{"id":191289,"date":"2023-11-30T10:48:54","date_gmt":"2023-11-30T14:48:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/?p=191289"},"modified":"2023-11-30T10:48:54","modified_gmt":"2023-11-30T14:48:54","slug":"today-is-the-last-day-of-the-atlantic-hurricane-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/today-is-the-last-day-of-the-atlantic-hurricane-season\/","title":{"rendered":"Today is the last day of the Atlantic Hurricane Season"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The official end of the 2023 Atlantic hurricane season is here. Nov. 30 marks the final day of the season, which officially began on June 1.<\/p>

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It was a busy season as far as the number of storms goes.<\/p>\n

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There were 19 named storms in 2023. Seven of those became hurricanes, and three of those strengthened to major hurricanes (Category 3 or stronger storms). There was also one unnamed storm, a tropical depression and a potential tropical cyclone, according to the National Hurricane Center.<\/p>

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Here is a preliminary look at 2023\u2032s Atlantic storms:<\/p>

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Most of 2023’s tropical storms stayed out in the Atlantic. This is a preliminary map of the tracks.National Hurricane Center<\/span><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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The storms started early, in mid-January, with a subtropical storm that stayed at sea off the U.S. East Coast and went unnamed until a\u00a0reanalysis in May.<\/a><\/p>\n

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The first named storm of 2023, Tropical Storm Arlene, got its name on the second day of the season, June 2. Arlene formed in the Gulf of Mexico but was short-lived and didn\u2019t affect land as a named storm.<\/p>

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The first hurricane of 2023 was Don, a Category 1 storm with top winds of 75 mph. Don reached hurricane status, briefly, on June 22 but never affected land.<\/p>\n

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The last named storm, Tammy, formed on Oct. 18 in the central Atlantic and went on to become a hurricane, dropping rain and wind on some of the Lesser Antilles. Tammy made landfall on the island of Barbuda as a Category 1 storm with 85 mph winds.<\/p>

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THE YEAR\u2019S STRONGEST STORM<\/b><\/p>

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But the strongest hurricane of 2023 was Lee, which explosively strengthened and peaked as a Category 5 powerhouse with 165 winds.<\/p>\n

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