Earliest Hurricanes

[Jim Tang]

Here are some stats on the earliest hurricanes.

A few stats here...

Top earliest dates for TC#5 in order (1851-2004 records):

1. 1959 - Jul 23
2. 1966 - Jul 24
3. 1933 - Jul 25
4. 1936 - Jul 27
5. 1887 - Jul 30
6. 1995 - Jul 31


Top earliest dates for TC#6 in order (1851-2004 records):

1. 1936 - Aug 4
2. 1995 - Aug 8
3. 1933 - Aug 12
4. 1990 - Aug 13
5. 1887 - Aug 14
6. 1886 - Aug 15

Above stats do not include subtrops (if you do, 1997 is 1st place for TC#5 at Jul 16).

(This was taken from a different weather forum.)

We probably will be rewriting these records soon (definately the TC #5 record), possibly the TC #6 record if the wave to the east of TD 5 develops.