Aug 14 and storms brought to you by the letter E

[senorpepr]

Subject: Aug 14 and storms brought to you by the letter E

Earl joins the pictures... Up next is Frances, Gaston, and Hermine.

Below is a breakdown of what storms were active on Aug 14 between 1954 and 2003.

(Note: storm numbers in parenthesis had been finalled out by NHC prior to Aug 14)

If applicable, there is a listing of what date the "E" storm developed on. At the

end the list is the 50 year average ('54-'03).

Please Note: Number represents the number of storms (excluding subtropical storms)

thus far in the season. The start dates of the E-storm are when these systems

were tropical depressions.

Active Storms on August 14, followed by the date the E-storm formed.

03 5; Aug 14
02 (3); Sep 01
01 3; Sep 01
00 1, 2; Sep 01
99 (1); Aug 24
98 (1); Aug 31
97 (4); Sep 03
96 (3); Aug 19
95 6, (7); Jul 31
94 2; Sep 21
93 3; Aug 22
92 (0); Sep 26
91 (1); Sep 08
90 6; Aug 02
89 (4); Aug 18
88 (2); Sep 03
87 1; Sep 20
86 3; Sep 10
85 3, 4; Aug 28
84 (0); Sep 14
83 (0); n/a
82 (1); Sep 30
81 4; Aug 31
80 2; Sep 04
79 (3); Aug 30
78 (3); Aug 30
77 (0); Oct 13
76 (2); Aug 20
75 (2); Sep 13
74 1; Sep 04
73 (1); Sep 14
72 (1); n/a
71 2; Sep 05
70 (3); Sep 08
69 3, 4; Aug 25
68 4; Sep 11
67 (0); Sep 26
66 (5); Jul 22
65 (0); Oct 12
64 (2); Sep 04
63 (1); Sep 23
62 (0); Oct 14
61 (1); Sep 10
60 (2); Sep 14
59 (4); Aug 17
58 2, 3; Aug 30
57 (2); Sep 16
56 2; Sep 11
55 3, 4; Aug 21
54 (2); Sep 02

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Average # of TS on Aug 14: 02.32 ('04: above average by 2.68 TSs)
Average Date for E-storm*: Sep 05 ('04: ahead of schedule by 24 days)

* E-storm occurred 96.0% of the time in the past 50 years.

Note: The following "30-yr averages" encompass the years 2003-1974

TS YTD vs 30yr Seasonal Average: 5 vs 9.97 (-4.97)
HR YTD vs 30yr Seasonal Average: 3 vs 5.83 (-2.83)
MHR YTD vs 30yr Seasonal Average: 2 vs 2.20 (-0.20)

[senorpepr]

2003 Hurricane (1) Erika (Hit N Mexico)
2002 Tropical Storm Edouard (Hit FL)
2001 Hurricane (3) Erin (Skirted Bermuda, Newfoundland, Hit Greenland)
2000 Tropical Storm Ernesto (Fish)
1999 Tropical Storm Emily (Fish)
1998 Hurricane (2) Earl (Hit SE US, Newfoundland)
1997 Hurricane (3) Erika (Fish)
1996 Hurricane (4) Edouard (Fish)
1995 Hurricane (1) Erin (Hit Bahamas, FL, AL, MS)
1994 Tropical Storm Ernesto (Fish)
1993 Hurricane (3) Emily (Skirted Mid-Atl States)
1992 Tropical Storm Earl (Sargasso Sea)
1991 Tropical Storm Erika (Hit Azores)
1990 Tropical Storm Edouard (Hit Azores)
1989 Hurricane (2) Erin (Fish)
1988 Tropical Storm Ernesto (Fish)
1987 Hurricane (3) Emily (Hit Lesser/Greater Antilles, Bermuda)
1986 Hurricane (2) Earl (Fish)
1985 Hurricane (3) Elena* (Hit Cuba, Skirted FL, AL, Hit MS, LA)
1984 Tropical Storm Edouard (Bay of Campeche)
1983 None
1982 Tropical Storm Ernesto (Fish)
1981 Hurricane (1) Emily (Hit Bermuda)
1980 Hurricane (1) Earl (Fish)
1979 Tropical Storm Elena (Hit TX)
1978 Hurricane (4) Ella (Skirted Newfoundland)
1977 Hurricane (1) Evelyn (Hit Nova Scotia, Newfoundland)
1976 Hurricane (2) Emmy (Hit Azores)
1975 Hurricane (3) Eloise* (Hit Greater Antilles, Yucatan, FL, AL)
1974 Tropical Storm Elaine (Fish)
1973 Hurricane (3) Ellen (Fish)
1972 None
1971 Super Hurricane (5) Edith (Hit Neth. Antilles, Venezuela, Cntrl America, Mexico, LA)
1970 Hurricane (3) Ella (Hit Yucatan, Nrn Mexico)
1969 Tropical Storm Eve (Fish)
1968 Tropical Storm Edna (Fish)
1967 Tropical Storm Edith (Hit Lesser Antilles)
1966 Tropical Storm Ella (Fish)
1965 Hurricane (1) Elena (Fish)
1964 Hurricane (3) Ethel (Hit Bermuda)
1963 Hurricane (2) Edith (Hit Lesser Antilles, PR, DR, Bahamas)
1962 Hurricane (3) Ella (Hit Bahamas, Newfoundland)
1961 Hurricane (4) Esther (Hit New England)
1960 Super Hurricane (5) Ethel (Hit LA, MS)
1959 Tropical Storm Edith (Hit Nrn Lesser Antilles)
1958 Hurricane (3) Ella (Hit Lesser/Greater Antilles, TX)
1957 Tropical Storm Esther (Hit LA)
1956 Tropical Storm Ethel (Hit Bahamas)
1955 Hurricane (2) Edith (Fish)
1954 Hurricane (3) Edna*+ (Skirted Lesser/Greater Antilles, Bahamas, US E Coast, Hit MA, ME, New Brunswick, Quebec)

"E" names in the past...
58% became category one hurricanes
46% became category two hurricanes
34% became category three hurricanes
10% became category four hurricanes
04% became category five hurricanes

(Names with asterisk denotes retired name)
(+; Edna was used in 1968, but was retired retrospectively for the 1954 Hurricane Edna)

[Brent]

WOW... Thanks for the info.

[OtherHD]

So only 2 seasons are ahead of 2004, and we are tied with 2003. That makes this the 4th most active hurricane season so far since 1974. Wow.

[HURAKAN]

senorpepr, impressed by your findings, keep up with the good work as always!
Thanks!

[senorpepr]

By popular request... I'll be extending the data set back 20 years to span 1954-2003. I'm working on Alex right now. I'll edit the previous posts and bump them when I'm done.

[senorpepr]

Bump to extend dataset to 1954-2003.