Uploaded November 2024 | Updated September 2026, 1 day ago
NOAA satellites constantly monitor the ocean for tropical activity. As the 2024 Atlantic hurricane season comes to a close on Nov. 30, we’re looking back at its above-average activity, with a record breaking ramp up following a peak-season lull.
So far, eighteen tropical depressions have formed, and all of them were named storms. Eleven storms became hurricanes, of which five strengthened into major hurricanes (Category 3 or higher on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale). Of those storms, five made landfall in the continental U.S., with two making landfall as major hurricanes. Although the season runs from June 1 to Nov. 30, tropical and subtropical cyclone formation can occur at any time.
Read more:
nesdis.noaa.gov/news/2024-atlantic-hurricane-season-wraps
Credits:
NOAA
NASA
CIRA
Music: “Memory” by William Kingswood [ASCAP]; Killer Tracks; Universal Production Music
NOAA satellites constantly monitor the ocean for tropical activity. As the 2024 Atlantic hurricane season comes to a close on Nov. 30, we’re looking back at its above-average activity, with a record breaking ramp up following a peak-season lull.
So far, eighteen tropical depressions have formed, and all of them were named storms. Eleven storms became hurricanes, of which five strengthened into major hurricanes (Category 3 or higher on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale). Of those storms, five made landfall in the continental U.S., with two making landfall as major hurricanes. Although the season runs from June 1 to Nov. 30, tropical and subtropical cyclone formation can occur at any time.
Read more:
nesdis.noaa.gov/news/2024-atlantic-hurricane-season-wraps
Credits:
NOAA
NASA
CIRA
Music: “Memory” by William Kingswood [ASCAP]; Killer Tracks; Universal Production Music
