Wrap Up Of 2008 Hurricane Season

November 30th marked the official end to hurricane season. Although tropical systems can still develop in December, the chances are extremely slim. On the graph below, you can see how quickly the number of storms drop off through the month of November.



2008 will go down as an active hurricane season. There were fifteen named storms - seven of them becoming hurricanes. Here is a break-down of each storm.

8 Tropical Storms:
Arthur, Cristobal, Edouard, Fay, Josephine, Laura, Marco, Nana

4 Hurricanes:
Dolly, Hanna, Kyle, Omar

3 Major Hurricanes:
Bertha, Gustav, Ike

We experienced the remnants of both Fay and Hanna here in central Virginia (Cristobal was a near miss). Luckily neither storm created widespread damage. Instead, they brought some much needed rain to our drought-stricken area.

Here is a plot of all the storm tracks this season.