2009 Alternate Hurricane Season

Alternate 2009 Atlantic Hurricane Season was a hyperactive hurricane season tied with 1936 as the second most active season behind 2005. 2009 hurricane season had 21 named storms, 11 hurricanes and 6 major hurricanes. The strongest and deadliest was Hurricane Harris, with peak winds of 190 miles per hour (873 mb) the lowest pressure ever record slightly beating Wilma with 884 mb pressure. Hurricane Harris weakened slightly into a 180 MPH storm before making landfall along the Southwest Florida Coast causing billions of dollars in damage and hundreds of deaths across the Southern Florida Peninsula. Another notable tropical cyclone was Tropical Depression Seventeen which was the first tropical cyclone ever to directly hit New York City. A total of 39 people were killed although damage was minimal, just some flooding on streets which trapped several taxi cabs and cars underwater throughout the city. The first storm, Tropical Storm Ayla, formed on June 13 while the last storm, Subtropical Storm Waldo, dissipated on December 09.