Votes Are In Beta is the Winner

On September 19th, I asked you the readers, this question:

What will the last Atlantic storm name be this year?

• Rita

• Stan

• Tammy

• Vince

• Wilma

• Alpha

• Beta

• Gamma

• Even More

Now that Stan has formed, voting is closed. Who was the winner?

BETA, by a considerable margin.

Almost no one thought Rita or Stan would be the last storm; Vince and Alpha were close, but Beta had 1/4 of the vote. 15% of you even thought we'd get farther than beta. Well, time will tell. The record we're trying to beat, by the way, is 21 named storms; 1933 boasts the record. So far we've had 19 (TD #19 has not been named yet).