanes forming since Sept.
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