Today marks the beginning of the Atlantic Hurricane season. The tropical season in the northern Atlantic runs from June 1 through November 30. Although tropical systems have and can develop outside of that time period, a vast majority of tropical systems do develop during those six months. Hurricane Sandy continues to make news to this day as coastal residents in New Jersey and New York continue to recover, but overall, the United States have been in a hurricane drought for the past several years.
Florida for instance has gone seven years without a land falling hurricane and the United States as a whole has not had a major Hurricane (Category 3 or higher) come on shore since 2005. Both of those are the longest such periods since at least the Civil War. This upcoming tropical season has potential to be a busy with many factors coming into play favorable for hurricane development, meaning, those streaks could unfortunately come to an end this year.