The 2013 Atlantic Hurricane Season - By the Numbers - Humberto2013_Two

The 2013 Atlantic Hurricane Season – By the Numbers

It was a quiet summer along the Mid-Atlantic coast, including the Jersey Shore, during the 2013 Atlantic Hurricane Season. Watch footage of the surf along Barnegat Inlet on July 31st.

The 2013 Atlantic Hurricane Season went into overtime thanks to a late-season subtropical storm and didn’t end until its dissipation on Saturday, December 7th.  Despite a normal amount of named storms (14), the total number of hurricanes (2) was well below average (7.2).

In addition, there were no major hurricanes in the Atlantic for the first time since 1994.  The 2013 season also had the lowest ACE (Accumulated Cyclone Energy) since 1994.  There were no Category Five Hurricanes during the course of the 2013 Atlantic Season.

The last month of the 2013 Atlantic Hurricane Season was quite busy.  Tropical Storm Melissa formed during the last two weeks of the season, and there was a subtropical storm in December.  Several storms made landfall in Mexico and produced torrential rains that resulted in devastating and deadly floods.  

Let’s take a look at the 2013 Atlantic Hurricane season by the numbers.  

Total Depressions/PTCs15
Total Storms14
Named Storm Days42.25
Month with Most Named StormsSeptember – 4
Total Hurricanes2
Hurricane Days3.25
Month with Most HurricanesSeptember – 2
Total Major Hurricanes0
Major Hurricane Days0
Month with Most Major HurricanesN/A
Category Five Hurricanes0
Category Five Days0
U.S. Landfalling Hurricanes0
Strongest StormHurricane Humberto
Max Sustained Winds (mph)90
Lowest Pressure (mb)979
ACE36.1
Damage Costs$1.87 billion
Deaths56

Sources:  Colorado State University, National Hurricane Center, and Wikipedia