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August hasn't been this devoid of tropical storms since 1997. Is hurricane season over?
- “It’s been eerily quiet out there,” Colorado State University hurricane researcher Phil Klotzbach told USA TODAY.
- There are three separate systems developing in the Atlantic as the calendar turns to September, the National Hurricane Center said.
- The peak of the hurricane season is typically around September 15.
For the first time since 1997, not a single hurricane or tropical storm formed in the Atlantic basin in August. This includes storms that spin up in the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico.
“It’s been eerily quiet out there,” Colorado State University hurricane researcher Phil Klotzbach told USA TODAY. In fact, Klotzbach said it is the first time since 1941 that there were no named Atlantic storms from July 3 to Aug. 30.