According to NOAA (The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) the Atlantic Hurricane Season started on June 1. At one time June 15 was the start date and Nov. 15 the end date. In 1965 the date was moved back two weeks to the first and extended two weeks to the end of November.
Each year is different, but the average number of named storms in the Atlantic in a season is 14, of which seven become Hurricanes. Last year there were 13 named storms and five hurricanes, the strongest being Hurricane “Melissa” which decimated Jamaica and whose name is now retired. There will never be another “Melissa”.
Originally a hurricane was named from where it made landfall. An example is the Galveston Storm of 1900, which is still the deadliest disaster in U.S. history claiming up to 12,000 lives.
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