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The 2023 Atlantic hurricane season was the fourth-most active Atlantic hurricane season on record with 20 named storms forming, [nb 1] tied with 1933. Among them, 7 became hurricanes, with 3 reaching major hurricane strength.
18:00 UTC (2:00 p.m. AST) at – Tropical Storm Don strengthens into a Category 1 hurricane and simultaneously reaches peak intensity with maximum sustained winds of 75 mph (120 km/h) and a minimum central pressure of 986 mbar (29.12 inHg), about 1,230 mi (1,980 km) west-northwest of the Azores
The 2024 Atlantic hurricane season was a very active and extremely destructive Atlantic hurricane season that became the third-costliest on record, behind only 2017 and 2005. The season featured 18 named storms , 11 hurricanes, and 5 major hurricanes ; it was also the first since 2019 to feature multiple Category 5 hurricanes .
The 2023 Atlantic hurricane season ends on Thursday as one of the busiest on record, with a twist: Most of its storms veered into the middle of the Atlantic Ocean.
The 2023 Atlantic hurricane season began with competing forces: record-hot sea surface temperatures and a recently settled El Niño, a weather phenomenon that typically hampers storm activity.
Six hours after being declared a depression, it was upgraded to be the twelfth tropical storm of the season. In just 18 hours on Sept. 7, Lee rapidly intensified from a Category 1 hurricane with ...
– Hurricane Beryl intensifies to Category 3 strength about 420 mi (675 km) east-southeast of Barbados, making it the first major hurricane of the season. [ 8 ] 18:00 UTC (2:00 p.m. AST) at 10°54′N 55°42′W / 10.9°N 55.7°W / 10.9; -55.7 ( Beryl reaches Category 4 strength and its initial peak intensity
Due to the number of powerful hurricanes, including long-lived storms like Ernesto and Kirk, the ACE for the 2024 season is 161.6, higher than any of the past three hurricane seasons.