We are just over the hump of the hurricane season. The statistical peak is September 10, and that was yesterday.
We are still right in that meaty part of the curve, however. Louisiana Climatologist Barry Keim says this is still the time of year for those category three or worse storms.
"It really gets ramped, I'd say, in mid-August and goes maybe through the first week of October. That's the window when we can see major hurricanes," Keim said. "Once we get outside of that window, though, the chances of seeing a major (hurricane) is very, very slim."
Keim says it is rare but not unprecedented to get a hurricane later in October -- remember Hurricane Zeta three years ago? But by November, he says that's when we can all stop holding our breath.
"Never in the month of November. Of course, having me say this now probably means we'll get one," Keim joked. "I've got 10 years of records to back me up right now."
The National Hurricane Center says there are no tropical threats to the Gulf Coast for at least the next week.
Hurricane Lee and Tropical Storm Margot are in the Atlantic. Lee could impact the northeastern United States. Margot is not a threat to land. Two other systems have a chance of development off the African coast.
