The 2008 hurricane season ends Sunday and will pass with barely a notice in Florida. Residents of Texas and islands in the Caribbean Sea, however, would have a different view of this year's season.
For the third year in a row, Florida escaped a hurricane. Only Tropical Storm Fay hit - again and again - though West Central Florida saw little of the torrential rain Fay hosed on the rest of the state.
The last time Florida went through three consecutive seasons without a hurricane was from 2001 to 2003. Four hurricanes hit the state the next year.
The last four consecutive seasons that Florida avoided a hurricane were 1988 to 1991. The next year, Hurricane Andrew hit South Florida.
Here's a recap of the 2008 season, by the numbers:
16 - Named storms
8 - Hurricanes
7 - Tropical storms
1 - Sub-tropical storm
5 - Category 3 or stronger hurricanes
$27.8 million - Federal Emergency Management aid in Florida for damage from Tropical Storm Fay
27.65 inches - Most rain recorded from Tropical Storm Fay, 8 miles northwest of Melbourne
0.72 inches - Rain recorded at Tampa International Airport from Tropical Storm Fay
4 - Number of times Tropical Storm Fay made landfall in Florida
18 - Days Hurricane Bertha lasted, the longest-lived July hurricane on record
3 - Consecutive seasons since Florida has been hit by a hurricane
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