This meteorological season doesn’t end until November 30, but it’s been quiet. Very quiet. And that’s a good thing. When hurricanes make landfall, lives are put at risk, so it’s good that this season is rather inactive, though I’m sure the global warming people aren’t too pleased, since death and destruction give them ammunition to drum up the panic porn about the world ending due to climate change (via NY Post):
The Atlantic Ocean broke a six-decade record this year for the longest dry spell without a hurricane, according to forecasters.
No hurricanes have formed in the Atlantic so far in 2026, marking the most prolonged period without a hurricane since the modern era of storm tracking began in 1966, AccuWeather reported.
And if no hurricanes pop up in the region by Sept. 22, this year would be on track to break a whopping 85-year record for the lengthiest dry spell since 1941, according to the National Hurricane Center.
If none form in the Atlantic by Nov. 30, it would be only the third year on record to happen — after 1914 and 1907.
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The last significant hurricane to brew in the Atlantic and hit land was Hurricane Melissa, a catastrophic Category 5 system that pounded Jamaica on October 28, 2025.
It’s common for the major storms to grow by Sept. 10 — the peak of hurricane season — though no hurricanes formed in the basin by that date in 2024 and 2025 as well, the outlet said.
Still, hurricanes have developed past September. Not a single year has been totally hurricane-free since satellite storm tracking began.
So, we have some records that could be broken regarding inactivity. Let’s see if they hold. If a storm does pop up, well, it’ll also be entertaining about how we’re on the verge of annihilation for the 34,567th time. We were all supposed to be dead, what, 15 years ago.