September will be a busy month for tropical cyclone activity with five named storms predicted for the month according to The Colorado State University (CSU) forecast team of Phil Klotzbach and William Gray.
The forecast calls for September activity that will be about 190 percent of the month's average. The team predicts four of the five storms will become hurricanes, with two of them becoming major hurricanes - defined as Category 3 or above (sustained winds of 111 mph or higher on the Saffir-Simpson scale).
"We expect the month of September to be quite active," said Mr. Klotzbach, lead author of the hurricane forecast in a statement. "We have seen some of the lowest pressure readings on record in the tropical Atlantic during August [and] water temperatures in the tropical Atlantic remain at above-average values. A combination of these two factors typically leads to an active September."
Recommended For You
Want to continue reading?
Become a Free PropertyCasualty360 Digital Reader
Your access to unlimited PropertyCasualty360 content isn’t changing.
Once you are an ALM digital member, you’ll receive:
- Breaking insurance news and analysis, on-site and via our newsletters and custom alerts
- Weekly Insurance Speak podcast featuring exclusive interviews with industry leaders
- Educational webcasts, white papers, and ebooks from industry thought leaders
- Critical converage of the employee benefits and financial advisory markets on our other ALM sites, BenefitsPRO and ThinkAdvisor
Already have an account? Sign In Now
© 2025 ALM Global, LLC, All Rights Reserved. Request academic re-use from www.copyright.com. All other uses, submit a request to [email protected]. For more information visit Asset & Logo Licensing.
