17 October 2005

Update on Atlantic Earliest "N-th" Tropical Storm Stats

From Gary Padgett:

Now with the naming of TS Wilma, the Atlantic has tied its
current record for tropical storms/hurricanes.   Every storm
from Dennis through Wilma, except for Lee (12th) and
Stan (18th) set a new record for earliest date of its rank.

Following is a list of the earliest dates of Atlantic storms
#1 through #21 (not counting subtropical storms).  This
is based upon the current Best Track---things could get
changed in the re-analysis.   For the storm rank in which
2005 storms set a new early record, the previous
record holder is indicated in parentheses following.

Storm #           Earliest Date
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    1                 2 Feb 1952   (See Note)
    2                17 May 1887
    3                12 Jun 1887
    4                 5 Jul 2005 - Dennis      (7 Jul 1959 - Cindy)
    5                12 Jul 2005 - Emily       (23 Jul 1959 - Debra)
    6                22 Jul 2005 - Franklin    (4 Aug 1936)
    7                24 Jul 2005 - Gert         (7 Aug 1936)
    8                 3 Aug 2005 - Harvey     (15 Aug 1936)
    9                 7 Aug 2005 - Irene        (20 Aug 1936)
  10                22 Aug 2005 - Jose        (23 Aug 1995 - Jerry)
  11                24 Aug 2005 - Katrina     (28 Aug 1933)
  12                29 Aug 1995 - Luis
  13                  2 Sep 2005 - Maria       (8 Sep 1933)
  14                  6 Sep 2005 - Nate        (10 Sep 1933)
  15                  7 Sep 2005 - Ophelia    (16 Sep 1933)
  16                18 Sep 2005 - Philippe    (27 Sep 1933)
  17                18 Sep 2005 - Rita          (28 Sep 1933)
  18                  1 Oct 1933
  19                  5 Oct 2005 - Tammy     (25 Oct 1933)
  20                  9 Oct 2005 - Vince        (26 Oct 1933)
  21                 17 Oct 2005 - Wilma      (15 Nov 1933)

Note: Hurricane Alice was named on 2 Jan 1955, but the system originated
in late Dec, 1954, and is now counted as a 1954 storm.   There was a
subtropical storm in Jan, 1978, but this is not counted here.


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