WeatherTiger’s Atlantic Hurricane Season Outlook for August 2023

by Dr. Ryan Truchelut – issued 1 August 2023

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August always arrives with a whiff of impending disaster. Fourth-graders who have eschewed summer reading in favor of Roblox must hastily identify the setting and main characters of The Giver by Lois Lowry. Miami Dolphins fans attempt to stay positive while knowing yet another eight-win season lies ahead. Many are once again completely unprepared for the existential terror of National Clown Month.

Like the setting of The Giver, recent hurricane season peaks have been downright dystopian. Six Category 4 or higher landfalls have overwhelmed the Gulf Coast over the last seven years; all six struck between late August and early October, the chaotic two-month period into which two-thirds of historical U.S. landfall activity is crammed. All told, the last three years have brought a numbing 26 total named storm and 11 hurricane landfalls, tallying $235 billion in U.S. damages…