Leftblankthistime t1_iu9aoo7 wrote
As a comparison, when I was little, we might get up to D E or F names this late in the season. Hurricane Floyd was in 1999 and the hurricane that them movie “perfect storm” Hurricane Grace was 1991. Now not many were direct hits for NJ this year but according to NOAA’s National Hurricane Center, we’re up to Julia already… in 2005, 2020 we ran out of English letters and had to go to the Greek alphabet(which they changed so you won’t see Greek used anymore), so if that’s your basis for comparison, yes this year is less, but over the last 40 - 50 years, no. 10 hurricanes in a season is still a lot.
ALC_PG t1_iua87a2 wrote
Floyd hit on Sept 8th or so... your point stands
burton614 t1_iud5xqj wrote
Sandy hit Halloween weekend, I realize that was the S’s but we aren’t in the clear. Hurricane season isn’t over yet.
ALC_PG t1_iud8l3m wrote
Right, I think hurricane season runs until 12/1? Point was that Floyd wasn't an example of being in the D-F range "this late in the season."
Leftblankthistime t1_iueekte wrote
There were still only 8 Atlantic hurricanes that year and that was one of the most active hurricane seasons since the sixties
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