If you know something about hurricane climatology, you probably already know that the peak of hurricane season is in early to mid-September based on the likelihood of a named storm occurring on any particular date. But it turns out that there are different ways to determine it based on counts, tropical storm energy, and other statistics. One of my favorite hurricane bloggers, Brian McNoldy of the University of Miami’s Rosenstiel School of Marine, Atmospheric, and Earth Sciences, had a great post from 2021 in which he discusses all the different ways you can determine the peak. He reposted the link today on Twitter at https://bmcnoldy.blogspot.com/2021/09/when-is-peak-of-hurricane-season.html. I encourage you to follow him at @BMcNoldy for lots of current and historical information of interest, including a look back at some of the big storms of the past–this week he is tracking the lifecycle of Hurricane Irma as it moved through the Southeast.
