2006 Atlantic hurricane season
| 2006 Atlantic hurricane season |
Season summary map
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| Seasonal boundaries |
| First system formed |
June 10, 2006 |
| Last system dissipated |
October 2, 2006 |
| Strongest storm |
|
| Name |
Gordon and Helene
|
| • Maximum winds |
120 mph (195 km/h)
(1-minute sustained) |
| • Lowest pressure |
955 mbar (hPa; 28.2 inHg) |
| Seasonal statistics |
| Total depressions |
10 |
| Total storms |
10 |
| Hurricanes |
5 |
Major hurricanes
(Cat. 3+) |
2 |
| Total fatalities |
7 direct, 7 indirect |
| Total damage |
$500 million (2006 USD) |
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Atlantic hurricane seasons
2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008
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| Tropical storm (SSHWS) |
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| Duration |
June 10 – June 14 |
| Peak intensity |
70 mph (110 km/h) (1-min) 995 mbar (hPa) |
| Tropical storm (SSHWS) |
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| Duration |
July 17 – July 18 |
| Peak intensity |
50 mph (85 km/h) (1-min) 998 mbar (hPa) |
| Tropical storm (SSHWS) |
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| Duration |
July 18 – July 21 |
| Peak intensity |
60 mph (95 km/h) (1-min) 1000 mbar (hPa) |
| Tropical storm (SSHWS) |
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| Duration |
August 1 – August 4 |
| Peak intensity |
65 mph (100 km/h) (1-min) 1001 mbar (hPa) |
| Tropical storm (SSHWS) |
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| Duration |
August 21 – August 26 |
| Peak intensity |
50 mph (85 km/h) (1-min) 999 mbar (hPa) |
| Category 1 hurricane (SSHWS) |
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| Duration |
August 24 – September 1 |
| Peak intensity |
75 mph (120 km/h) (1-min) 985 mbar (hPa) |
| Category 1 hurricane (SSHWS) |
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| Duration |
September 3 – September 13 |
| Peak intensity |
90 mph (150 km/h) (1-min) 974 mbar (hPa) |
| Category 3 hurricane (SSHWS) |
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| Duration |
September 10 – September 20 |
| Peak intensity |
120 mph (195 km/h) (1-min) 955 mbar (hPa) |
| Category 3 hurricane (SSHWS) |
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| Duration |
September 12 – September 24 |
| Peak intensity |
120 mph (195 km/h) (1-min) 955 mbar (hPa) |
The 2006 Atlantic hurricane season was significantly less active than the record previous season. It marked the first season since 2001 in which no hurricanes made landfall in the United States, and was the first since 1994 in which no tropical cyclones formed during October. Following the intense activity of 2005, forecasters predicted that the 2006 season would be only slightly less active. Instead activity was slowed by a rapidly forming moderate El Niño event, the presence of the Saharan Air Layer over the tropical Atlantic, and the steady presence of a robust secondary high-pressure area to the Azores high centered on Bermuda. There were no tropical cyclones after October 2.
Tropical Storm Alberto was indirectly responsible for two deaths when it made landfall in Florida. Hurricane Ernesto caused heavy rainfall in Haiti, and directly killed at least seven in Haiti and the United States. Four hurricanes formed after Ernesto, including the strongest storms of the season, Hurricanes Helene and Gordon. In total, the season was responsible for 14 deaths and $500 million (2006 USD; $594 million 2017 USD) in damage. The calendar year 2006 also saw Tropical Storm Zeta, which arose in December 2005 and persisted until early January, only the second such event on record. The storm can be considered a part of the 2005 and 2006 seasons, although it occurred outside the June 1 – November 30 period during which most Atlantic basin tropical cyclones form.
Forecasts of hurricane activity are issued before each hurricane season by noted hurricane experts Philip J. Klotzbach, Dr. William M. Gray, and their associates at Colorado State University; and separately by NOAA forecasters.
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