We are officially two months into hurricane season and while the Atlantic Basin has remained relatively quiet, the Pacific Basin has been highly active. So far, it has seen nine named storms, including five tropical storms and four hurricanes — three of which were major hurricanes with wind speeds exceeding 111 mph.

Among these was the historic Hurricane Erick in early June, which rapidly intensified from a tropical storm to a Category 4 hurricane in less than 24 hours, with winds reaching 145 mph. Notably, this was the earliest major hurricane to make landfall on either coast of Mexico.

In contrast, the Atlantic has only produced three named storms so far, Andrea, Barry and Chantal. However, despite the seemingly slow start to the season, the number of named storms we’ve had so far

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