Note: This report catalogs recent tropical cyclones across the North Atlantic and East Pacific and places each basin’s tropical cyclone activity in a climate-scale context. It is not updated in real time. Users seeking the real time status and forecasts of tropical cyclones should visit The National Hurricane Center.

North Atlantic

June 2019 Tropical Cyclone Counts
Storm Type June 2019 June 1981–2010
Average		 Record Most for June
Period of Record: 1851–2018
Tropical Storm
(Winds ≥39 mph)		 0 0.6
(one every two years)		 3
(1886, 1909, 1936, 1968)
Hurricane
(Winds ≥74 mph)		 0 0.1
(one every ten years)		 3
(1886)
Major Hurricane
(Winds ≥111 mph)		 0 0 1
(1957, 1966)
Accumulated Cyclone
Energy (ACE ×104 kt2)		 0 1.2 20.6
(1886)
January–June 2019 Tropical Cyclone Counts
Storm Type January–June
2019		 January–June
1981–2010 Average		 Record Most for January–June
Period of Record: 1851–2018
Tropical Storm
(Winds ≥39 mph)		 1 0.8
(three every four years)		 4
(2012, 2016)
Hurricane
(Winds ≥74 mph)		 0 0.1
(one every ten years)		 3
(1886)
Major Hurricane
(Winds ≥111 mph)		 0 0 1
(1957, 1966)
Accumulated Cyclone
Energy (ACE ×104 kt2)		 0 1.6 21.4
(1951)

East Pacific

June 2019 Tropical Cyclone Counts
Storm Type June 2019 June 1981–2010
Average		 Record Most for June
Period of Record: 1949–2018
Tropical Storm
(Winds ≥39 mph)		 2 1.9 5
(1985, 2018)
Hurricane
(Winds ≥74 mph)		 1 0.9
(nine every ten years)		 3
(1984)
Major Hurricane
(Winds ≥111 mph)		 0 0.4
(one every 2–3 years)		 2
(1978, 1984, 2010, 2018)
Accumulated Cyclone
Energy (ACE ×104 kt2)		 3.2 10.9 40.2
(2015)
June 2019 Individual Tropical Cyclones
Name Dates of winds
>39 mph		 Maximum
Sustained Winds		 Minimum
Central Pressure		 Landfall
Hurricane Alvin
(Cat. 1)		 June 26–29 75 mph 992 mb N/A
Hurricane Barbara
(Cat. 4*)		 June 30–July 6 155 mph* 993 mb* N/A
* Values occurred in July

Significant Events

Hurricane Alvin Satellite Image
Hurricane Alvin Satellite Image – Jun. 27, 2018
Source: NASA

The Eastern Pacific hurricane season finally began June 26 when Hurricane Alvin developed as a tropical storm. This marked the third latest start to the season since since the beginning of satellite monitoring. Both 1969 and 2016 had their first storms on July 2, although 2016 also had a Central Pacific storm in January.

Before Alvin's genesis, tropical storm formation had been suppressed by the dry phase of the Madden–Julian Oscillation (MJO). The wet phase of the MJO remained stalled over the Central Pacific through the end of June because of interactions with the ongoing El Niño. However, the dry conditions weakened over the eastern Pacific. Two eastward moving atmospheric waves, called convectively coupled Kelvin waves, each brought more favorable conditions. One led to Alvin and the other to Hurricane Barbara. Both storms stayed out to sea and did not create any significant impacts.

January–June 2019 Tropical Cyclone Counts
Storm Type January–June
2019		 January–June
1981–2010 Average		 Record Most for January–June
Period of Record: 1949–2018
Tropical Storm
(Winds ≥39 mph)		 2 2.7 5
(1984, 1985, 1990, 1992, 2014, 2018)
Hurricane
(Winds ≥74 mph)		 1 1.2 4
(1984)
Major Hurricane
(Winds ≥111 mph)		 0 0.5
(one every other year)		 2
(1978, 1984, 1992, 2010, 2014, 2015, 2018)
Accumulated Cyclone
Energy (ACE ×104 kt2)		 3.2 14.1 49.5
(2015)

Citing This Report

NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Monthly Tropical Cyclones Report for June 2019, published online July 2019, retrieved on December 6, 2023 from https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/monitoring/monthly-report/tropical-cyclones/201906.