Trivia Question - Highest "letter" reached?

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Trivia Question - Highest "letter" reached?

#1 Postby HugoCameandLeft » Wed Sep 08, 2004 6:51 am

Just out of interest - Since we started naming stores, what was the highest name, letter-wise, that we ever reached?
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#2 Postby quickychick » Wed Sep 08, 2004 6:56 am

In 1995 they got all the way to Tanya; I think that's the highest. There were 19 named storms that year.
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#3 Postby ColinD » Wed Sep 08, 2004 6:57 am

1933 would have been more but they didn't name storms.

SOURCE: Some website with an assist to Google.
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#4 Postby AussieMark » Wed Sep 08, 2004 6:59 am

1995 reached "T" Tanya

2003 reached "P" Peter
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#5 Postby Ed25 » Wed Sep 08, 2004 7:07 am

http://www.aoml.noaa.gov/hrd/tcfaq/E11.html
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#6 Postby clueless newbie » Wed Sep 08, 2004 7:39 am

Hm, looking at that table of historic counts.

The longest streak of 10+ named storms was 4 years in a row. That is, before 1998+. We now have 7 years is a row with 12+ named storms.

We also have 7 years with 2 or more major hurricanes. There is an impressive streak 1947-1961 with 2+ major hurricanes per year, but other then that, it was usually 2-3 years with 2+ majors, followed by 0-1 majors.
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#7 Postby alicia-w » Wed Sep 08, 2004 9:08 am

http://deved.meted.ucar.edu/hurrican/st ... htc_t2.htm
This site says there were 18 tropical storms in one year, but it doesnt say which one.

Actually I think the year we made it to Tanya was 1955, not 1995.
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#8 Postby quickychick » Wed Sep 08, 2004 9:12 am

alicia-w wrote:http://deved.meted.ucar.edu/hurrican/strike/text/htc_t2.htm
This site says there were 18 tropical storms in one year, but it doesnt say which one.

Actually I think the year we made it to Tanya was 1955, not 1995.


No, it was 1995, 19 named storms: http://weather.unisys.com/hurricane/atl ... index.html
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#9 Postby alicia-w » Wed Sep 08, 2004 9:40 am

Mea culpa, crippled fingers on the keyboard...........
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