The 2019 Atlantic Hurricane Season – By the Numbers

Watch time-lapse video of the clouds from the outer edge of Tropical Storm Ophelia moving over Greg’s Weather Center in South Plainfield, NJ on September 22, 2023.

The 2019 Atlantic Hurricane Season ended quietly on Saturday, November 30th. This season began quietly with the fourth named storm not occurring until August 24th. However, the tropical conveyor belt in the Atlantic began churning just in time for the peak of the season.

2019 Atlantic Hurricane Season Storm Tracks
Figure 1: 2019 Atlantic Hurricane Season Storm Tracks – Courtesy of TroPYcal, HURDAT, and NOAA.

Activity in the Atlantic significantly picked up after that with 14 of the 18 named storms including two Category Five Hurricanes developing from August 24th to October 30th. There was no activity final week of the season following the dissipation of Tropical Storm Sebastien. Let’s take a look at the 2019 Atlantic Hurricane season by the numbers.

Total Depressions/PTCs20
Total Storms18
Named Storm Days70
Month with Most Named StormsSeptember – 7
Total Hurricanes6
Hurricane Days23.5
Month with Most HurricanesSeptember – 3
Total Major Hurricanes3
Major Hurricane Days9.5
Month with Most Major HurricanesSeptember – 2
Category Five Hurricanes2
Category Five Days1.9
U.S. Landfalling Hurricanes6
Strongest StormHurricane Dorian
Max Sustained Winds (mph)185
Lowest Pressure (mb)910
ACE132.2
Damage Costs$11.6 billion
Deaths121
Table 1: The 2019 Atlantic Hurricane Season by the Numbers.

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