What is the 2019 Atlantic hurricane season?
Q: What is the 2019 Atlantic hurricane season?
A: The 2019 Atlantic hurricane season was a fourth consecutive season of above-average and damaging storms dating back to 2016. This hurricane season had 20 tropical cyclones and 18 named storms in total that formed in the Northern Hemisphere at the Atlantic basin. It officially began on June 1, 2019 and ended on November 30, 2019.
Q: When did Subtropical Storm Andrea form?
A: Subtropical Storm Andrea formed on May 20, making 2019 the fifth consecutive season in which storms formed before the official start of the hurricane season; this breaks the record of four consecutive years set in 1951-1954.
Q: What was Barry's status during early July?
A: Barry became the first hurricane of the season in early July.
Q: When did Hurricane Dorian become a major hurricane?
A: Hurricane Dorian became a first major hurricane of the season in late August.
Q: When did Hurricane Dorian become a Category 5 storm?
A: Hurricane Dorian became a Category 5 storm on September 1, making 2019 the fourth consecutive season to feature at least one Category 5 hurricane (Matthew in 2016; Irma and Maria in 2017; Michael in 2018).
Q: When did Tropical Storm Imelda form? A: Tropical Storm Imelda formed on September 17 and caused catastrophic flooding over Southeast Texas, making Imelda one of the wettest tropical cyclones in U.S. history.
Q:When did Hurricane Lorenzo become a Category 5 storm? A:Hurricane Lorenzo became a second Category 5 storm of the season on September 29, making 2019 one of only few Atlantic seasons to feature more than one Category 5 hurricanes; it also made Lorenzo easternmost recorded Category 5 hurricane ever surpassing Hurricane Hugo from 1989
