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34  That there is an average of nine hurricanes in the tropical Atlantic each year  The 2020 hurricane season is the first in which there have been three named storms by June 2  The Atlantic Basin includes the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico  At least one hurricane has appeared in each month of the year in the Atlantic  September is considered the peak month for Atlantic hurricanes  Several hurricanes have occurred on December 25 (Christmas Day) in the Caribbean in historic times  A storm is not classified as a hurricane until the sustained winds are at least 74 miles per hour  Hurricane Irma in 2017 had sustained wind speeds of at least 185 per hour  Hurricanes are downgraded to tropical storm status if the sustained winds drop below 74 miles per hour  Barbados is the most easterly of the islands in the Caribbean chain  Belize is not a Caribbean island, but it is also subject to the threat of hurricanes  Hurricanes can do extensive damage through heavy (torrential) rainfall even if the winds are of minimal hurricane strength. It has been reported that a hurricane once drenched Texas with 23 inches of rain in 24 hours  A hurricane may be as much as six hundred (600) miles in diameter  The winds in a hurricane spin in an anticlockwise manner  A Knot is a measure of speed. It is one nautical mile per hour. It is slightly longer that a statute mile. You can convert Knots per hour to miles per hour by multiplying the figure by 1.15  Antigua & Barbuda Meteorological Services  Bahamas Meteorology Department  Barbados Weather  Barbados Weather on Yahoo  Barbados Weather at CDEMA  National Meteorological Service of Belize  CDEMA  Department of Emergency Management (DEM) Barbados  Grenada Meteorological Office  Meteorological Service of Jamaica  Saint Lucia Meteorological Services  Trinidad and Tobago Meteorological Service  NATIONAL Hurricane Centre  Weather Channel  Weather Underground  World Meteorological Organization

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