WEATHER BLOG: El Niño Keeps Atlantic Hurricane Activity Well Below Average

This is by far the most peaceful Atlantic hurricane season we've ever seen

But there may be a price to pay for a quiet Atlantic hurricane season.

Atlantic Ocean breaks 60-year record for the longest hurricane dry spell

No hurricanes have formed in the Atlantic Ocean as of mid-September, breaking a 60-year record for the longest dry spell due to disruptive El Niño winds.

WEATHER BLOG: El Niño keeps Atlantic hurricane activity well below average

The Atlantic hurricane season has remained unusually quiet through September 14 due to strong wind shear from El Niño, with no hurricanes forming yet despite passing the typical peak period.

Quiet tropics in 2026 break hurricane season record

So far, the season has had five tropical storms, three of which made made landfall in the United States.

A Record Quiet Atlantic Does Not Mean a Calm Costa Rica : The Tico Times | Costa Rica News

If you have been watching the hurricane season to decide whether this is a good month to be in Costa Rica, the headline number is genuinely remarkable, and easy to read the wrong way. As of yesterday, not a single hurricane had formed anywhere in the Atlantic all year. That is the latest the area has ever gone without one since satellites began tracking storms reliably in 1966. The previous record was September 11, shared by Gustav in 2002 and H…