Revised Colorado State Forecast Calls for 9 Hurricanes This Season

Colorado State University hurricane researcher William Gray’s revised forecast issued Thursday calls for nine hurricanes this season, five of them becoming intense.

The forecast is unchanged from the April projection for 17 named storms forming in the Atlantic basin between June 1 and Nov. 30. Of those, nine are expected to be hurricanes, of which five would be intense, with sustained winds above 111 miles per hour.


The projection is at the upper end of a forecast made by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, which said earlier this month there is a 75% chance of an above normal season, consisting of 13-17 named storms, seven to 10 hurricanes, and three to five major hurricanes.

Long-term averages for hurricane season feature 9.6 named storms and 5.9 hurricanes, two of which are intense storms.

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