User blog:AkioTheOne/Happy (or not) Peak Day!

For those of you who don't know, today is Peak Day!

Peak Day always falls on September 10, as it is the climatological peak of the hurricane season.

And whoa, this is definitely a peak day.

While Katia dissipated yesterday, we now have a US Landfalling Major Hurricane Irma, along with Major Hurricane Jose and Invest 96L, which currently has 30/60 odds of development.

So far this season, we have seen 11 named storms, 6 hurricanes, and 3 major hurricanes (11-6-3).

This season has definitely been one of the most active so far, as here are other years on peak day:

2016: 8-4-1 2015: 8-2-1 2014: 4-3-0 2013: 8-0-0 2012: 13-7-1 2011: 14-4-2 2010: 9-3-2

If you look at the numbers, this is the third time we have seen >10 named storms, the second time we have seen >5 hurricanes, and the first time we have seen >2 major hurricanes before September 10 this decade.

2017 is loaded folks, it is loaded.