2017 Atlantic Hurricane Season (AGCK)

The 2017 Atlantic Hurricane Season was an above active season, with 16 depressions forming, all 16 of those becoming at least a tropical storm, but 9 of those further strengthened to a hurricane, and only 3 of those strengthened to major hurricanes, which is at least above a category 3 status. The 3 major hurricanes, Emily, Katia and Philippe, were powerful, and two of them made landfall, Katia and Philippe. Emily stayed out to sea, while Katia made landfall in North Carolina at a high end category 2, while Philippe made landfall in Florida at low end category 5 status.

The most notable storms of the season include Arlene, Bret, Emily, Franklin, Irma, Katia, Ophelia, and Philippe. These storms made landfall somewhere except Emily, while only three storms made landfall in the United States; Arlene, Katia and Philippe.

June & July
The season started off with Hurricane Arlene, forming on June 7, as the system formed in the middle of the Atlantic, tracking west as it made landfall in Florida as a mid-end category 1 hurricane, going across the Gulf of Mexico before dissipating about 200 miles to the west of Brownsville, Texas. Then, Tropical Storm Bret formed on June 20, peaking as a mid-end tropical storm with wind speeds of 55 miles per hour, before rapidly weakening and making landfall in the Lesser Antilles as a high end tropical depression. The last storm of June formed on June 28, Hurricane Cindy, peaking as a category 2 as it went out to sea, nearing a landfall in Bermuda but barely missed.

The season then went into July, which started off with Cindy crossing into July. Then, on July 9, Hurricane Don formed, peaking as a low-end category 1 hurricane with wind speeds of 75 miles per hour, as the system formed and almost made landfall, but dissipated as it neared the Bahamas. Hurricane Emily formed on July 29, peaking as a strong tropical storm before crossing into July.

August & September
The season started off with Emily crossing over, peaking as a mid-end category 4 hurricane, the first major hurricane of the season. Then, while Emily was active, Tropical Storm Franklin formed while Emily was active, peaking at 40 miles per hour before rapidly weakening and dissipating near Cape Verde. After both storms dissipated, Tropical Storm Gert formed, peaking as a high end tropical storm before weakening and dissipating nearby Bermuda. The last storm of August, Hurricane Harvey peaked as a category 2 before crossing into August.

September started off with Harvey crossing over, peaking as a category 1 away from land. Then, the only storm that formed in September, Tropical Storm Irma formed as a strong tropical storm, with wind speeds of 70 miles per hour as it made landfall in Cuba.