2005 was the busiest hurricane season on record.
what is the busiest hurricane season on record?
2005
section::::2005 first expedition 'the columbus run' cadiz - tobago.









































on the first expedition brown set off solo on 14 august 2005 on a journey. he spent a total of 123 days at sea and covered 4278 miles. there were 4 named storms on brown's first voyage: vince, delta, epsilon and zeta. 2005 was the busiest hurricane season on record. brown supported 'the sportsman's charity' and the edinburgh 'one city trust' on this voyage. brown received a guinness world record for being the first person to row from mainland spain to the west indies.
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however, this total was slightly less active than the 1982 pacific hurricane season, which saw a then-record 22 storms form. however, 1983 was at that time the most active season in the eastern pacific hurricane center (ephc) warning zone, but this record itself was surpassed during the 1985 pacific hurricane season, and again in the 1992 pacific hurricane season. additionally, 12 storms reached hurricane intensity, which was above the average of eight. of the 12 hurricanes, eight attained category 3 intensity or higher on the sshws. the season started on may 21 with the formation of adolph and ended on december 9, with the dissipation of hurricane winnie. lasting 201 days, 1983 was the longest season on record. there were a total of 1,238 storm hours, which was the most in four years. despite the activity in the ephc's warning responsibility, only two storms formed in the central pacific hurricane center (cphc)'s area of responsibility, both of which stayed depressions. a moderate el niño was present throughout the season, with water temperatures across the equatorial central pacific was nearly 5 °f (0.6 °c) above normal. the pacific decadal oscillation (pdo) was in a warm phase during this time period. both of these factors are known to enhance pacific hurricane season activity. furthermore, 1983 was in the middle of an era where all but the 1988 pacific hurricane season was near or above average.
1983 pacific hurricane season