May Atlantic Tropical Storms Map

UPDATE: We have created a map based loosely on this data (not just May, all pre-season).

When I blogged about Subtropical Storm Andrea in May 2007 (a similar storm in a similar area to the potential storm this week), I posted a list of all Atlantic (Sub)Tropical storms occurring "out of season." I would like to repeat that below, along with a map showing all May storms (excluding "Subtropical Storm 1" in 1976 which I didn't have a track for. Interesting enough, it was the only storm that originated in the Gulf - near the purple "X" then moved northeastward across Florida ending at the "X" in the Atlantic).

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2007: May 9 - May 11: Subtropical Storm Andrea spins off Southeast Coast [Blog] 2005: Dec 30 – Jan 6: Tropical Storm Zeta [WikiPedia] 2003: Apr 21 - 24: Tropical Storm Ana [WikiPedia] at sea 1981: May 06 - 09: Tropical Storm Arlene hits Cuba and the Bahamas 1976: May 21 - 25: Subtropical Storm 1 crosses northern Florida, southern Georgia 1972: May 23 - 29: Subtropical Storm Alpha crosses northern Florida and southern Georgia 1970: May 17 - 27: Hurricane Alma is a hurricane for six hours over the Caribbean south of Cuba 1959: May 02 - 6/2: Tropical Storm Arlene hits Louisiana 1953: May 25 - 6/6: Tropical Storm Alice hits Honduras, Florida Panhandle 1952: Feb 02 - 05: Tropical Storm 1 crosses southern Florida 1951: May 15 - 24: Hurricane Able near Bahamas, Cat 3 strength off NC coast 1948: May 22 - 28: Tropical storm crosses Haiti 1940: May 19 - 27: Tropical storm stays at sea 1934: May 27 - 31: Tropical storm hits Florida, South Carolina 1933: May 14 - 19: Tropical storm hits Mexico 1932: May 05 - 11: Tropical storm crosses the Dominican Republic 1908: Mar 06 - 09: Hurricane crosses northeastern Caribbean Sea islands 1889: May 16 - 21: Hurricane stays at sea 1887: May 17 - 21: Tropical storm hits Cuba, Bahamas

So before you hear the media hyping this week's (sub)tropical storm formation as "historical" - remember it just happened two years ago. The Subtropical Storm Andrea (2007) track below is from our Interactive Google Hurricane Tracker; the satellite shot is courtesy SSEC from my blog entry.