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2026 Atlantic Hurricane Season: Non-Minnesotans arguing about the weather

Boston hit 101 yesterday that broke the record of 98 set in 1963. A little cooler at 100 where I am, but the heat index was 109.
 
Set my new personal high Tuesday, 114.

Wednesday prediction is to break it once again at 115.

(Phoenix all-time still well away at 122.)
 
ThE hEaT wAvE iN 1976 wAs JuSt As BaD aS tHiS

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Kepler said:
Kinda early in the season to have had 2 already, right? Don't we kick out the jams in August-September?
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Prompted me to take a look back at 2004:

The 2004 Florida Strikes
Florida bore the brunt of the 2004 season, enduring sequential landfalls that crippled communities and prompted the state to be temporarily dubbed the "Plywood State".
    • Hurricane Charley (August 13): A sudden, rapidly intensifying Category 4 storm that struck the southwest coast at Cayo Costa before cutting a destructive path directly across the Florida peninsula and through Orlando. [1, 2, 3, 4]
    • Hurricane Frances (September 3-5): A massive, slow-moving Category 2 hurricane that made landfall on Hutchinson Island, causing prolonged wind damage and severe coastal flooding over a wide area. [1, 2, 3]
    • Hurricane Ivan (September 16): Although it made its primary U.S. landfall in Alabama/Florida Panhandle as a Category 3, its expansive circulation and trailing remnants impacted areas already battered by previous storms. [1, 2]
    • Hurricane Jeanne (September 25-26): In a cruel twist of fate, this Category 3 storm made an almost identical landfall to Frances on Hutchinson Island, pummeling the exact same central-east coast regions. [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]

Total Season Statistics
The devastating sequence caused over $51 billion in property damage across the United States. Across the entire basin—which also saw impacts in the Caribbean, notably catastrophic flooding in Haiti by Hurricane Jeanne—the season claimed over 3,100 lives. Due to the severe destruction, the names Charley, Frances, Ivan, and Jeanne were permanently retired by the World Meteorological Organization.

So even in that season, there were only 2 through Aug 13 - but then 8 in the next 44 days (4 of which hit Florida).
 
Huge MAGA rally against the climate change hoax and DEI tomorrow at 10AM in New Orleans. Rain or shine.
There will be another one in Houston on Thursday night.

Trivia: More people die of the flu every year than from hurricanes. Don't let Big Weather frighten you! Go up on the roof and enjoy the breeze. Go for a swim in the surf. Hey, it's your right to get washed out to sea!
 
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