2009 ATLANTIC HURRICANE SEASON COMES TO AN END

Written by: Brian Neudorff

On Monday, November 30th the 2009 Atlantic Hurricane season officially came to an end. There were a total of 9 named storms, 6 of which were tropical storms and 3 reached hurricane strength. Two of those became major hurricanes of Category 3 strength of higher – Hurricane Bill and Hurricane Fred. The U.S. didn't have a hurricane make landfall this year but it did have two tropical storms reach the U.S shores.

On the average, the Atlantic hurricane basin has 9.6 named storms, 5.9 of which become hurricanes and 2.3 become major hurricanes. For

The 2009 season was the quietest since 2006, which also had nine total storms and five hurricanes, none of which made landfall in the U.S. You have to go back to 1997 to find a season with fewer storms.