The 2024 Atlantic Hurricane Season has come to an end after 18 storms, two Category 5 hurricanes, hundreds of fatalities and more than one hundred billion dollars in damage.

This is the last week of a truly shitty Atlantic hurricane season. It was record-breaking. People are still recovering. Misinformation managed to make things even worse. Now, we get a six-month-ish break before it starts over again — perhaps with fewer federal resources to respond in the US.

The 2024 Atlantic hurricane season still reached "hyperactive" levels, despite not quite reaching the lofty forecasts for record-breaking activity given in the spring.

So far, the 2024 season has produced 18 named storms, 11 of which developed into hurricanes, including five major hurricanes at Category 3 or greater.

The Atlantic hurricane season officially ends on Saturday, Nov. 30. It was a season that left its mark in the record books in many ways, including the earliest Category 5 on record and a catastrophic storm that changed the landscape of North Carolina forever.

The extremely active 2024 Atlantic Hurricane Season is coming to an end and it is time to take a look back at Helene, Milton and all of the other hurricanes and tropical storms that were in the news this year.

The 2024 hurricane season was forecast to be active & - unfortunately - that forecast was accurate. The table below shows the average Atlantic hurricane season vs. Dr. Phil Klotzbach’s preseason forecast