June free of Atlantic tropical storms, hurricanes

June 30, 10:27 PMCoastal Carolina Weather ExaminerGannon Medwick

Previous Next

Comment Print Email RSS Subscribe

Subscribe

Get alerts when there is a new article from the Coastal Carolina Weather Examiner. Read Examiner.com's terms of use.

Email Address   Include other special offers from Examiner.com Terms of Use

June, a typically "quiet" month for tropical storms, was extra quiet this year.

Of the six months that comprise Atlantic Basin Hurricane Season, June is statistically the "quietest" month - the one least likely to have tropical storm activity in the Atlantic Ocean, Caribbean Sea and / or Gulf of Mexico.  June 2009 gave credence to this statistical truth as the month featured no tropical depressions, tropical storms, or hurricanes.  Factors that likely led to the truly quiet June include:

• still low sea surface temperatures.
• elevated levels of atmospheric wind shear in the key June tropical storm formation zones (western Caribbean Sea and Gulf of Mexico).
• a general lack of tropical disturbances in the key June tropical storm formation zones (western Caribbean Sea and Gulf of Mexico).

Atlantic Basin Hurricane Season officially runs from June 1 to November 30.  North Carolina's peak hurricane season is essentially the middle 50% of the broader season (July 15 to October 15).  Nearly every tropical storm or hurricane to make landfall in the Tarheel State did so between mid July and mid October.

Thanks for visiting the Coastal Carolina Weather Examiner!  Feel free to bookmark my site and / or follow me on Twitter (medwick).

Visit the WNCT-TV online Hurricane Center.