The 2015 Atlantic Hurricane Season was a very active hurricane season that tied with 2011. The 2015 season spawned a total of 18 storms, 10 became hurricanes, 4 of which were major. The season started on June 1 and ended November 30. It would have factored into the season total.
Season Summary[]
C2 - Ana C1 - Henri C1 - Odette
TS - Bill C5 - Ida TS - Peter
TS - Claudette TS - Joaquin C5 - Renee
C1 - Danny C4 - Kate SS - Sam
C3 - Erika TS - Larry
TS - Fred C3 - Mindy
C1 - Grace C1 - Nicholas
Timeline[]
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Storms[]
Hurricane Ana[]
Category 2 hurricane (SSHWS) | |
Duration | June 15 – June 24 |
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Peak intensity | 105 mph (165 km/h) (1-min) 978 mbar (hPa) |
On June 13, The National Hurricane Center began monitoring a vigorous Tropical Wave off the coast of the Leeward Islands. The wave was then upgraded into Tropical Depression One and then into a tropical storm and given the name Ana. Ana made first landfall in Bermuda on June 21 and killed 5 people there. Ana then made second landfall in Canada on June 24 as a low-end tropical storm. On that same day, Ana became extratropical and dissipated on June 24.
Tropical Storm Bill[]
Tropical storm (SSHWS) | |
Duration | June 26 – June 29 |
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Peak intensity | 55 mph (90 km/h) (1-min) 1007 mbar (hPa) |
On June 24, right after Ana dissipated, a tropical low developed in the western caribbean. It then made landfall in the Yucatan Peninsula as Tropical Depression Two. When it crossed into the south western Gulf of Mexico, it strengthened into Tropical Storm Bill. Bill very briefly held on to average tropical storm intensity for only 4 hours on June 28. It then made second and final landfall in Veracruz,Mexico as a tropical depression on June 29 and then dissipated afterwards.
Tropical Storm Claudette[]
Tropical storm (SSHWS) | |
Duration | July 10 – July 17 |
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Peak intensity | 70 mph (115 km/h) (1-min) 1001 mbar (hPa) |
On July 9, A broad area of tropical weather began cirrculating and immediately was upgraded into Tropical Depression Three. Three then had gusts and was upgraded into Tropical Storm Claudette. On July 15, Claudette made landfall in North Carolina as a very strong tropical storm and turned northwest into Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Ohio, and New York and even western Massachusetts as a remnant low. However Claudette officially dissipated on July 17. Claudette killed about 15 people.
Hurricane Danny[]
Category 1 hurricane (SSHWS) | |
Duration | July 23 – August 2 |
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Peak intensity | 90 mph (150 km/h) (1-min) 985 mbar (hPa) |
On July 22, The weather center monitored a tropical wave coming off the coast of Africa. It skipped tropical depression status and jumped right to a tropical storm on July 23 and was given the name Danny. Danny became a cat.1 hurricane on July 27. Danny made landfall in the UK as a tropical depression on August 1. And dissipated over Scotland on August 2.
Hurricane Erika[]
Category 3 hurricane (SSHWS) | |
Duration | August 8 – August 17 |
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Peak intensity | 115 mph (185 km/h) (1-min) 934 mbar (hPa) |
On August 7, A tropical wave was upgraded into Tropical Depression Five. Five encountered favorable conditions and was upgraded into Tropical Storm Erika. Later on August 12, Erika became the first major hurricane of the 2015 Atlantic Hurricane Season. Erika then made landfall in Florida as a cat.3 storm killing 183 . Erika then dissipated on August 18 in the midwest as a frontal boundary.
Tropical Storm Fred[]
Tropical storm (SSHWS) | |
Duration | August 12 – August 13 |
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Peak intensity | 45 mph (70 km/h) (1-min) 1010 mbar (hPa) |
Fred was a very weak tropical storm that lasted barely a day in open waters.
Hurricane Grace[]
Category 1 hurricane (SSHWS) | |
Duration | August 15 – August 22 |
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Peak intensity | 85 mph (135 km/h) (1-min) 988 mbar (hPa) |
A tropical wave in the mid-atlantic was upgraded into TD Seven, The wave soon became Tropical Storm Grace and then Hurricane Grace. Grace made landfall South Carolina as a weak tropical storm. And eventually dissipated on August 22.