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2026 Atlantic season could set latest-first-hurricane record

9/9/2026

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The U.S. National Hurricane Center says the 2026 Atlantic season may set a record for the latest first hurricane.
No hurricane has formed by September 8, past the average first-hurricane date of August 11.
If a hurricane does not develop by September 11, the season will break the satellite-era record set in 2002 and 2013.
NOAA attributes the lack of hurricanes to El Niño-induced wind shear and dry Saharan dust.

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The U.S. National Hurricane Center says the 2026 Atlantic season may set a record for the latest first hurricane.
No hurricane has formed by September 8, past the average first-hurricane date of August 11.
If a hurricane does not develop by September 11, the season will break the satellite-era record set in 2002 and 2013.
NOAA attributes the lack of hurricanes to El Niño-induced wind shear and dry Saharan dust.