The Atlantic's Modern Record Has Never Gone This Late Without a Hurricane
The modern Atlantic hurricane record dates to about the Second World War, when aircraft reconnaissance began and continuous satellite coverage came later. In that span, Ars Technica reports, there has never been a season without a hurricane — and no season has gone this late without one forming.
That absence is the story. A hurricane has not yet developed this season, and one arriving now would be a big deal rather than business as usual.
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"A big deal because it has not happened yet" is a statement about timing, not about danger. A basin with no hurricane is a quiet basin, which isn't the same thing as a bad season.
The record's starting line is about watching as much as weather: it begins when aircraft reconnaissance, and later satellites, could actually see what the basin was or wasn't producing.