#620 Postby Yellow Evan » Thu Jul 05, 2018 4:28 am
So I updated my own EPAC record/stat page tonight and it got my mind thinking into something quasi-related. Ranking the best seasons I've tracked in this basin since I've been following hurricanes fairly closely since ~2004.
1.2015- self-explanatory
2.2014- impressive start with 2 130+ systems before mid-June, stretch from Iselle to Odile was really incredible, with Marie being a classic EPAC Cat 5, Odile and Iselle making unusual landfalls for intensity and location respectively
3.2016- love how after a slow May and June, it rebounded; fantastic July with 3 majors that month plus there were 2 Cat 4's at once on 8/21; there also was Seymour in late October
4.2009- legendary August (8 storms with 3 majors that month) plus Rick was my favorite EPAC storm till Patricia
5.2006- had its ups and downs but fair collection of strong hurricanes, with 3 in August, including Ioke
6.2017- significant drop after those 5, but July and mid-September outbreak push this ahead even if there was only one great season and several underachieved
7.2012- nice early July and September activity, with a few noteworthy majors (Daniel and Paul), despite a massive lull in August
8.2008- impressive July activity (although without any majors), with a resurgence in October led by Norbert
9.2011- ultimate feast or famine season with some great majors and Kenneth was incredible but September was pitiful to watch
10.2004- I mean I guess there was Javier but even that underwhelmed to some extent; these next group of seasons were quite terrible, with multiple systems not panning out; is higher than the rest largely due to the fact there were 3 majors
11.2005- only thing memorable was really a mid-September outbreak
12.2010- Celia and to a lesser extent Omeka keeps this out of last place; might be the most bizarre season in memory
13.2013- Raymond and Manuel keep this out of the basement in what was otherwise featured an underwhelming spam of weak systems
14.2007- just not impressive in any way outside of maybe Flossie and even that turned into a disappointment in the end (well, not for Hawaii) and basically everything else underachieved with one storm becoming a longtime meme
2018 so far might be better than 2013 and 2007 alone. Will likely end up #3 or #4 on this list, maybe #2 if this really goes bonkers later this month (in which there are no blatant signs of on the EPS). 2015 is likely safe on my (and likely most others) list.
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