2024 Atlantic hurricanes break records, setting stage for 2025
Panama City, Fla. (WMBB) – The 2025 Atlantic Hurricane Season is now less than one month away and help prepare those in the Panhandle for the upcoming hurricane season, we are breaking down the record breaking 2024 Atlantic Hurricane Season.
In 2024, both Colorado State and NOAA were forecasting an above-average hurricane season, and that's exactly what we saw. We not only saw record-breaking sea surface temperatures, but we also witnessed the earliest category 5 storm on record, Hurricane Beryl. We saw rapid intensification and numerous record-breaking storms throughout the 2024 season.
The west coast of Florida had three landfalling hurricanes, two of which were major hurricanes. The major hurricanes that hit the west coast of Florida were Hurricane Helene, which made landfall as a major category 4 storm on September 26th in the Big Bend, just SE of Franklin County. Two weeks later, Hurricane Milton made landfall near Siesta Key on October 9th as a Category 3 storm. Before Milton made landfall, it rapidly intensified from a category 1 storm to a category 5 storm in less than 24 hours, making this storm one of the top five lowest pressures ever recorded in the Atlantic Basin. Milton encountered wind shear on approach to landfall that helped weaken the storm from a Category 5 storm to a Category 3 storm, but it broadened its wind field to nearly 400 miles wide, stretching impacts well beyond the cone. All ahead of landfall were feeder bands that caused a record-breaking tornado outbreak across Florida with at least 19 confirmed tornadoes and over 100 tornado-warned storms.
For the upcoming 2025 season, many hurricane forecasters, including Colorado State, are forecasting an above-average season, but not quite as severe as what we saw in 2024.
Now that we are less than a month out, it is important to start preparing and always get your hurricane forecasts from trusted sources.
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