Hurricane drought in U.S. is ‘a matter of luck,’ new research says

From water to your dating life, most droughts are tough. But in the case of major hurricanes, a dry spell can be a good thing. And the U.S. has been in one for nine years.

Every day that passes without a major hurricane hitting the U.S. stretches the current record-setting hurricane drought just a bit further. The last major hurricane — defined as a Category 3 or greater — to strike the U.S. was Hurricane Wilma, which made landfall in Florida in October 2005.

Just how odd is that? According to new research, a drought of this length would occur on average only once every 177 years. Prior to the current stretch, the longest period without a major storm making landfall in the U.S. spanned 8 years from 1861-68. Read more...

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