How Did the 2015 Hurricane Season Compare to Predictions?

Prior to the start of the 2015 hurricane season, meteorologists and weather researchers predicted the strong El Nino conditions out in the Pacific would likely reduce the number of hurricanes and tropical storms developing in the Atlantic this year… Eleven named storms formed in the Atlantic Ocean this year – one less than average. Just four of those storms strengthened into hurricanes, below the typical average of six to seven. And no hurricanes ended up making landfall along the eastern seaboard, which was great news for New Jersey… "It was a very quiet season this year," said David Robinson, the state climatologist at Rutgers University… Even though ocean temperatures in the Atlantic were warmer than average, and hurricanes tend to thrive in warmer water, the storms that formed in 2015 "tended to be on the weaker side and short-lived," Robinson said.