ATLANTIC & PACIFIC HURRICANE ACTIVITY & PREDICTIONS 2014

All major forecasting centres predicted an above-average hurricane season for the North Atlantic for 2013.  On May 23 NOAA issued its Outlook for the 2013 North Atlantic Hurricane Season, stating there was a 70% likelihood of 13 to 20 named storms, of which 7 to 11 could become hurricanes, including 3 to 6 major hurricanes.

Then on August 8, 2013 NOAA issued an updated or revised outlook announcing that the season is calling for a minimum of 13 named storms, 6 hurricanes and 3 major hurricanes.

 

In the end Atlantic hurricane activity for the period yielded a below-average season with 13 named storms of which only 2 became hurricanes and neither one was a major hurricane.  Prior to 2013, in the past 42 years only three times has there been a season with no major hurricanes forming.

 

For the eastern North Pacific NOAA issued a forecast calling for 11 to 16 named storms, of which 5 to 8 could become hurricanes, including 1 to 4 major hurricanes.

The eastern Pacific season ended up with 20 named storms of which 9 became hurricanes and only 1 was a major hurricane.

 

Hurricanes Ingrid, in the Atlantic side, and Manuel, in the Pacific side, combined in mid-September to hit with a one-two punch from either side of Mexico and becasue of the casualties and property damage their names were retired from the hurricane list. 

 

Hurricane Raymond formed in October and became the only major hurricane to form on either side of North America in the North Atlantic and eastern North Pacific basins.

 

By clicking on the buttons to the right you can view the tracking maps for all the hurricane activity in the Atlantic and Pacific basins as well as look up more info on some of the hurricanes.