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Data from the 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron revealed Iota to have become a hurricane by 06:00 UTC that day, [8] the 14th such storm of the season. This was the second-highest number of hurricanes in a single season since reliable records began, just shy of the 15 in 2005.
The 2020 Atlantic hurricane season was the most active Atlantic hurricane season on record, in terms of the number of systems. It featured a total of 31 tropical and subtropical cyclones , with all but one cyclone becoming a named storm .
The 2020 Atlantic hurricane season officially begins. [ 3 ] 18:00 UTC (1:00 p.m. CDT ) at 19°24′N 90°54′W / 19.4°N 90.9°W / 19.4; -90.9 ( Tropical Depression Three forms ) – Tropical Depression Three forms from the remnants of Tropical Storm Amanda about 40 mi (64 km) southwest of Campeche ,
The 2020 Atlantic hurricane season was like no other. ... a similar post-season report released by the NHC revealed that Hurricane Iota did not reach Category 5 force as it closed in on Nicaragua ...
On Monday night, Hurricane Iota made landfall near the town of Haulover, becoming the second major hurricane in as many weeks to strike the area after Hurricane Eta came ashore in Puerto Cabezas ...
Iota reached Category 5 strength -- the first storm of the season to reach the highest status on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale -- when its winds peaked at 160 mph on Monday morning.
The catastrophic season ended on November 18, after Hurricane Iota dissipated. Iota was also the most intense hurricane of the season with a minimum central pressure of 917 mbar. Iota was also the strongest storm in terms of wind speed, peaking with a strength of 155 mph or as a Category 4 hurricane on the Saffir–Simpson scale.
Strong winds raced through Puerto Cabezas, Nicaragua, on Nov. 16, as Hurricane Iota lashed the area. It made landfall nearby at night as a Category 4 hurricane, with sustained winds of 155 mph.