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A chronicle of American weather and climate  ·  Wednesday, 16 September 2026

Weather Trader Tropics MILEPOST 8

Hurricane season officially begins June 1st in the Atlantic basin

… and looks like we will have some tropical action in the Gulf of Mexico with the remnants of Tropical Storm…

What the month did

May 2020 was the 50th-warmest May in the 132-year national record (1895–2026), at 60.9°F against a 1991–2020 normal of 61.0°F (-0.1°F).

May 2020 was the 49th-wettest May in the 132-year national record (1895–2026), at 3.1in against a 1991–2020 normal of 3.1in (+-0.0in).

NOAA/NCEI Climate at a Glance, contiguous United States. This is the observed record for the month, not a score of anything said in this piece — the forecast ledger begins 2026-08-17 and cannot reach earlier posts.

… and looks like we will have some tropical action in the Gulf of Mexico with the remnants of Tropical Storm Amanda.

The National Hurricane Center tropical outlook has a 40% chance of tropical cyclone development in the next 2-days. I’ll be watching and reporting.

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