2009 Atlantic hurricane season

**2009 Atlantic hurricane season**
 **Total damage** | $>57 million (2009 USD)

The **2009 Atlantic hurricane season** was a below average season, likely as a result of an El Nino. This season featured a total of 11 tropical cyclones, 9 named storms, only 3 hurricanes, and 2 major hurricanes. This season was the least active since 1997. The strongest storm was Category 4 Hurricane Bill, a Cape Verde-type hurricane that caused minimal damage.

## Storms

### Tropical Depression One

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### Tropical Storm Ana

 Duration
 Peak intensity

Ana was a weak tropical storm that remained over the tropical Atlantic Ocean and dissipated before reaching the Lesser Antilles.

### Hurricane Bill

 Duration
 Peak intensity

Bill was a category 4 (on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale) Cape Verde hurricane that traversed the Atlantic Ocean around the periphery of the Azores-Bermuda High. It brushed Bermuda and Nova Scotia as a hurricane, and crossed the southern tip of Newfoundland as a tropical storm.

### Tropical Storm Claudette

 Duration
 Peak intensity

Short-lived Claudette made landfall in the Florida Panhandle as a 40-kt tropical storm, causing minimal damage.

### Tropical Storm Danny

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 Peak intensity

Danny was a short-lived and poorly organized tropical cyclone off the southeastern coast of the United States.

### Tropical Storm Erika

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 Peak intensity

Erika was a weak tropical storm that moved through the Lesser Antilles before dissipating over the eastern Caribbean Sea.

### Hurricane Fred

 Duration
 Peak intensity

Fred became the strongest hurricane on record south of 30°N and east of 35°W in the Atlantic basin. It then weakened and degenerated into a remnant low that moved west- northwestward for almost a week before dissipating.

### Tropical Depression Eight

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### Tropical Storm Grace

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Grace was a rare northeastern Atlantic Ocean tropical storm that formed near the Azores and moved northeastward toward the British Isles.

### Tropical Storm Henri

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 Peak intensity

Henri was a short-lived tropical storm over the tropical Atlantic Ocean that dissipated due to strong vertical shear.

### Hurricane Ida

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 Peak intensity

Ida was a late season hurricane that had a large impact on the east coast of Nicaragua and
the adjacent islands. It was the first November hurricane in the Gulf of Mexico since Kate of 1985.

## Storm names

* Bill
* Claudette
* Danny
* Erika
* Fred
* Grace
* Ida
* Joaquin *(unused)*
* Kate *(unused)*
* Larry *(unused)*
* Mindy *(unused)*
* Nicholas *(unused)*
* Peter *(unused)*
* Rose *(unused)*
* Sam *(unused)*
* Teresa *(unused)*
* Victor *(unused)*
* Wanda *(unused)*

## References

1. ↑ http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/data/tcr/AL022009\_Ana.pdf
2. ↑ http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/data/tcr/AL032009\_Bill.pdf
3. ↑ http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/data/tcr/AL042009\_Claudette.pdf
4. ↑ http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/data/tcr/AL052009\_Danny.pdf
5. ↑ http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/data/tcr/AL062009\_Erika.pdf
6. ↑ http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/data/tcr/AL072009\_Fred.pdf
7. ↑ http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/data/tcr/AL092009\_Grace.pdf
8. ↑ http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/data/tcr/AL102009\_Henri.pdf
9. ↑ http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/data/tcr/AL112009\_Ida.pdf