Re: HGX tropical climatology
Posted: Sun May 09, 2010 12:53 pm
I consider Houston/Galveston and Beaumont CWA to be the Upper Texas Coast. I notice the GOM right now has much more warmer water than in 2008, the year Edouard and Ike hit our area. Here are tropical cyclones that hit the Upper Texas Coast from 2000-09.
2000-None
2001-Allison
2002-Fay
2003-Claudette and Grace
2004-Ivan
2005-Rita
2006-None
2007-Erin and Humberto
2008-Edouard and Ike
2009-None
Statistics
2 Tropical Depressions (Ivan and Erin)
4 Tropical Storms (Allison, Fay, Grace, Edouard)
4 Hurricanes (Claudette, Rita, Humberto, and Ike)
1 Major Hurricane (Rita)
10 Year Average from 2000-09
Tropical Storm-Every 2.5 years
Hurricane-Every 2.5 years
Major Hurricane-Every 10 Years
2000-None
2001-Allison
2002-Fay
2003-Claudette and Grace
2004-Ivan
2005-Rita
2006-None
2007-Erin and Humberto
2008-Edouard and Ike
2009-None
Statistics
2 Tropical Depressions (Ivan and Erin)
4 Tropical Storms (Allison, Fay, Grace, Edouard)
4 Hurricanes (Claudette, Rita, Humberto, and Ike)
1 Major Hurricane (Rita)
10 Year Average from 2000-09
Tropical Storm-Every 2.5 years
Hurricane-Every 2.5 years
Major Hurricane-Every 10 Years