Hurricane Florida 2020 October
State and since 1851 only eighteen hurricane seasons passed without a known storm impacting the state.
Hurricane florida 2020 october. It has featured tropical cyclone formation at a record breaking rate. The 2020 atlantic hurricane season is not over. Disturbance inching closing to florida hurricane center. The list of florida hurricanes encompasses approximately 500 tropical or subtropical cyclones that affected the state of florida more storms hit florida than any other u s.
Temperature and precipitation the average october temperature across the contiguous u s. Florida hurricane climatology has three distinct peaks. So far there have been a total of 30 tropical or subtropical cyclones 29 named storms 12 hurricanes and 5 major hurricanes. But powerful hurricane king tore through miami ft.
Hurricane delta of early october was also very destructive causing significant damage in mexico and louisiana which it. Has only been grazed by the blitz of storms in 2020 s tropical onslaught. Disturbance inching closing to florida october 13 2020 october 13 2020. Florida is the state most likely to see a landfalling hurricane in october with the southern part of the state most at risk.
October of the 2020 atlantic hurricane season was an unexpectedly devastating and deadly month mainly due to the catastrophic impacts of hurricanes zeta and theta which devastated the florida panhandle and the east coast in late october and early november respectively. However october is a risky month for florida. Lauderdale at category 4 intensity on oct. Was 54 4 degrees f 0 3 of a degree above the 20th century average and placed the month in.
The remains of homes buildings and boats are seen after category 5 hurricane michael made landfall along the florida panhandle in mexico beach on oct. Collectively cyclones that hit the region have resulted in over 10 000 deaths most of which occurring prior to the. The 2020 atlantic hurricane season is an ongoing tropical cyclone season which is the most active atlantic hurricane season on record in terms of the number of named storms. The potentially 26th named storm of the 2020 atlantic hurricane season is expected to become a hurricane by the end of the week with bermuda likely bearing the brunt of it.