*A look back at global tropical activity and US tornadoes in 2020…global tropical activity below normal…US tornado activity below normal and no reported EF-5s*
December 31, 2020
While the Atlantic Basin has had a record setting year in terms of tropical activity in 2020, “accumulated cyclone energy†was below-normal in the Northern Hemisphere and across the globe. Data courtesy Dr. Ryan Maue (
http://climatlas.com/tropical/), NOAA
While the Atlantic Basin has had a record setting year in terms of tropical activity in 2020, “accumulated cyclone energy†was below-normal in the Northern Hemisphere and across the globe. Data courtesy Dr. Ryan Maue (
http://climatlas.com/tropical/), NOAA
Overview
The Atlantic Basin experienced the most active hurricane season on record with so many named storms (30) that the Greek alphabet had to be utilized for only the second time ever, the first being 2005. In fact, the 2020 Atlantic hurricane season was the fifth consecutive season with above-normal activity and 12 of the 30 named storms made landfall in the contiguous US, breaking the record of nine set in 1916. On the other hand, the Pacific hurricane season was well below normal in terms of overall activity with a total of 17 tropical storms and it was the least active year since 2010. The Pacific Ocean outweighs in importance the Atlantic Basin when it comes to global tropical activity which ends the year far below the normal levels of an important metric. In terms of tornado activity in the US during 2020, the year will end up below-normal and, fortunately, this year has featured no EF-5 tornadoes which are the most powerful of all.
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