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Hurricanes, Except For Fay, Steering Clear Of Florida

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By NEIL JOHNSON | The Tampa Tribune

Published: October 7, 2008

Updated: 10/07/2008 12:33 am

So far, so good, for the Sunshine State.

With a bit more than seven weeks left in the hurricane season, hurricanes have steered away from Florida. Only Tropical Storm Fay made landfall - again and again.

The 13 named storms puts 2008 well ahead of average hurricane seasons, which see nine named storms by Oct. 12 and five hurricanes - there have been six this year - by Oct. 10. Lucky No. 13, Marco, formed Monday off the coast of Mexico.

Will the state's luck hold?

During October, the most likely hurricane birthplace is the western Caribbean Sea, and their most likely path is crossing Florida on the way to the Atlantic Ocean.

During the past 10 hurricane seasons, 31 storms have formed later than today, including eight in the record-setting 2005 season.

Of those 31 storms, two hit Florida: Tropical Storm Mitch in 1998 and Hurricane Irene in 1999.

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