Early predictions ... can be hard enough to keep track of tropical waves, potential depressions and the like. A name clearly indicates to the public that the storm has risen to a level worth paying ...

Still, March systems are "quite rare," according to Phil Klotzbach, a hurricane researcher at Colorado State University.

One very early forecast from the U.K.-based Tropical Storm Risk called for a near-average season, with 15 named storms, of which 7 will be hurricanes. The Atlantic hurricane season, which also ...

Other deadly storms in 2024 included Hurricanes Beryl and Milton, each of which killed over 40 people in the U.S. According to AccuWeather, neither phenomenon will occur early in the hurricane season.

Months before the start of the Atlantic hurricane season in 2024, sea-surface temperatures were the warmest they’d ever been. Average sea surface temperatures in early March 2024 were just shy ...