Re: EXACTLY N/T
Posted by
Gianmarc on 9/5/2010, 2:16 pm
Fred, here's some additional info straight from a NOAA report, followed by the link to the full document. Seems the bottom line is that Florida is hit by more HURRICANES in October--NOT more tropical systems overall (including tropical storms). So more hurricanes do hit Florida in October historically, but more tropical systems overall hit Florida in September--hurricanes PLUS tropical storms (not sure if their info includes depressions as well). Here's the direct quote on the topic from NOAA's report about the statistic:
"Although overall tropical activity typically begins to quiet down in the Atlantic Basin during the month of October, south Florida is still prone to a tropical cyclone strike. In fact, since 1851 more hurricanes have struck the south Florida mainland in October than in any other month of the season. A total of 19 hurricanes have impacted the south Florida mainland in October, compared to 15 in September. A total of 30 tropical cyclones (tropical storms and hurricanes) have affected mainland south Florida, also the most of any month. Although the number of hurricanes peak in October, the number of major hurricanes (Category 3 or greater) which have impacted the area is less than in September. Since 1851, a total of 7 major hurricanes have affected the area, ranking behind September which has had 11 major hurricanes."
Full report:
http://www.srh.noaa.gov/images/mfl/news/October_SoFLTC.pdf |
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