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Atlantic Hurricane Season of 1995

M. B. Lawrence National Hurricane Center, Tropical Prediction Center, National Weather Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Miami, Florida

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L. A. Avila National Hurricane Center, Tropical Prediction Center, National Weather Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Miami, Florida

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R. J. Pasch National Hurricane Center, Tropical Prediction Center, National Weather Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Miami, Florida

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E. N. Rappaport National Hurricane Center, Tropical Prediction Center, National Weather Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Miami, Florida

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01 May 1998
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Annual Weather Summaries in Monthly Weather Review
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1175/1520-0493(1998)126<1124:AHSO>2.0.CO;2
Page(s):
1124–1151
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Abstract

The 1995 Atlantic hurricane season is described. There were eight tropical storms and 11 hurricanes for a total of 19 named tropical cyclones in the Atlantic basin during 1995. This is the second-largest number of tropical storms and hurricanes in over 100 years of records. Thirteen named tropical cyclones affected land.

Corresponding author address: Miles Lawrence, National Hurricane Center, NOAA/NWS/NHC, 11691 S.W. 17 St., Miami, FL 33165-2149.

Abstract

The 1995 Atlantic hurricane season is described. There were eight tropical storms and 11 hurricanes for a total of 19 named tropical cyclones in the Atlantic basin during 1995. This is the second-largest number of tropical storms and hurricanes in over 100 years of records. Thirteen named tropical cyclones affected land.

Corresponding author address: Miles Lawrence, National Hurricane Center, NOAA/NWS/NHC, 11691 S.W. 17 St., Miami, FL 33165-2149.

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