( CNN ) -- Missed it by that much ! In a year that forecasters said there would be a few more hurricanes than normal , Humberto on Wednesday fell just a few hours short of setting a record for the latest first hurricane to form in the Atlantic Ocean . Normally , three hurricanes would have formed in the area by this time in hurricane season . All that it had to do was wait until after 8 a.m . ET , but alas , no . Three hours ahead of that mark , the National Hurricane Center in Miami dubbed it a legitimate storm with sustained winds of a 75 mph , the threshold for a hurricane . But it 's not likely to cause much of a fuss . Early Wednesday , it was about 310 miles west-northwest of the Cape Verde Islands , off Africa 's coast . It 's expected to fizzle into a tropical storm over the weekend . Back in May , the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Climate Prediction Center said higher-than-average water temperatures were expected to help yield a few more Atlantic hurricanes than usual . NOAA predicts above-normal Atlantic hurricane season . Between 13 and 20 named storms and seven to 11 hurricanes were predicted . Humberto is the eighth named storm of the year and , again , just the first hurricane . For the Atlantic Ocean , a normal season would produce 12 named storms , including six hurricanes and three major ones . There 's still time , if you 're rooting for more hurricanes . Hurricane season , which began on June 1 , runs until November 30 . CNN 's Sean Morris contributed to this report .
2013 was almost a record-setter for latest first hurricane formation . Comment: Forecasters predict an above-average year for Atlantic storms . Hurricane season ends on November 30 .