Sept 25 and storms brought to you by the letter K

[senorpepr]

Sorry for the delay in this, but I've been out of town enjoying wonderful Kansas City. Nonetheless... here's the data for TD 16 and "K" named storms. Note the slightly different format: I'm longer talking about when TD 16 formed. Only what storms were active on the 25th of September and when the "K" storm formed.

Below is a breakdown of what storms were active on Sep 25 between 1974 and 2003. (Note: storm numbers in parenthesis had been finalled out by NHC prior to Sep 25) If applicable, there is a listing of what date the "K" storm developed on. At the end the list is the 30 year average ('74-'03).

Please Note: The start dates of the K-storm are when these systems were tropical depressions.

Active Storms on September 25, followed by the date the K-storm formed.
03: 15, 16; Sep 25
02: 9, 11, 12; Sep 20
01: 8; Oct 11
00: 8, 9, 10; Sep 28
99: (8); Oct 28
98: 9, 10, 11; Sep 23
97: (6); n/a
96: 9; Oct 11
95: 13; Aug 26
94: 5; n/a
93: (8); n/a
92: 3, 4, 5; n/a
91: (5); n/a
90: 10; Oct 3
89: 8, (9); Nov 28
88: 9; Nov 17
87: 6; n/a
86: (5); n/a
85: 7, 8; Nov 15
84: 9, 10; Nov 5
83: (3); n/a
82: (5); n/a
81: 9; Nov 3
80: 8; Nov 25
79: (8); n/a
78: (9); Oct 28
77: (3); n/a
76: (8); n/a
75: 6; n/a
74: (9); n/a
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Average TD on Sep 25: 8.03 ('03: above average by 7.97 TDs)
Average Date for K-storm*: Oct 19 ('03: ahead of schedule by 24 days)

* K-storm occured 53.33% of the time in the past 30 years.

Note: 16 tropical depressions in one year has only occured twice in the past 30 years: in 2003 and in 1995.