August 2005 (UTC) 

 :Just for the heck of it, here's an updated look at where 2005 stands, against the "curve" of all the old earliest-#th-storm records: 
 :*3rd Storm - 23 days behind 
 :*4th Storm - 2 days ahead 
 :*5th Storm - 11 days ahead 
 :*6th Storm - 13 days ahead 
 :*7th Storm - 14 days ahead 
 :*8th Storm - 12 days ahead 
 :*9th Storm - 13 days ahead 
 :Only around a day and a half left to go to take first place for the 10th Storm...  01:25, 22