45 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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