NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER ANNUAL SUMMARY 2012 ATLANTIC HURRICANE SEASON

• Main Author: Stacy Stewart
• Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 2014
• Subjects: Canada; Newfoundland
• Online Access: http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.469.5208; http://www.aoml.noaa.gov/general/lib/lib1/nhclib/mwreviews/summary_atlc_2012 (1).pdf

The 2012 Atlantic hurricane season was marked by above-average tropical cyclone activity with the formation of 19 tropical storms, of which 10 became hurricanes. Two of the hurricanes (Michael and Sandy) were category 3 or higher on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale. The numbers of tropical storms and hurricanes were each above the long-term (1981 – 2010) averages of 12 and 6, respectively. The two major hurricanes were slightly below the long-term average of three, and they collectively only lasted for a total of 12 h at that strength. Six of the storms made landfall and five of the named cyclones had non-tropical origins. The land areas most affected were the United States, eastern Mexico, and the nations of the western Caribbean Sea. In addition, one hurricane (Leslie) became post-tropical just before it struck Newfoundland in eastern Canada. Despite the high level of activity, only one hurricane officially made landfall in the United States in