THE YEAR AND IT SET SEVERAL RECORDS. THREE TROPICAL CYCLONES
FORMED... WITH TWO OF THESE SYSTEMS BECOMING TROPICAL STORMS AND
ONE OF THE STORMS INTENSIFYING INTO A HURRICANE. TWO TROPICAL
STORMS FORMING IN NOVEMBER HAS ONLY BEEN NOTED ONCE BEFORE (1966)
IN THE OFFICIAL RECORD WHICH STARTS IN 1949. USING THE ACCUMULATED
CYCLONE ENERGY (ACE) INDEX... WHICH MEASURES THE STRENGTH AND
DURATION OF NAMED STORMS AND HURRICANES... NOVEMBER 2006 WAS THE
MOST ACTIVE SINCE RECORDS BEGAN. HURRICANE SERGIO WAS THE
STRONGEST HURRICANE OBSERVED IN NOVEMBER AND ALSO LASTED AS A
TROPICAL STORM FOR A RECORD 5.5 DAYS DURING NOVEMBER.
OVERALL...THE 2006 EASTERN NORTH PACIFIC HURRICANE SEASON HAD 18
TROPICAL STORMS...10 OF WHICH WERE HURRICANES...WITH 5 OF THE
HURRICANES BECOMING MAJOR HURRICANES (CATEGORY 3 OR HIGHER ON THE
SAFFIR-SIMPSON SCALE). THIS ACTIVITY IS A LITTLE ABOVE THE
1971-2005 YEAR MEAN OF 15 TROPICAL STORMS...9 HURRICANES AND 4
MAJOR HURRICANES. IN TERMS OF ACE...2006 HAD 107% OF THE PREVIOUS
35 YEAR MEAN. THREE TROPICAL DEPRESSIONS ALSO FORMED DURING THE
SEASON. ONE MAJOR HURRICANE (LANE)...ONE HURRICANE (JOHN) AND ONE
TROPICAL DEPRESSION (PAUL) MADE LANDFALL IN MEXICO DURING 2006.
http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/archive/2006/tw ... _nov.shtml?
Here is the very long summary of the 2006 EPAC season that had some records made.The link is at HTML form.
