User blog comment:Andrew444/Are we going to see an Alpha this year in the Atlantic?/@comment-3175978-20130820132715/@comment-4074533-20130820140914

Liz, that is an extremely unusual feat for any active season. The most active Atlantic season without a major since the satellite era started in 1944 was 1968, which had eight tropical storms and four hurricanes. Every season with 13+ storms has had at least one major hurricane (1936). Even 1887 and 2012 had two majors despite the lull of strong systems.