Heroes of the storm models8/3/2023 ![]() ![]() The 1991-2020 averages for an entire season were 14.4 named storms, 7.2 hurricanes, and 3.2 major hurricanes. Wanda’s formation gives the 2021 Atlantic hurricane season 21 named storms, seven hurricanes, and four major hurricanes. It is very unusual to see such a quiet October during a year when La Niña conditions are present, as is the case in 2021. Since the current active Atlantic hurricane period began in 1995, only one other year has had no named storm activity between October 6-30: the El Niño year of 2006. ![]() The season had gone eerily cold during October prior to Wanda, the Atlantic had had no named storm activity since October 5, when Sam become post-tropical. Subtropical Storm Wanda formed in the northern Atlantic late Saturday night, becoming the 21 st named storm of the highly active 2021 Atlantic hurricane season.
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