In an average hurricane season, 11 tropical storms are created across the Atlantic Ocean. Six of them become hurricanes and two morph into major hurricanes with wind speeds greater than 111 mph.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association predicted that in the 2011 hurricane season, there is an 85% chance of above-average hurricane activity. They predict about 14-19 named storms, seven to ten hurricanes and more than five major hurricanes.

Unfortunately, forecasters are unable to predict if they will hit land because it is completely dependent on the weather situation of that instant. However, they have said that the United States is overdue because it has not been hit hard since 2008.

Jack Hayes, the director of the National Weather Service, stated that all the terrible weather cost the nation $32 billion in repairs and medical aid.

Some factors that contribute to the abnormal hurricane season are warm ocean waters, low wind shear, favorable mid-level Easterly Winds, and the redevelopment of the La Nina.