This year has been a record-setting one for the Atlantic hurricane season. And, it's not over yet.
Hurricane season lasts until the end of November. And, already, there have been 29 named storms. That breaks the previous record of 28 in 2005.
The 2020 hurricane season is the most active in recorded history. This year, two storms formed in May -- before hurricane season even began. The National Hurricane Center ran out of names for tropical cyclones when Tropical Storm Wilfred formed in September. Subtropical Storm Theta developed on November 9.
However, the most impressive statistic may be this: According to Jake Carstens, a meteorologist and Ph.D. candidate at Florida State University, every county in America along the Gulf and Atlantic coastlines has had at least a tropical storm watch this year, except for one county tucked away in the Big Bend area of Florida called Wakulla County.
Two storms alone covered much of the Atlantic basin.
“Beta had all of Texas covered, and Isaias had warnings from Miami-Dade County all the way to the Maine/Canada. Wakulla County was sandwiched in between watch areas for Eta and Sally,” Carstens said.
Wakulla County only has 15 miles of coastline. That coastline has missed every threat of tropical systems this year, and it's the only U.S. county along the Gulf of Mexico or the Atlantic Ocean that can say that.
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