The 2024 Atlantic Hurricane Season – By the Numbers

Heavy Surf from Hurricane Ernesto at Barnegat Light on Long Beach Island, NJ in August 2024.

The 2024 Atlantic Hurricane Season ended quietly on Saturday, November 30th. Similar to the 2022 season, this year had a very busy back end of the season that included 13 of the season’s 18 storms from September 9th to November 17th, there was no tropical activity over the final two weeks of the season. Let’s take a look at the 2024 Atlantic Hurricane season by the numbers.

Total Depressions/PTCs19
Total Storms18
Named Storm Days77.25
Month with Most Named StormsSeptember – 6
Total Hurricanes11
Hurricane Days37.50
Month with Most HurricanesOctober – 4
Total Major Hurricanes5
Major Hurricane Days11.50
Month with Most Major HurricanesOctober – 2
Category Five Hurricanes2
Category Five Days1.5
U.S. Landfalling Hurricanes5
Strongest StormHurricane Milton
Max Sustained Winds (mph)180
Lowest Pressure (mb)897
ACE161.8
Damage Costs$222 billion
Deaths400
Table 1: The 2024 Atlantic Hurricane Season by the Numbers.
2024 Atlantic Hurricane Season Storm Tracks
Figure 1: 2024 Atlantic Hurricane Season Storm Tracks – Courtesy of TroPYcal, HURDAT, and NOAA.


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