00:00While November isn't known for its tropical activity, hurricane season in the Atlantic
00:05Basin doesn't officially end until November 30th.
00:08The best opportunity for tropical development is in the Southern Gulf and the Caribbean.
00:12Since 1850, 135 tropical storms have been tracked during the month.
00:17Approximately 75 of those formed on or after November 1st.
00:21Most stay away from the United States coast, but not all.
00:24Since 1900, only three Atlantic hurricanes have made landfall on the continental U.S.
00:30In November, the most recent was Hurricane Nicole in 2022.
00:34Hurricane Nicole made landfall as a Category 1 storm south of Cape Canaveral, Florida on November 10th, 2022.
00:40The storm amplified damage from Hurricane Ian, which hit east-central Florida just six weeks earlier.
00:46Nearly 40 years before Nicole, Hurricane Kate hit Florida in the Florida Panhandle as a Category 2 storm
00:52on November 21st, 1985, the latest November hurricane landfall on record for the country.
00:58The hurricane unleashed drenching rains and powerful winds along the Gulf Coast
01:02and caused hundreds of millions in economic damage.
01:04While November hurricanes typically stay away from the United States coastline,
01:08close to a dozen hurricanes have made landfall in Central America since 1900.
01:13Only one Category 5 hurricane has been observed in the Atlantic during November,
01:18an unnamed hurricane that remained at that strength in the Caribbean for three days.
01:22That storm hit Cuba as a Category 4 hurricane on November 9th, 1932.
01:28Although Hurricane Mitch is often included in the list of infamous November hurricanes
01:32because it made landfall in Florida as a tropical storm on November 5th, 1998,
01:36it was not at its peak strength.
01:38Mitch actually reached Category 5 status late in October while it was over the Caribbean
01:42before making landfall in Honduras on October 29th.
01:46November may be the last to rob hurricane season,
01:48but a handful of storms in this month have left their mark on history.
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