2024 Atlantic hurricane season comes to an end - BBC Weather

The 2024 hurricane season officially ends - and it has been more active than usual, with climate change partly to blame.

Image source, NOAA/ReutersBen RichLead Weather PresenterPublished30 November 2024The 2024 Atlantic hurricane season is coming to an end and it has been an active one overall.

There have been 18 named tropical storms, with 11 of those reaching hurricane strength and five becoming major hurricanes - category three and above.

An average season would bring 14 storms, seven hurricanes and three major hurricanes.

Some records have been equalled or broken but the active weather was not spread evenly across the season. In fact the middle of the season, normally the peak, was very quiet.

Image caption, 18 tropical storms were named in the Atlantic basin in 2024

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