Sep 17 and storms brought to you by the letter K

[senorpepr]

Another name: Karl... Up next is Lisa, Matthew, Nicole.

Below is a breakdown of what storms were active on Sep 17 between 1954 and 2003. (Note: storm numbers in parenthesis had been finalled out by NHC prior to Sep 17) If applicable, there is a listing of what date the "K" 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 K-storm are when these systems were tropical depressions.

Active Storms on September 17, followed by the date the K-storm formed.

03 9; Sep 25
02 9, 10; Sep 20
01 5, 6, 7; Oct 11
00 6, 7, 8; Sep 28
99 6, 7; Oct 28
98 7, 8; Sep 23
97 5; n/a
96 (8); Oct 11
95 13; Aug 26
94 (4); n/a
93 7; n/a
92 2; n/a
91 (5); n/a
90 9; Oct 03
89 8, 9; Nov 28
88 8; Nov 17
87 4; n/a
86 5; n/a
85 6, 7; Nov 15
84 6, 7; Nov 05
83 (3); n/a
82 4; n/a
81 8; Nov 03
80 6, (7); Nov 25
79 8; n/a
78 7, 8; Oct 28
77 (3); n/a
76 (6); n/a
75 5; n/a
74 6; n/a
73 5; n/a
72 (4); n/a
71 5, (6), 7, (8), 9; Oct 18
70 6; n/a
69 8; Oct 07
68 5, 6; n/a
67 2, 3, 4; n/a
66 (7); n/a
65 3; n/a
64 7; n/a
63 3; n/a
62 3; n/a
61 5; n/a
60 5, 6; n/a
59 (6); n/a
58 (7); n/a
57 3, (4), 5; n/a
56 (5); n/a
55 8, 9; Oct 14
54 (6); n/a

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Average # of TS on Sep 14: 06.28 ('04: above average by 4.72 TSs)
Average Date for K-storm*: Oct 18 ('04: ahead of schedule by 31 days)

* K-storm occurred 38% 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: 11 vs 9.97 (+1.03)
HR YTD vs 30yr Seasonal Average: 6 vs 5.83 (+0.17)
MHR YTD vs 30yr Seasonal Average: 4 vs 2.20 (+1.80)

[senorpepr]

2003 Hurricane (3) Kate (Hit Iceland)
2002 Hurricane (1) Kyle (Long lasting; Hit GA, SC)
2001 Hurricane (1) Karen (Hit Bermuda, Nova Scotia)
2000 Hurricane (4) Keith* (Hit Yucatan, Mexico)
1999 Tropical Storm Katrina (Hit Central America, Yucatan)
1998 Hurricane (2) Karl (Hit Bermuda)
1997 None
1996 Tropical Storm Kyle (Hit Honduras)
1995 Tropical Storm Karen (Fish)
1994 None
1993 None
1992 None
1991 None
1990 Hurricane (1) Klaus* (Hit Nrn Lesser Antilles)
1989 Tropical Storm Karen (Wrn Caribbean Sea)
1988 Tropical Storm Keith (Hit Yucatan, FL, Skirted Bermuda)
1987 None
1986 None
1985 Hurricane (3) Kate (Hit Bermuda, Cuba, FL, GA, SC, NC)
1984 Hurricane (1) Klaus (Hit PR)
1983 None
1982 None
1981 Hurricane (1) Katrina (Hit Cuba, Bahamas)
1980 Hurricane (1) Karl (Fish)
1979 None
1978 Hurricane (1) Kendra (Fish)
1977 None
1976 None
1975 None
1974 None
1973 None
1972 None
1971 Tropical Storm Kristy (Fish)
1970 None
1969 Hurricane (2) Kara (Hit Bahamas)
1968 None
1967 None
1966 None
1965 None
1964 None
1963 None
1962 None
1961 None
1960 None
1959 None
1958 None
1957 None
1956 None
1955 Hurricane (3) Katie (Hit Hispaniola, Bermuda)
1954 None

"K" names in the past...
26% became category one hurricanes
12% became category two hurricanes
08% became category three hurricanes
02% became category four hurricanes
00% became category five hurricanes

(Names with asterisk denotes retired name)

[HurricaneBill]

Many of you have probably gone through the hurricane season archives on weather.unisys or weather underground. Some have probably noticed that in the 1966 season, after the J storm, the next storm is Lois.

Some might wonder "Hey! Where's the K storm?"

Well, there was a K storm that year. The name was Kendra, to be exact. However, after observing it on satellite for a bit, it turned out the storm was not a tropical cyclone. So the name was removed.

Kendra did get eventually used as a legit storm in 1978.

[senorpepr]

Many of you have probably gone through the hurricane season archives on weather.unisys or weather underground. Some have probably noticed that in the 1966 season, after the J storm, the next storm is Lois.

Some might wonder "Hey! Where's the K storm?"

Well, there was a K storm that year. The name was Kendra, to be exact. However, after observing it on satellite for a bit, it turned out the storm was not a tropical cyclone. So the name was removed.

Kendra did get eventually used as a legit storm in 1978.

I did the research for Kendra '66 as well as I was typing the post up. Since it was not tropical, I didn't include it in my data set.

However, thanks for bringing it up!

[senorpepr]

^bump^

...for the correct of a few days on the first post, as well as bringing the average K-name date from the 20th to the 18th.