A Hurricane Season Like No Other: El Niño's Unwelcome Gift The Atlantic hurricane season has been unusually quiet so far, with forecasters suggesting it may break a century old record by producing no hurricanes at all.
This relative calm may seem like a welcome respite from the devastation that these storms can bring, but there's more to this story than meets the eye.
El Niño, a climate phenomenon characterized by warmer than average sea surface temperatures in the Pacific Ocean, is playing a significant role in suppressing hurricane formation in the Atlantic.