Oct 10 and storms brought to you by the letter N

[senorpepr]

They've been coming in spurts... as did Nicole... Up next is Otto, Paula, Richard

Below is a breakdown of what storms were active on Oct 10 between 1954 and 2003. (Note: storm numbers in parenthesis had been finalled out by NHC prior to Oct 10, numbers in brackets indicate the last storm of that season had ended prior to the aforementioned date.) If applicable, there is a listing of what date the "N" storm developed on. At the end the list is the 50 year average ('54-'03).

Please Note: Number represents the number of storms (excluding subtropical storms) thus far in the season. The start dates of the N-storm are when these systems were tropical depressions.

Active Storms on October 10, followed by the date the N-storm formed.

03 11, (12), 13; Oct 13
02 11, (12); n/a
01 (10); Oct 29
00 12; Oct 19
99 (8); n/a
98 12; Nov 24
97 (6); n/a
96 10; n/a
95 17; Sep 26
94 (5); n/a
93 [8]; n/a
92 (5); n/a
91 (5); n/a
90 12, 13; Oct 16
89 (9); n/a
88 10; n/a
87 6; n/a
86 (5); n/a
85 9; n/a
84 10; n/a
83 [4]; n/a
82 [5]; n/a
81 (9); n/a
80 9; n/a
79 [8]; n/a
78 10; n/a
77 (4); n/a
76 (7); n/a
75 (7); n/a
74 [7]; n/a
73 6; n/a
72 [4]; n/a
71 (10); n/a
70 [7]; n/a
69 11; n/a
68 (6); n/a
67 (7); n/a
66 9; n/a
65 (4); n/a
64 9; n/a
63 6; n/a
62 (4); n/a
61 6; n/a
60 [6]; n/a
59 (9); n/a
58 10; n/a
57 [6]; n/a
56 (6); n/a
55 (10); n/a
54 8; n/a

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Average # of TS on Oct 10: 07.98 ('04: above average by 6.02 TSs)
Average Date for N-storm*: Oct 21 ('04: ahead of schedule by 11 days)
(remember that as the data-set becomes smaller, the date will jump around)

* N-storm occurred 12% of the time in the past 50 years.

Note: The following "30-yr averages" encompass the years 2003-1974

TS YTD vs 30yr Seasonal Average: 14 vs 9.97 (+4.03)
HR YTD vs 30yr Seasonal Average: 8 vs 5.83 (+2.17)
MHR YTD vs 30yr Seasonal Average: 6 vs 2.20 (+3.80)

[senorpepr]

2003 Tropical Storm Nicholas (Fish)
2002 None
2001 Hurricane (1) Noel (Fish)
2000 Tropical Storm Nadine (Fish)
1999 None
1998 Hurricane (1) Nicole (Fish)
1997 None
1996 None
1995 Hurricane (1) Noel (Fish)
1994 None
1993 None
1992 None
1991 None
1990 Hurricane (1) Nana (Fish)
1989 None
1988 None
1987 None
1986 None
1985 None
1984 None
1983 None
1982 None
1981 None
1980 None
1979 None
1978 None
1977 None
1976 None
1975 None
1974 None
1973 None
1972 None
1971 None
1970 None
1969 None
1968 None
1967 None
1966 None
1965 None
1964 None
1963 None
1962 None
1961 None
1960 None
1959 None
1958 None
1957 None
1956 None
1955 None
1954 None

[Matthew5]

Thank you for the Interesting Information. It is interesting that all the N storms formed with in around 10 years.