Oct 10 and storms brought to you by the letter M

[senorpepr]

...Sorry about the delay: I was on vacation to Ft. Wayne. It's amazing what happens when a person leaves town for a few days

Another name down... Mindy. Nicholas is next on the list. Nonetheless... here's the data for Oct 10 and "M" named storms.

Below is a breakdown of what storms were active on Oct 10 between 1974 and 2003. (Note: storm numbers in parenthesis had been finalled out by NHC prior to Oct 10) If applicable, there is a listing of what date the "M" storm developed on. At the end the list is the 30 year average ('74-'03).

Please Note: The start dates of the M-storm are when these systems were tropical depressions.

Active Storms on October 10, followed by the date the M-storm formed.
03: 18; Oct 10
02: (12); n/a
01: (10); Oct 29
00: 12; Oct 15
99: (8); n/a
98: 12; Oct 22
97: (7); n/a
96: 10; Nov 13
95: 17; Sep 12
94: (5); n/a
93: (8); n/a
92: (6); n/a
91: (5); n/a
90: 12,13; Oct 9
89: (9); n/a
88: 11; n/a
87: 7; n/a
86: (5); n/a
85: 9; n/a
84: 11; n/a
83: (4); n/a
82: (6); n/a
81: (9); n/a
80: 9; n/a
79: (8); n/a
78: 11; n/a
77: (4); n/a
76: (9); n/a
75: (7); n/a
74: (11); n/a
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Average TD on Oct 10: 9.10 ('03: above average by 8.90 TDs)
Average Date for M-storm*: Oct 16 ('03: ahead of schedule by 6 days)

TS YTD vs 30yr Average: 13 vs 10.00 (+3.00)
HR YTD vs 30yr Average: 6 vs 5.83 (+0.17)
Major HR YTD vs 30yr Average: 3 vs 2.20 (+0.80)

* M-storm occurred 23.33% of the time in the past 30 years.

Note: 18 tropical depressions in one year has only occured twice in the past 30 years: in 2003 and in 1995.

[Steve H.]

And you might want to throw out '74 - '94, since this period showed very little TC activity (down period).

[senorpepr]

You make a good point... when Nicholas is named I'll skip post-'95 years, but I'll keep the 30-yr average. Hopefully I'll have a crisper format for next year.

[Andrew92]

Didn't we make it to the N storm in 1990?

-Andrew92

[senorpepr]

Yup, Hurricane Nana (Category One) formed on Oct 16, 1990. It was the last storm of the '90 season.