Flipping the calendar to June means summer is here and school is out, but it’s also when hurricane season officially begins in the Atlantic. The acceleration of the season’s activity is often gradual until the August and September peak arrives, but history shows why your preparedness plan should already be in place for possible early-season storms.
Big Picture
-Long-Term Frequency Of Storms Is Historically Low: On average, there’s one June named storm in the Atlantic, Caribbean or Gulf every one to two years. That’s just an average, so some years have had multiple June storms while numerous others have had none.
-Recent Junes Have Proven To Be More Active: At least two named storms have formed in four of the last five Junes. The only exception was 2022, when one storm developed in the month.
-Storms Most Often Form Closer To United States: The southeastern U.S. coast, the Gulf and the northwestern Caribbean Sea are typical breeding grounds for tropical storms in June, as shaded in yellow below. Since that’s close to land, it increases the chance of impacts along the Gulf and Southeast coasts of the U.S. when a storm forms.
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